Wireless Access Point Alternate Settings

• US 20140301328A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Yacovitch, Bob Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/347,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20140301328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/02 Resource partitioning among network components, e.g. reuse partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to wireless access point alternate settings. For example, a processor may select a primary and alternate radio channel for a wireless access point. In one embodiment, the alternate channel is a non-radar designated channel. In one embodiment, the primary and alternate radio channels are selected based on a network topology map. In one embodiment, a processor uses a network topology map to select wireless access point alternate settings to be transmitted where failure of a wireless access point failure is detected.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a processor, an alternate radio channel setting not designated for radar avoidance to associate with a wireless access point as an alternate to a primary radio channel associated with the wireless access point; and

transmitting information about the associated alternate radio channel to the wireless access points.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the associated alternate radio channel of the wireless access point based on use of an alternate channel by another wireless access point.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

identifying that the wireless access point detected radar on the primary radio channel associated with the wireless access point; and

updating an associated primary radio channel of another wireless access point having an associated primary radio channel the same as the primary radio channel associated with the wireless access point.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the wireless access point detected radar on the primary radio channel associated with the wireless access point; and

updating an associated primary radio channel of another wireless access point within a particular proximity of the wireless access point having an associated primary radio channel the same as the primary radio channel associated with the wireless access point.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simulating a condition to disrupt the communication on the associated primary radio channel of the wireless access point;

monitoring the communication of the wireless access point; and

outputting information related to the monitoring.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the primary radio channel designated for radar avoidance to associate with the wireless access point; and

transmitting information about the associate primary radio channel to the wireless access point.

7. An apparatus, comprising;

a storage to store a network topology map of wireless access points n a network; and

a determiner to;

determine for a wireless access point, based on the network topology map, an alternate setting of at least one of the other of the wireless access points in the event of failure of the wireless access point; and

store information related to the alternate setting; and

a transmitter to transmit information about the alternate setting to the at least one of the other of the wireless access points where failure of the wireless access point is detected.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the alternate setting comprises at least one alternate power level and an alternate radio channel.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the determiner is further to identify that the alternate setting fails to replace the network coverage of the wireless access point.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a tester to:

simulate failure of the wireless access point;

monitor network coverage provided by at least one of the other of the wireless access points; and

output information about the monitoring.

11. A machine-readable non transitory storage medium including instructions executable by a processor to:

determine a primary radio channel and an alternate radio channel setting for a wireless access point based on a network topology map of wireless access points in a network;

transmit information about the associated primary radio channel to the wireless access point; and

transmit information about the associated alternate radio channel to the wireless access point.

12. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 11, wherein transmitting information about the associated alternate radio channel comprises transmitting information about the associated alternate radio channel where interference is detected on the primary channel associated with the wireless access point.

13. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining the primary and alternate channel is based on a relationship between target communication performance on the primary channel and target communication performance on the alternate channel.

14. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining the alternate channel is based on historical information about the likelihood of interference on the group of available alternate channels.

15. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions to:

simulate interference of the wireless access point; and

monitor the communication of the wireless access point; and

output information related to the monitoring.