Automatic wireless network channel selection
AssigneeNetgear, Inc.
InventorsPeiman AMINI, Joseph Amalan Arul EMMANUEL
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Abstract
A method for selecting signal channel for a wireless networking device is provided. The method collects WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on the candidate channels. The method then determines a weighted grade for each of the candidate channels based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information. A channel is selected among the candidate channels based on the weighted grades. The method further adjusts WLAN transmit parameter of the wireless networking device based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- collecting, by a wireless networking device, WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on a plurality of candidate channels;
- and
- selecting a channel among the candidate channels based on weighted grades of the candidate channels, the weighted grades being determined based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information, wherein the weighted grades include a negative component corresponding to an overlapping portion of a spectrum mask.
A method, comprising:
- collecting, by a wireless networking device, WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on a plurality of candidate channels;
- and
- adjusting WLAN transmit parameter and/or receive parameter of the wireless networking device based on weighted grades of the candidate channels, the weighted grades being determined based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information, wherein the weighted grades include a negative component corresponding to an overlapping portion of a spectrum mask.
A wireless networking device, comprising:
- a radio receiver to collect WLAN and non-WLAN interference information on the candidate channels;
- one or more processors to select a channel among the candidate channels based on weighted grades of the candidate channels, the weighted grades being determined based on the collected WLAN and non-WLAN interference information, wherein the weighted grades include a negative component corresponding to an overlapping portion of a spectrum mask.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.