Systems and methods for allocating wireless channel/s to wireless access point/s

A wireless access point for automatically allocating at least one wireless channel to the wireless access point, the wireless access point comprising:

• a wireless radio interface configured to determine at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein
• each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels is one of an allocated wireless channel to at least one of neighboring neighbouring wireless access points and an unallocated wireless channel, and
• each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points is present in vicinity of the wireless access point;
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• a processor configured to:
• assign a channel efficiency score to each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels that indicates an ideal wireless performance;
• determine a channel overlapping parameter for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels and a signal strength factor for each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points, wherein the channel overlapping parameter indicates overlapping of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels with the allocated wireless channel of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points based on evaluating a distance between neighbouring wireless access points;
• determine a candidate channel score for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels by applying the channel overlapping parameter, the signal strength factor and a reduction weight to the channel efficiency score, wherein the reduction weight is one of a pre-defined weight and a real-time weight of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, and the signal strength factor is determined by evaluating a signal strength of the at least one of neighbouring access points received from a wireless radio interface;
• apply a positive offset to determine an updated channel score of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein the positive offset is one of a pre-defined offset and a real-time offset;
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• select the at least one wireless channel for the wireless access point based on the updated channel score, wherein the at least one wireless channel is selected from the at least one of candidate wireless channels;
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• wherein, the wireless radio interface is further configured to automatically allocate the at least one wireless channel to the wireless access point upon selecting the at least one wireless channel.

A method for automatically allocating at least one of wireless channels to at least one of wireless access points, the method being performed by a centralized entity, the method comprising:

• receiving a request from the at least one of wireless access points to allocate the at least one of wireless channels;
• receiving, from the at least one of wireless access points, a signal strength value of each of at least one of neighbouring wireless access points and a list of at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein
• each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels is one of an allocated wireless channel to the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points and an unallocated wireless channel, and
• each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points is present in vicinity of the at least one of wireless access points;
• assigning an initial channel efficiency score to each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels that indicates an ideal wireless performance;
• determining a channel overlapping parameter for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein the channel overlapping parameter indicates overlapping of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels with the allocated wireless channel of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points based on evaluating a distance between neighbouring wireless access points;
• determining a signal strength factor for each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points based on the signal strength value;
• determining a candidate channel score for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels by applying the channel overlapping parameter, the signal strength factor and a reduction weight to the channel efficiency score, wherein the reduction weight is one of a pre-defined weight and a real-time weight of the at least one of candidate wireless channels;
• applying a positive offset to determine an updated channel score of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein the positive offset is one of a predefined offset and a real-time offset;
• selecting the at least one of wireless channels for the at least one of wireless access points based on the updated channel score, wherein the at least one of wireless channels is selected from the at least one of candidate wireless channels;
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• automatically allocating the at least one of wireless channels to the at least one of wireless access points upon selecting the at least one of wireless channels.

A centralized entity for automatically allocating at least one wireless channel to at least one wireless access point, the centralized entity comprising:

• a communication interface configured to:
• receive a request from the at least one wireless access point to allocate the at least one wireless channel;
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• receive, from the at least one wireless access point, a signal strength value of each of at least one of neighbouring wireless access points and a list of at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein
• each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels is one of an allocated wireless channel to the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points and an unallocated wireless channel, and
• each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points is present in vicinity of the at least one wireless access point;
• a processor configured to:
• assign a channel efficiency score to each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels that indicates an ideal wireless performance;
• determine a channel overlapping parameter for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein the channel overlapping parameter indicates overlapping of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels with the allocated wireless channel of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points based on evaluating a distance between neighbouring wireless access points;
• determine a signal strength factor for each of the at least one of neighbouring wireless access points based on the signal strength value;
• determine a candidate channel score for each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels by applying the channel overlapping parameter, the signal strength factor and a reduction weight to the channel efficiency score, wherein the reduction weight is one of a pre-defined weight and a real-time weight of the at least one of candidate wireless channels;
• apply a positive offset to determine an updated channel score of each of the at least one of candidate wireless channels, wherein the positive offset is one of a pre-defined offset and a real-time offset;
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• select the at least one wireless channel for the at least one wireless access point based on the updated channel score, wherein the at least one wireless channel is selected from the at least one of candidate wireless channels;
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• wherein, the communication interface is further configured to automatically allocate the at least one wireless channel to the at least one wireless access point upon selecting the at least one wireless channel.