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Systems and methods of distributed self-configuration for wireless networks

  • US 7,395,064 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2004
  • Issued: 07/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • communicating, by a first access point (AP) node, with selected ones of a plurality of nodes in a wireless network, including client nodes and other AP nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes self-configure a channel for communication among the nodes;

    receiving, by the first AP node, information from a client node about an interference source detected by the client node in a current operating channel by tracking a source of packets in the operating channel;

    initiating, by the first AP node, a channel-selection process;

    sending, by the first AP node, a leader election message to a first neighbor node;

    receiving, by the first neighbor node, the leader election message; and

    deciding, by the first neighbor node, whether to accept the sending node as leader;

    if so, the first neighbor node not forward the leader election message;

    if not, the first neighbor picking a leader with a lowest medium access control address, and the first neighbor node forwarding the leader election message to its neighbor nodes.

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