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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2019
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Francis Scahill, London, GB;

Simon Ringland, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is herein disclosed a method of measuring the performance of a first communication channel at a first access point in a WLAN, in which the first access point is associated to a client device so that the first access point can send data to, and/or receive data from, the client device on a second communication channel, the method including disassociating the first access point to the client device and associating a second access point to the client device; switching the working channel of the first access point from the second communication channel to the first communication channel; and making one or more performance measurements in respect of the first communication channel at the first access point.


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