Prior art

I will now search the USPTO database for patent 11818591. As a patent analyst, I will use the Patent Public Search tool on the USPTO website.

Most Relevant Prior Art for US Patent 11818591

Here's an analysis of the prior art cited in US Patent 11818591, focusing on its potential anticipation of claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102. The provided text lists "Citations (70)" but does not explicitly distinguish which were cited by the examiner versus by the applicant. For this analysis, I will consider all listed citations to identify potential anticipatory art. The following are examples of potentially relevant prior art from the provided list, with the understanding that a full anticipation analysis would require a detailed claim comparison and examination of each reference's entire disclosure.

1. US20060140123A1

• Full Citation: US20060140123A1, "Methods and apparatus for distributing link-state information associated with a wireless mesh network"
• Publication/Filing Date: Published June 29, 2006 (filed December 29, 2004).
• Brief Description: This patent application describes methods and apparatus for distributing link-state information in a wireless mesh network. This could be relevant to the aspects of US11818591 that involve managing and allocating resources across multiple access points or nodes, as detailed in FIGS. 7, 8, and 10A-10C of US11818591, and in the description of cooperating management systems (e.g., system 710). The distribution of link-state information is a fundamental part of efficient resource allocation and network management in multi-node systems.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): Claims related to the adaptive management and control of multiple radios in a wireless access point, especially in a networked environment, such as those implied by the cooperation of multiple wireless management systems (e.g., as described for systems 610 and 910 in US11818591) could be anticipated. Specifically, elements of the processing layer evaluating resource availability and allocating resources across multiple transceivers (Claim 1, preamble and elements (b)(i)-(ii)) may be impacted.

2. US20110128919A1

• Full Citation: US20110128919A1, "Device and method for selecting transceiver in mobile communication system"
• Publication/Filing Date: Published June 2, 2011 (filed November 30, 2009).
• Brief Description: This patent application describes a device and method for selecting a transceiver in a mobile communication system. Such selection mechanisms are crucial for optimizing data transfer, especially when multiple transceivers are available or when network conditions change. This directly relates to the dynamic allocation of transceiver resources in US11818591.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): Claims concerning the evaluation of bandwidth requirements and availabilities of multiple transceivers, and the allocation of these resources to satisfy application demands (Claim 1, particularly elements (b)(i)-(ii) and the subsequent "wherein, if the first bandwidth requirement is at least partially satisfied..." clause), could be potentially anticipated. The concept of selecting transceivers to optimize communication is central to both.

3. US20090034460A1

• Full Citation: US20090034460A1, "Dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple virtual MACs"
• Publication/Filing Date: Published February 5, 2009 (filed July 31, 2007).
• Brief Description: This patent application explicitly mentions "dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple virtual MACs." This is highly relevant as US11818591 centers around using virtual MAC and PHY layers to allocate bandwidth from multiple physical transceivers. The abstract of US11818591 specifically states that a "processing layer includes a bandwidth allocator to allocate at least a portion of each of the first and second actual bandwidths to virtual MAC and virtual PHY layers."
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): This reference is highly relevant to the core inventive concept of US11818591. Elements of Claim 1 describing the processing interface including at least one virtual MAC interface, the virtual PHY interfaces feeding information back to the virtual MAC interface, and the processing interface being configured to identify and evaluate bandwidth availabilities and allocate them to satisfy application requirements, could be anticipated. The explicit mention of "dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple virtual MACs" directly addresses key aspects of US11818591.

4. US20140003449A1

• Full Citation: US20140003449A1, "Bandwidth Virtualization"
• Publication/Filing Date: Published January 2, 2014 (filed June 28, 2012).
• Brief Description: This patent application discusses "Bandwidth Virtualization," which is a fundamental concept in US11818591, particularly in its use of virtual MAC and PHY layers to manage and allocate bandwidth from physical transceivers.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): Similar to US20090034460A1, this reference could anticipate the aspects of Claim 1 related to the use of a processing layer, virtual MAC, and virtual PHY to manage and allocate bandwidth from multiple physical transceivers to meet application requirements. The term "Bandwidth Virtualization" strongly suggests an overlap with the virtualized resource management described in US11818591.

5. US8837454B2

• Full Citation: US8837454B2, "Simultaneous multiband operation of a MIMO communication device"
• Publication/Filing Date: Issued September 16, 2014 (filed May 8, 2012).
• Brief Description: This patent describes simultaneous multiband operation of a MIMO (Multiple-In Multiple-Out) communication device. US11818591 mentions MIMO as one of the signal protocols that actual PHY layer transceivers may use and describes transceivers emitting radio waves in different frequency bands (Claim 1). The ability to operate simultaneously across different frequency bands to achieve higher bandwidths is a key aspect of US11818591.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): Claim 1, specifically the part about the wireless transceivers being "adapted to emit radio waves in first, second, and third different bands of frequencies, the second, and third frequency bands both being higher in frequency than the first frequency band," could be potentially anticipated by this reference, especially in conjunction with the simultaneous transmission aspects.

6. US8718558B2

• Full Citation: US8718558B2, "Methods and apparatus for use in facilitating communications over first and second wireless connections of a wireless transceiver"
• Publication/Filing Date: Issued May 6, 2014 (filed April 18, 2012).
• Brief Description: This patent describes facilitating communications over first and second wireless connections of a wireless transceiver. This addresses the concept of utilizing multiple wireless connections from a transceiver, which aligns with US11818591's approach of allocating portions of bandwidth from multiple transceivers.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s): Claim 1's general concept of utilizing multiple transceivers (first, second, and third wireless transceivers) and allocating portions of their bandwidths for communication could be broadly impacted by this reference. The specific details of virtual MAC/PHY layers might differentiate US11818591, but the underlying principle of using multiple wireless connections from a single or multiple transceivers for enhanced communication could be seen as anticipated.

It is important to note that a full anticipation analysis under 35 U.S.C. § 102 would involve a detailed claim-by-claim comparison against the entirety of each cited prior art document. The above provides a high-level assessment of potential areas of overlap.