SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A WIRELESS RADIO NETWORK
First Claim
1. A distributed wireless network for delivering Internet connectivity to geographically diverse wireless subscriber devices, comprising a plurality of wireless access points that operatively connect to the Internet through a terrestrial distribution medium, each wireless access point configured to establish a wireless interface with at least one of the wireless subscriber devices for providing Internet connectivity to the wireless subscriber device, and each wireless access point controlled by a channel allocation engine to operate on a channel selected by the channel allocation engine from an available channel pool associated with the wireless access point using channel selection parameters to minimize interference between the wireless access points and the remote wireless subscriber devices.
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Abstract
A communication system includes wireless access points that are distributed along a linear, terrestrial-based communications medium that has an operative interface to the Internet. The wireless access points establish wireless connectivity between end users in residences and businesses to the Internet via the communications medium. The operating channel for each wireless access point is controlled by a spectrum management system to control use of available spectrum in an efficient manner and to minimize interference.
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- 1. A distributed wireless network for delivering Internet connectivity to geographically diverse wireless subscriber devices, comprising a plurality of wireless access points that operatively connect to the Internet through a terrestrial distribution medium, each wireless access point configured to establish a wireless interface with at least one of the wireless subscriber devices for providing Internet connectivity to the wireless subscriber device, and each wireless access point controlled by a channel allocation engine to operate on a channel selected by the channel allocation engine from an available channel pool associated with the wireless access point using channel selection parameters to minimize interference between the wireless access points and the remote wireless subscriber devices.
- 12. A spectrum management system for a distributed wireless network that delivers Internet connectivity to geographically diverse wireless subscriber devices and that includes a plurality of wireless access points that operatively connect to the Internet through a terrestrial distribution medium, comprising a channel allocation engine configured to allocate operating channels to each of the wireless access points, the allocation including selecting each respective operating channel from an available channel pool associated with the wireless access point using channel selection parameters to minimize interference between the wireless access points and the wireless subscriber devices.
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