US 11,889,542 B2
Systems and methods for identifying wireless channels
Allen Huotari, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Charles Moreman, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,063.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029256 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01)
CPC H04W 72/542 (2023.01) [H04B 7/0486 (2013.01); H04L 5/0062 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a network device, data for a plurality of wireless channels;
determining, based on at least a portion of the data, an activity level for each wireless channel of the plurality of wireless channels;
determining, based on the activity level for each wireless channel of the plurality of wireless channels, a portion of the plurality of wireless channels that satisfy a zero data use activity level threshold;
determining, based on the portion of the plurality of wireless channels satisfying the zero data use activity level threshold, that the portion of the plurality of wireless channels are not available for recommendation to a user device; and
sending, to the user device, an indication of a channel of a second portion of the plurality of wireless channels.