2017-12-142017-12-142017-11-14Flores Miranda, Adriana B. and Knightly, Edward W., "Dual channel Wi-Fi for congested WLANs with asymmetric traffic loads." Patent US9820336B2. issued 2017-11-14. Retrieved from <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/98882">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/98882</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/98882A method of wireless local area network communication between a client and an access point includes sending, by the client, a client-originated message to the access point over a bidirectional upload channel; receiving, by the client, a client-acknowledgement message from the access point over the bidirectional upload channel; receiving, by the client, an access point-originated message from the access point over a bidirectional download channel that was generated in response to the client-originated message; and sending, by the client, an access point-acknowledgement message to the access point over the bidirectional download channel. The bidirectional download channel is separate from the bidirectional upload channel.18engUtility patentUS9820336B2