US 12,143,967 B1
Method and access point for selecting candidate channel in wireless local area network
Xiang Liu, Shenzhen (CN); Shengbo Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); and Rui Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TP-LINK CORPORATION PTE. LTD, Singapore (SG)
Filed by TP-LINK CORPORATION PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on May 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/655,311.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/02 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a candidate channel from a set of channels in a wireless local area network, the set of channels comprising elementary channels and combination channels, the method being performed by an access point (AP) and comprising:
obtaining first wireless channel state indication for each elementary channel in the set of channels;
calculating a first quality score for each elementary channel in the set of channels based on the first wireless channel state indication;
calculating a second quality score for each combination channel in the set of channels, wherein each combination channel comprises a first elementary channel and a second elementary channel different from the first elementary channel in the set of channels, and the second quality score is calculated based on both the first wireless channel state indication for the first elementary channel and the first wireless channel state indication for the second elementary channel; and
selecting a channel with the highest quality score from the set of channels as the candidate channel.