Method and apparatus for implementing wireless system discovery and control using a state-space
AssigneeDZS Inc.
InventorsKenneth J. Kerpez, Wonjong Rhee, Mung Chiang, Ardavan Maleki Tehrani
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling a wireless network receive data from wireless access points within a wireless network and use the data in a model of the wireless network to identify allowable transitions between states defined by the model. Parameters for the wireless access points are adjusted to initiate transitions between the states and, based on the transitions, the model is updated.
Claims20
A method of modeling a state space for an access point optimizer, the method comprising:
- receiving data that identifies in a network one or more wireless nodes that cause an interference with a wireless access point;
- applying at least the received data to a model that comprises one or more graphs that model states in a state space that represents one or more wireless nodes associated with the wireless access point and at least one state variable that represents a configuration of the wireless access point, the one or more graphs identifying state transitions according to a state transition matrix;
- iteratively performing the steps of:
- adjusting at least one configurable parameter for the wireless access point to transition the wireless access point to operate in a new state defined by the state transition matrix;
- determining a change in at least one performance metric measured at one or more wireless access points;
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- updating the model.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor in an access point optimizer, cause the access point optimizer to perform steps comprising:
- receiving data that identifies in a network one or more wireless nodes that cause an interference with a wireless access point;
- applying at least the received data to a model that comprises one or more graphs that model states in a state space that represents one or more communication nodes associated with the wireless access point and at least one state variable that represents a configuration of the wireless access point, the one or more graphs identifying state transitions according to a state transition matrix;
- iteratively performing the steps of:
- adjusting at least one configurable parameter for the wireless access point to transition the wireless access point to operate in a new state defined by the state transition matrix;
- determining at least one performance metric measured at one or more wireless access points;
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- based on the at least one performance metric;
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- changing the configuration to induce a state transition that causes the interference to be reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.