OPTIMAL-CHANNEL SELECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network, the method comprising:
- collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a first set of at least one access points within a detection area of the first discovery component, each access point of the first set transmitting data over a respective channel of a set of channels; and
based on the first-set information, determining an optimal channel of the set of channels, the optimal channel having associated therewith the lowest probability of interference with the channels over which the access points of the first set are transmitting.
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Abstract
A machine-implementable method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network includes collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a first set of at least one access points within a detection area of the first discovery component. Each access point of the first set transmits data over a respective channel of a set of channels. The method further includes determining, based on the first-set information, an optimal channel of the set of channels, the optimal channel having associated therewith the lowest probability of interference with the channels over which the access points of the first set are transmitting.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a first set of at least one access points within a detection area of the first discovery component, each access point of the first set transmitting data over a respective channel of a set of channels; and based on the first-set information, determining an optimal channel of the set of channels, the optimal channel having associated therewith the lowest probability of interference with the channels over which the access points of the first set are transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a first set of at least one access points within a detection area of the first discovery component, each access point of the first set having a respective energy signature; and based on the first-set information, determining an optimal channel of a set of available channels, the optimal channel having associated therewith an energy signature least likely to overlap with the energy signature of any of the first-set access points.
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14. A method of transferring a computer program product from at least one first computer to at least one second computer connected to the at least one first computer through a communication medium, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) accessing, on the at least one first computer, computer-executable instructions for performing a method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network, the optimizing method comprising; (1) collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a first set of at least one access points within a detection area of the first discovery component, each access point of the first set transmitting data over a respective channel of a set of channels, and (2) based on the first-set information, determining an optimal channel of the set of channels, the optimal channel having associated therewith the lowest probability of interference with the channels over which the access points of the first set are transmitting; and (b) transferring the computer-executable instructions from the at least one first computer to the at least one second computer through the communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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