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Wireless communication method and apparatus for balancing the loads of access points by controlling access point transmission power levels

  • US 20050152320A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2004
  • Published: 07/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a wireless communication system which includes a plurality of access points (APs) experiencing various loads, each AP being associated with at least one respective channel, a method of balancing the loads of the APs, the method comprising:

  • (a) estimating and comparing the load of each AP and the channel utilization of other channels not used by the AP to certain thresholds;

    (b) increasing a range of a particular AP with a light load if the load on at least one channel used by another AP is heavy; and

    (c) decreasing a range of a particular AP with a heavy load if the load on all channels not used by the particular AP is light.

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