Multiradio-database systems and methods

An apparatus for passing information from a Media Access Controller (MAC) level to an applications level without requiring the use of intermediate level devices, the apparatus comprising:

• a storing means for storing a first database of channel performance information, wherein the first database includes a plurality of records with each record containing information relating to a wireless channel monitored by one or more MACs;
• input means for receiving information from the one or more MACs monitoring their respective wireless channels such that each record of the first database contains channel performance information for a respective wireless channel;
• output means for providing the channel performance information to a plurality of applications-level executable programs running on one or more computers;
• and
• security means for protecting the storing means from access by at least one unauthorized applications-level executable program.

A method for use in a communication system employing a plurality of different communication channels, comprising:

• establishing a first database of channel performance information, wherein the first database includes a plurality of records with each record containing information relating to a wireless channel monitored by a Media Access Controller (MAC);
• receiving information from a plurality of MACs monitoring their respective wireless channels such that each record of the first database contains channel performance information for a respective wireless channel;
• and
• providing the channel performance information to a plurality of applications-level executable programs running on one or more computers while also protecting the first database from access by at least one unauthorized applications-level executable program.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• a set of one or more first instructions for establishing a first database of channel performance information, wherein the first database includes a plurality of records with each record containing information relating to a wireless channel monitored by a Media Access Controller (MAC);
• a set of one or more second instructions for receiving information from a plurality of MACs monitoring their respective wireless channels such that each record of the first database contains channel performance information for a respective wireless channel;
• and
• a set of one or more third instructions for providing the channel performance information to a plurality of applications-level executable programs running on one or more computers while also protecting the first database from access by at least one unauthorized applications-level executable program.