Multi-radio mesh network channel selection and load balancing
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a mesh point of a wireless mesh network a channel priority list indicating a priority order of multiple wireless channels of the wireless mesh network; and
configuring one or more wireless communication resources based at least in part on the channel priority list, including assigning each wireless communication resource to a wireless channel of a priority corresponding to a priority of the wireless communication resource.
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Abstract
A channel list indicates a preference order for multiple channels of a wireless mesh network. A mesh point can configure its wireless communication resources with channel assignments based at least in part on the channel list. The mesh point may assign channels of a preference indicated in the channel list with wireless communication resources of a corresponding preference order.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a mesh point of a wireless mesh network a channel priority list indicating a priority order of multiple wireless channels of the wireless mesh network; and
configuring one or more wireless communication resources based at least in part on the channel priority list, including assigning each wireless communication resource to a wireless channel of a priority corresponding to a priority of the wireless communication resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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generating a channel priority list to indicate a priority order of multiple wireless channels of a wireless mesh network with multiple mesh points; and
transmitting the channel priority list to a mesh point having one or more radios, the radios having a priority order, to cause the mesh point to assign each of the radios to a channel of corresponding priority. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture comprising a machine accessible medium having content to provide instructions which when executed cause a machine to perform operations including:
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receiving a channel list indicating an order of preference of multiple wireless channels of a wireless mesh network, the order of preference including the wireless channels of the wireless mesh network in order from a most preferred to a least preferred of the wireless channels;
assigning a wireless channel to each of multiple radios in accordance with the channel list, the radios being assigned wireless channels of corresponding preference; and
distributing packets of transmit traffic across the multiple radios to load balance the transmit traffic. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless network interface to receive a channel list indicating a determined priority for channels of a wireless mesh network, the wireless network interface having a priority; and
a radio interface module coupled to the wireless network interface to configure the wireless network interface to assign a channel of the channel list to the wireless network interface, the channel having a priority corresponding to the priority of the wireless network interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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multiple wireless network interfaces within a node of a wireless mesh network to exchange traffic in the wireless mesh network, the network interfaces having an order of priority, one of the wireless network interfaces to receive a channel list indicating an order of priority for channels of the wireless mesh network;
an omnidirectional antenna coupled to the wireless network interfaces to transmit and receive radio signals formatted according to a format compliant with an IEEE 802.11 standard, through which the network interfaces are coupled to the wireless mesh network; and
a radio interface module coupled to the wireless network interfaces to assign channels of corresponding priority to each of the wireless network interfaces, according to the received channel list. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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