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Dynamic channel selection in a wireless communication network

  • US 9,918,242 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2015
  • Issued: 03/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network device for dynamically switching a communications channel within a wireless communication network of networked devices, the system comprising:

  • a congestion detector circuit of the network device that accumulates an ineffective transmission time metric over time on a first channel of the wireless communication network and detects that the accumulated ineffective transmission time metric satisfies a channel selection condition on the first channel;

    a network channel coordinator system of the network device and coupled to the congestion detector circuit that signals the networked devices of the wireless communication network to switch communications to a second channel, responsive to detection that the accumulated ineffective transmission time metric satisfies the channel selection condition on the first channel; and

    a tuner circuit, a transceiver circuit, and an antenna coupled to the network channel coordinator system that initiate communications by the network device on the second channel, the congestion detector circuit accumulating an ineffective transmission time metric over time on the second channel of the wireless communication network after initiation of the communications by the network device on the second channel.

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