Method for optimizing a wireless network connection
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsKarel VAN DOORSELAER, Koen Van OOST
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Abstract
The invention proposes a method for optimizing a wireless network connection when at least one of the devices comprises a configurable antenna. For avoiding Hidden Nodes problems, it is proposed to modify the configurable antenna in such a way that the number of third network devices seen only by the network device having the configurable antenna is minimized.
Claims15
In a second network device having a configurable antenna, a method to optimize a wireless network connection between the second network device and a first network device, comprising the steps of establishing a data connection between the second network device and the first network device;
- receiving from the first network device over the data connection a first Devices Seen List comprising identifications of all those third network devices from which the first network device, using a wireless network, is able to receive data;
- testing, in the second network device, whether the second network device, using the wireless network and the configurable antenna, is able to receive data from any Extra Network Devices being third network devices other than those comprised in the first Devices Seen List;
- if the second network device is able to receive data from any Extra Network Devices, to modify the configurable antenna in such a way that the number of Extra Network Devices is reduced.
Method to optimize a wireless network connection between a first network device and a second network device having a configurable antenna, comprising the steps of establishing a data connection between the first network device and the second network device;
- sending, from the first network device to the second network device over the data connection, a first Devices Seen List comprising identifications of all those third network devices from which the first network device, using a wireless network, is able to receive data;
- testing, in the second network device, whether the second network device, using the wireless network and the configurable antenna, is able to receive data from any Extra Network Devices being third network devices other than those comprised in the first Devices Seen List;
- if the second network device is able to receive data from any Extra Network Devices, to modify the configurable antenna in such a way that the number of Extra Network Devices is reduced.
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