Patent ID: 9480069
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method operable by a Wi-Fi network entity, the method comprising: signaling a time to at least one station served by the Wi-Fi network entity for interference measurements; receiving interference measurements taken at the signaled time from the at least one station, the interference measurements including a first interference value measured without transmitting a clear-to-send-2-self (CTS2S) message and a second interference value measured after transmitting the CTS2S message; based on the received interference measurements, selecting at least one channel to serve the at least one station, as a first transmitter parameter; and based on the received interference measurements, using ready-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS), as a second transmitter parameter.