Systems and methods for identifying a source of radio frequency interference in a wireless network

A network device, comprising:

• a communication interface configured to:
• receive performance and location information regarding a plurality of wireless stations;
• and
• a processing unit configured to:
• identify a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown interference source based on the received performance and location information;
• identify one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference;
• score a plurality of estimated interference source locations based on a comparison of estimated interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations;
• identify a predicted interference source location based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations;
• determine whether the unknown interference source is a persistent interference source over a selected time period, wherein the predicted interference source location is identified for each interval in the selected time period;
• retrieve the predicted interference source locations for each interval in the selected time period;
• and
• calculate an aggregated predicted interference source location based on the retrieved predicted interference source locations.

A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by a network device, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to cause the network device to:

• identify a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown interference source;
• identify one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference;
• score a plurality of estimated interference source locations based on a comparison of estimated interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations;
• identify a predicted interference source location based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations;
• determine whether the unknown interference source is a persistent interference source over a selected time period, wherein the predicted interference source location is identified for each interval in the selected time period;
• retrieve the predicted interference source locations for each interval in the selected time period;
• and
• calculate an aggregated predicted interference source location based on the retrieved predicted interference source locations.