Network Admission Control

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining a first modulation rate associated with a network device. A beacon can be transmitted at a second modulation rate, wherein the second modulation rate is greater than the first modulation rate. A user device can be associated with the network device based on the beacon if the user device is configured to support the second modulation rate.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 transmitting, by a network device, a beacon at a first transit power less than a second transmit power used for data transfer;   transmitting, by the network device, data indicating at least one first signal characteristic to a user device, the at least one first signal characteristic comprising a noise floor of the network device;   connecting the user device to the network device based on the beacon if the user device is configured to receive the beacon and if an estimated connection quality calculated by the user device and based on the at least one first signal characteristic satisfies a predefined threshold; and   transmitting data to the user device at the second transmit power.