Method and apparatus for integrating radio agent data in network organization of dynamic channel selection in wireless networks
First Claim
1. A cloud intelligence engine communicatively coupled to a plurality of multi-channel DFS masters and configured to receive spectral information associated with a plurality of 5 GHz communication channels from the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters via one or more network devices, integrate the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determine a communication channel preference list for the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters from the plurality of 5 GHz communication channels based at least on the integrated spectral information.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to a method and apparatus for integrating spectrum data from a plurality of autonomous radio agents with a cloud-based data fusion and computing element that enables network self-organization and adaptive control of dynamic frequency selection in 802.11 ac/n and LTE-U networks. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a cloud intelligence engine communicatively coupled to a plurality of multi-channel DFS masters that is configured to receive spectral information from the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters, integrate the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determine communication channels for the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters based at least on the integrated spectral information.
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- 1. A cloud intelligence engine communicatively coupled to a plurality of multi-channel DFS masters and configured to receive spectral information associated with a plurality of 5 GHz communication channels from the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters via one or more network devices, integrate the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determine a communication channel preference list for the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters from the plurality of 5 GHz communication channels based at least on the integrated spectral information.
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving with a cloud intelligence engine spectral information associated with a plurality of 5 GHz communication channels from a plurality of multi-channel DFS masters via one or more network devices; integrating with the cloud intelligence engine the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information; and determining communication channels for the plurality of multi-channel DFS masters from the plurality of 5 GHz communication channels based at least on the integrated spectral information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a cloud intelligence device coupled to a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) device and configured to receive spectral information associated with a plurality of 5 GHz radio channels based on an analysis of the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels from the DFS device via a wide area network; wherein the cloud intelligence device is configured to integrate the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information and to determine a radio channel for an access point device from the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels based at least on the integrated spectral information; wherein the access point device is in communication with the DFS device via a local area network, and wherein the other spectral information is generated by at least one other DFS device configured to analyze the plurality of 5 GHz radio channels. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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