Cloud-based radio resource management

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, associated with access points, information about the access points and specifying one or more communication-performance metrics associated with the shared band of frequencies;
• computing, for the access points, co-channel interference (CCI) metrics based at least in part on the information about the access points and the one or more communication-performance metrics, wherein a CCI metric in the CCI metrics for a given access point in the access points is based at least in part on pairs of access points in the access points;
• selecting channels and channel widths of the access points based at least in part on the CCI metrics, a graph representation of the access points and a CCI criterion, wherein nodes in the graph representation correspond to the access points and edges in the graph representation correspond to communication between the pairs of access points;
• and
• providing, addressed to the access points, second information specifying the channels and the channel widths of the access points,
• wherein selecting the channels and the channel widths further comprises:
• selecting the channel widths using a common channel width for the access points such that the CCI criterion is satisfied;
• and
• selecting revised channel widths for a subset of the access points based at least in part on the CCI metrics, the graph representation of the access points, and the CCI criterion, the revised channel widths being greater than the common channel width.

A method for selecting channels and channel widths, comprising:

• by a computer system:
• receiving, associated with access points, information about the access points and specifying one or more communication-performance metrics associated with the shared band of frequencies;
• computing, for the access points, co-channel interference (CCI) metrics based at least in part on the information about the access points and the one or more communication-performance metrics, wherein a CCI metric in the CCI metrics for a given access point in the access points is based at least in part on pairs of access points in the access points;
• selecting the channels and the channel widths of the access points based at least in part on the CCI metrics, a graph representation of the access points and a CCI criterion, wherein nodes in the graph representation correspond to the access points and edges in the graph representation correspond to communication between the pairs of access points;
• and
• providing, addressed to the access points, second information specifying the channels and the channel widths of the access points,
• wherein selecting the channels and the channel widths further comprises:
• selecting the channel widths using a common channel width for the access points such that the CCI criterion is satisfied;
• and
• selecting revised channel widths for a subset of the access points based at least in part on the CCI metrics, the graph representation of the access points, and the CCI criterion, the revised channel widths being greater than the common channel width.