Method for assigning channels for access points of a wireless network
AssigneeCarnegie Mellon University
InventorsAlexander H. Hills, Jon P. Schlegel
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Abstract
A method for assigning channels for access points for a network providing wireless communications coverage for an environment, including assigning a weight indicative of overlapping coverage for each pair of access points having overlapping coverage, and assigning a channel to each of the access points based on certain sums of the weights to minimize coverage overlap between access points operating at the same channel.
Claims8
A method for assigning channels for access points for a network providing wireless communications coverage for an environment, comprising:
- assigning a weight indicative of overlapping coverage for each pair of access points having overlapping coverage;
- and
- assigning a channel to each of the access points based on certain sums of the weights to minimize coverage overlap between access points, operating at the same channel.
A method for assigning channels for access points for a network providing wireless communications coverage for an environment, comprising:
- determining an amount of overlapping coverage between pairs of access points;
- assigning a weight indicative of the overlapping coverage for each pair of access points having overlapping coverage;
- and
- assigning a channel to each of the access points based on certain sums of the weights to minimize coverage overlap between access points operating at the same channel.
A computer readable medium, having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- assign a weight indicative of overlapping coverage for each pair of access points of a network for providing wireless communications coverage for an environment;
- and
- assign a channel to each of the access points based on certain sums of the weights to minimize coverage overlap between access points operating at the same channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.