Rf channel analysis and improved usage of wireless channels in a wireless network

Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to:

• measure an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band;
• produce performance metrics based on the determined ability;
• and
• assign the performance metrics to the wireless access point, the wireless access point operable to implement the performance metrics to select amongst the multiple wireless communication channels to communicate in a wireless network environment.

A system comprising:

• a monitor resource operative to measure an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band;
• an analyzer resource operative to produce performance metrics based on the determined ability;
• and
• a management resp operative to assign the performance metrics to the wireless access point, the wireless access point operable to implement the performance metrics to select amongst the multiple wireless communication channels to communicate in a wireless network environment.

A method comprising:

• communicating over a first wireless channel in a wireless region, the first wireless channel selected from multiple wireless channels available to support wireless communications;
• monitoring the wireless region for presence of noise over each of the multiple wireless channels;
• and
• in response to detecting an event indicating wireless interference over the first wireless channel above an interference threshold value, switching over to use of a second wireless channel of the multiple wireless channels to communicate in the wireless region, the second wireless channel selected based on identified levels of noise detected in the multiple wireless channels during the monitoring.

A method comprising:

• receiving performance information assigned to a wireless access point, the performance information indicating different performance capabilities of the wireless access point to wirelessly communicate in a wireless region over each of multiple wireless channels in a wireless frequency band;
• measuring power levels of noise in the wireless region over each of the multiple wireless channels;
• analyzing a combination of the performance information in view of the measured power levels of noise;
• and
• based on the analysis, selecting a wireless channel amongst the multiple wireless channels to communicate in the wireless region.