Method and apparatus for directed adaptive control of dynamic channel selection in wireless networks

A system, comprising:

• a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) device configured to generate spectral information associated with a plurality of 5 GHz radio channels based on an analysis of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels;
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• a cloud intelligence device configured to receive the spectral information via a wide area network, integrate the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determine a radio channel for a device, from the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels, based at least on the integrated spectral information, wherein the device is in communication with the DFS device via a wireless network, wherein the other spectral information is generated by at least one other DFS device configured to analyze the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels, and wherein the DFS device is configured to transmit a whitelist of each of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels that does not contain a radar signal to the cloud intelligence device via the wide area network.