Wireless radio access point configuration
AssigneeFortinet, Inc.
InventorsKoroush Akhavan-Saraf, Jose Luis Villarreal Reverte
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Abstract
Methods and systems for configuring an access point (AP) are provided. According to one embodiment, a wireless network architecture includes multiple dual concurrent wireless access points, each including dual radios and dual antennas. The dual radios are configured to operate in a same frequency band and include multiple channels within the frequency band. The dual radios in each of the dual concurrent wireless access points are configured with different channels. The dual concurrent wireless access points are configured in a cell pattern, configured to use all of the channels within the frequency band.
Claims20
A wireless network architecture comprising:
- a plurality of dual concurrent wireless access points, each comprising dual radios and dual antennas, the dual radios configured to operate in a same frequency band and comprising a plurality of channels within the frequency band;
- wherein the dual radios in each of the plurality of dual concurrent wireless access points are configured with different ones of the plurality of channels;
- wherein the plurality of dual concurrent wireless access points are configured in a cell pattern;
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- wherein the plurality of dual concurrent wireless access points within the cell pattern are configured to use all of the plurality of channels within the frequency band.
A method of configuring a wireless network, comprising:
- arranging a plurality of wireless access points comprising dual concurrent radios and dual directional antennas in a cell pattern;
- configuring each radio in the plurality of wireless access points with a different channel according to a channel separation index between adjacent radios;
- calculating transmission angles for packets to be transmitted by each radio based on recipient locations in the cell pattern;
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- changing transmission orders of the packets to reduce interference based on the transmission angles.
A dual radio wireless access point comprising:
- means for computing locations of recipient devices based on packets queued for transmission on a first 5 GHz radio and a second 5 GHz radio of the dual radio wireless access point;
- means for calculating transmission angles to which a first antenna associated with the first 5 GHz radio and a second antenna associated with the second 5 GHz radio should be directed to transmit the packets based on the computed locations;
- means for determining based on a packet queue whether transmissions will cause interference between the first antenna and the second antenna;
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- means for reordering the packet queue to prevent the interference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.