Patent ID: 11902820
Assignee: CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method for managing congestion in a wireless network, the method comprising:
analyzing, by a wireless access point (WAP) within the wireless network, a plurality of locations of a plurality of communication devices within the wireless network to determine an effective coverage area of the WAP,
determining, by the WAP, the WAP is servicing a large coverage area when the effective coverage area is greater than a coverage area threshold,
determining, by the WAP and in response to the WAP not servicing the large coverage area, whether to restrict a first operational parameter from among a plurality of operational parameters from being utilized by the PHY device to communicate wireless network information based upon whether the wireless network is experiencing the congestion, and
determining, by the WAP and in response to the WAP servicing the large coverage area, not to restrict the first operational parameter from being utilized by the PHY device to communicate the wireless network information regardless of whether the wireless network is experiencing the congestion.