Patent ID: 11916793
Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An access point for use in a wireless network, the access point comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:
cause the transceiver to receive first information indicating an availability of a plurality of channels;
select a claimed channel based on the first information, the first information including a baseline power level associated with the claimed channel;
cause the transceiver to receive, on the claimed channel, second information from other access points, the second information including for each of the other access points, an access point ID, and a received power level; and
finalize selection of the claimed channel based on determining that no received power level of any of the other access points exceeds the baseline power level.