Radio plan generator
First Claim
1. A method of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the method comprising:
- accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network, wherein the measure of connectivity between the access points of the network is a set of pairwise path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; and
repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel;
(a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel;
(b) determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all access points to which a transmit power and frequency channel have been assigned, the measure according to an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network; and
(c) assigning to the current access point the transmit power and frequency channel that minimizes the measure of the quality of the sub-network wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and carrier medium carrying instructions to assign frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network. The method includes, until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel, selecting a next current access point, determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all already-assigned access points an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network, and assigning to the current access point the transmit power and frequency channel that minimizes the measure of the quality of the sub-network.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network, wherein the measure of connectivity between the access points of the network is a set of pairwise path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; and repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (b) determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all access points to which a transmit power and frequency channel have been assigned, the measure according to an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network; and (c) assigning to the current access point the transmit power and frequency channel that minimizes the measure of the quality of the sub-network wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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accepting a set of pairwise measures of path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; and repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (b) starting with an initial transmit power for the current access point;
, determining the pairwise connectivity from the pairwise path loss using a path loss criterion based on the transmit power and a receiver sensitivity;(c) ascertaining whether or not there is any frequency channel unused by any AP connected to the current AP, and if so, assigning to the current AP such an available frequency channel at the transmit power; (d) if the ascertaining ascertains that no frequency channel is available, repeating lowering the transmit power of the current access point to possibly cause one or more of the other access points to become disconnected to possibly free up a potential frequency channel until a frequency channel not used by any connected access point is available, or no frequency channel is available even at the lowest possible transmit power; (e) in the case a frequency channel frees as a result of the lowering of transmit power, assigning to the current access point the newly available frequency channel and the highest transmit power level at which the channel becomes available; and (f) in the case no frequency channel becomes available, assigning the initial transmit power to the current access point, considering groups of access points assigned each of the used frequency channels, and assigning the frequency channel of the group of access points already assigned with a frequency channel whose minimum path loss from the current access point is the highest wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients.
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11. A computer readable medium encoded with computer program instructions that when executed on a processor of a processing system carry out a method of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network, wherein the measure of connectivity between the access points of the network is a set of pairwise path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; and repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (b) determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all access points to which a transmit power and frequency channel have been assigned, the measure according to an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network; and wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a processing system to carry out a method of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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accepting a set of pairwise measures of path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; and repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (b) starting with an initial transmit power for the current access point;
, determining the pairwise connectivity from the pairwise path loss using a path loss criterion based on the transmit power and a receiver sensitivity;(c) ascertaining whether or not there is any frequency channel unused by any BP connected to the current BP, and if so, assigning to the current BP such an available frequency channel at the transmit power; (d) if the ascertaining ascertains that no frequency channel is available, repeating lowering the transmit power of the current access point to possibly cause one or more of the other access points to become disconnected to possibly free up a potential frequency channel until a frequency channel not used by any connected access point is available, or no frequency channel is available even at the lowest possible transmit power; (e) in the case a frequency channel frees as a result of the lowering of transmit power, assigning to the current access point the newly available frequency channel and the highest transmit power level at which the channel becomes available; and (f) in the case no frequency channel becomes available, assign the initial transmit power to the current access point, considering groups of access points assigned each of the used frequency channels, and assigning the frequency channel of the group of access points already assigned with a frequency channel whose minimum path loss from the current access point is the highest wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients.
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17. An apparatus for assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the apparatus comprising a processing system programmed to execute a method comprising:
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accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network; and repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel; (a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel, wherein the measure of connectivity between the access points of the network is a set of pairwise path losses from each access point to a different access point of the network; (b) determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all access points to which a transmit power and frequency channel have been assigned, the measure according to an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network; and (c) assigning to the current access point the transmit power and frequency channel that minimizes the measure of the quality of the sub-network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus of assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
- means for accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network; and
means for repeating until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel;
(a) selecting a current access point to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel;
(b) determining for a set of at least one transmit power for a set of at least one frequency channel a measure of the quality of the sub-network formed by the current access point and all access points to which a transmit power and frequency channel have been assigned, the measure according to an evaluation metric indicative of the quality of the sub-network; and
(c) assigning to the current access point the transmit power and frequency channel that minimizes the measure of the quality of the sub-network, wherein assigning frequency channels and transmit powers for an access point includes assigning one or more frequency channels and one or more transmit powers for the access point to communicate with its one or more clients. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
- means for accepting a measure of connectivity between the access points of the network; and
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