Transmit power control maximizing coverage at a minimum interference
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from each of a plurality of wireless access point devices configured to provide wireless service in corresponding coverage areas to client devices, data indicating receive signal strength information with respect to signals received from others of the plurality of wireless access point devices;
computing overlap of coverage areas of wireless access point devices from the received signal strength information;
generating a plurality of candidate transmit power plans each from a deterministic sequence of selections of wireless access point devices or from a random sequence of selections of wireless access point devices; and
after generating the plurality of candidate transmit power plans, selecting one of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans to achieve a desired amount of coverage area overlap while maximizing overall coverage by the plurality of wireless access point devices.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided to generate a transmit power plan comprising transmit powers to be used by wireless access point devices in a wireless network. A wireless network controller receives, from each of a plurality of wireless access point devices configured to provide wireless service in corresponding coverage areas to client devices, data indicating receive signal strength information with respect to signals received from others of the plurality of wireless access point devices. Overlap of coverage areas of wireless access point devices is computed from the received signal strength information. A plurality of candidate transmit power plans are generated each from a deterministic or random sequence of selections of wireless access point devices. One of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans is selected to achieve a desired amount of coverage area overlap while maximizing overall coverage by the plurality of wireless access point devices.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from each of a plurality of wireless access point devices configured to provide wireless service in corresponding coverage areas to client devices, data indicating receive signal strength information with respect to signals received from others of the plurality of wireless access point devices; computing overlap of coverage areas of wireless access point devices from the received signal strength information; generating a plurality of candidate transmit power plans each from a deterministic sequence of selections of wireless access point devices or from a random sequence of selections of wireless access point devices; and after generating the plurality of candidate transmit power plans, selecting one of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans to achieve a desired amount of coverage area overlap while maximizing overall coverage by the plurality of wireless access point devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a network interface unit configured to enable communications over a network, including communications with a plurality of wireless access point devices configured to provide wireless service in corresponding coverage areas to client devices; and a processor configured to; receive from each of a plurality of wireless access point devices data indicating receive signal strength information with respect to signals received from others of the plurality of wireless access point devices; compute overlap of coverage areas of wireless access point devices from the received signal strength information; generate a plurality of candidate transmit power plans each from a deterministic sequence of selections of wireless access point devices or a random sequence of selections of wireless access point devices; and after generation of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans, select one of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans to achieve a desired amount of coverage area overlap while maximizing overall coverage by the plurality of wireless access point devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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receive, from each of a plurality of wireless access point devices configured to provide wireless service in corresponding coverage areas to client devices, data indicating receive signal strength information with respect to signals received from others of the plurality of wireless access point devices; compute overlap of coverage areas of wireless access point devices from the received signal strength information; generate a plurality of candidate transmit power plans each from a deterministic sequence of selections of wireless access point devices or a random sequence of selections of wireless access point devices; and after generation of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans, select one of the plurality of candidate transmit power plans to achieve a desired amount of coverage area overlap while maximizing overall coverage by the plurality of wireless access point devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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