Systems and methods for cloud-based spectrum survey and network management based therefrom

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized network management framework that provides novel network optimization for WiFi networks. The framework provides operations for an Access Point (AP) to perform off-channel surveys using multiple radios to collect interference and other information without causing performance degradations. The framework can configure such APs with capabilities to operate on a DFS channel simultaneously. The framework can be implemented on a Mesh network where there are multiple APs, each with multiple radios in each frequency band. Accordingly, the framework can enable computational evaluations the client devices connected on each radio on each AP and intelligently schedule the radios to be used opportunistically for off channel surveys. This enables network management for which a WiFi network at a location can be configured and/or managed to ensure optimized network connectivity and throughput.