METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE OF SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE CHANNELS IN THE DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION BAND IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving in a mesh network, at a host device comprising a processor, an indication of a suspected radar event on at least one dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel;
determining, with the host device, whether the suspected radar event is a valid radar event, based at least in part on the suspected radar event; and
propagating, in the mesh network, radar information regarding at least one of the suspected radar event or the valid radar event to at least one of another host device or a cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of 5 GHz radio frequency channels. In non-limiting embodiments, exemplary systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided that can facilitate reducing false detections and/or network downtime in exemplary mesh networks employing dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channels. In a non-limiting aspect, radar information can be propagated among exemplary mesh nodes, including location information, to facilitate reducing false detections and/or network downtime in exemplary mesh networks. In addition, in further non-limiting aspects, exemplary embodiments can transmit signals to facilitate silencing one or more DFS channels and/or collaborative mesh node identification and/or discrimination of radar signals and false detections, among other non-limiting aspects provided.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving in a mesh network, at a host device comprising a processor, an indication of a suspected radar event on at least one dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel; determining, with the host device, whether the suspected radar event is a valid radar event, based at least in part on the suspected radar event; and propagating, in the mesh network, radar information regarding at least one of the suspected radar event or the valid radar event to at least one of another host device or a cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving in a mesh network an indication of a suspected radar event on at least one dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel; means for determining whether the suspected radar event is a valid radar event, based at least in part on the suspected radar event; means for propagating, in the mesh network, radar information regarding at least one of the suspected radar event or the valid radar event to at least one mesh node or a cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network, wherein the means for propagating radar information is further configured for propagating location information associated with the apparatus; means for receiving additional radar information from the at least one of the mesh node or the cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network, wherein the means for determining whether the suspected radar event is the valid radar event is further configured for determining whether the suspected radar event is the valid radar event based at least in part on the additional radar information; means for determining that the suspected radar event is the valid radar event; means for determining that the suspected radar event is an invalid radar event; and means for propagating at least one of the additional radar information, the valid radar event, the invalid radar event, or additional location information associated with the at least one mesh node to the at least one mesh node or the cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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at least one radar detector configured to receive an indication of a suspected radar event on at least one dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel in a mesh network; at least one processor of a multi-channel DFS master device configured to determine whether the suspected radar event is a valid radar event, based at least in part on the suspected radar event; and at least one communications component associated the multi-channel DFS master device configured to propagate, in the mesh network, radar information regarding at least one of the suspected radar event or the valid radar event to at least one of a mesh node or a cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network, wherein the at least one communications component is further configured to receive additional radar information from the at least one of the mesh node or the cloud intelligence engine associated with the mesh network, and wherein the multi-channel DFS master device is further configured to determine whether the suspected radar event is the valid radar event based at least in part on at least one of the suspected radar event or the additional radar information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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