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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Douglas Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Mansoor Ahmed, Parker, TX (US);

Ahmadreza Hedayat, Allen, TX (US);

Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas Chan, San Jose, CA (US);

Mansoor Ahmed, Parker, TX (US);

Ahmadreza Hedayat, Allen, TX (US);

Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/025 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/0426 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are provided for selecting channels for use by access points operating in a wireless local area network. Metrics are computed for at least one set of radio frequency (RF) channels, wherein the set of RF channels comprises at least two RF channels in a frequency band that are available for use by a wireless network for a wider bandwidth mode that combines bandwidth of two or more RF channels. Alignment of individual primary and secondary RF channels is determined in the set of RF channels for operation of at least first and second wireless networks. A bias is applied to the metrics for each RF channel that is a member of the set of RF channels for the primary channel depending on alignment of the primary and secondary channels of the respective first and second wireless networks to produce adjusted metrics, based on which RF channels are assigned.


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