Patent ID: 9479317
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of channel selection for a mobile communication device comprising: periodically performing a noise level measurement for each channel of an available number of communication channels; generating a data structure comprising the available number of channels and the noise level measurement for each channel, the available number of channels ranked by measured noise level; monitoring a RSSI of the mobile communication device; identifying a lowest quality channel satisfying a predetermined required signal to interference ratio utilizing the RSSI of the mobile communication device and the noise level measurement for each channel, wherein identifying the lowest quality channel satisfying a predetermined required signal to interference ratio comprises comparing a measure of a desired-signal RSSI to the noise level measurement for each channel in the data structure, the available channels ranked by measured noise level; and selecting the lowest quality channel satisfying the predetermined required signal to interference ratio.