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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Gary Matulis, Chester, NH (US);

Magued Barsoum, Framingham, MA (US);

Owais Hassan, Andover, MA (US);

John Pacheco, Merrimack, NH (US);

Inventors:

Gary Matulis, Chester, NH (US);

Magued Barsoum, Framingham, MA (US);

Owais Hassan, Andover, MA (US);

John Pacheco, Merrimack, NH (US);

Assignee:

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for managing channel selection among a plurality of mesh points in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first announcement that includes channel exclusion information from a first mesh point; managing a distributed channel exclusion list based on the announcement; and generating a second announcement to the first mesh point based on the channel exclusion list.


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