Basic service set (BSS) color-based containment and mitigation

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors in wireless network access point (AP) to:

• communicate with a first set of one or more wireless client devices using a wireless protocol in which spatial reuse of channels is supported via at least a dynamically configurable basic service set (BSS) identifier of the wireless AP, wherein the BSS identifier is utilized to identify overlapping BSSs (OBSSs);
• detect unauthorized network activity based on one or more BSS identifiers associated with the received transmissions and historical characteristics associated with the received one or more BSS identifiers;
• and
• in response to detected unauthorized network activity, cause either a dynamic adjustment to the BSS identifier of the wireless AP or trigger a change in a remote AP associated with a BSS identifier of the remote AP, wherein triggering the change in the remote AP associated with the BSS identifier of the remote AP comprises:
• causing the wireless network AP to convert from an AP mode to a STA mode;
• causing the wireless network AP connect to the remote AP in the STA mode to send a STA collision report to cause the remote AP to move to change BSS identifiers.

A method for operating a wireless network access point (AP), the method comprising:

• communicating with a first set of one or more wireless client devices using a wireless protocol in which spatial reuse of channels is supported via at least a dynamically configurable basic service set (BSS) identifier of the wireless AP, wherein the BSS identifier is utilized to identify overlapping BSSs (OBSSs);
• detecting unauthorized network activity based on one or more BSS identifiers associated with the received transmissions and historical characteristics associated with the received one or more BSS identifiers;
• and
• causing either a dynamic adjustment to the BSS identifier of the wireless AP or trigger a change in a remote AP associated with a BSS identifier of the remote AP in response to detected unauthorized network activity, wherein triggering the change in the remote AP associated with the BSS identifier of the remote AP further comprises:
• causing the wireless network AP to convert from an AP mode to a STA mode;
• causing the wireless network AP connect to the remote AP in the STA mode to send a STA collision report to cause the remote AP to move to change BSS identifiers.