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CHANNEL SELECTION TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE TO A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK FROM A CELLULAR NETWORK

  • US 20150063323A1
  • Filed: 09/03/2014
  • Published: 03/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for selecting an operating channel for a cellular network to reduce interference to a wireless local area network (WLAN) operated by a small cell, comprising:

  • performing, by the small cell, a channel scan of available channels, the small cell comprising a WLAN access point and a cellular network modem;

    determining whether or not there is a clean channel to be the operating channel for the cellular network based on the channel scan, wherein a clean channel comprises a channel that interferes with the WLAN less than a WLAN interference threshold; and

    selecting the clean channel as the operating channel for the cellular network based on the clean channel being available or turning off the cellular network based on no clean channel being available.

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