Patent attributes
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform local client device data throttling in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device allocates a portion of a periodic allocation of data available from an ISP cycle to one or more client devices connected to the gateway device. The gateway device sets a threshold for each client device and monitors bandwidth data consumption for each of the client devices. When a particular client device reaches its assigned bandwidth data allotment, the gateway device throttles data to the client device until a new periodic allocation of data is available from the ISP. While a particular client device is throttled, when a guest device joins the network or a particular client device accesses a prestored URL address, the gateway device may reallocate allotted data from one client device to another as needed to maintain operation of the wireless network.
