Patent ID: 9374834
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: obtaining multiple network performance parameters for each of a plurality of access categories of the wireless network, wherein the plurality of access categories comprise at least one lower priority wireless network and at least higher priority wireless network; measuring a network performance within a wireless network by measuring, at a wireless node within one access category of the wireless network, multiple network performance parameters, combinations of the multiple network performance parameters being associated with one or more degraded performance thresholds, wherein the measurement reflects the network performance as detected at the wireless node; determining whether a combination of multiple measured network performance parameters has reached one or more degraded performance thresholds; in response to determining that the combination of multiple measured network performance parameters has reached one or more degraded performance thresholds, transmitting a frame via the wireless network, the frame being transmitted using a Request-to-Send/Clear-to-Send (RTS/CTS) protection; determining whether a combination of multiple measured network performance parameters has reached one or more further degraded performance thresholds; and in response to determining that the combination of multiple measured network performance parameters has reached one or more further degraded performance thresholds, transmitting a second frame via the wireless network, the second frame being transmitted using the RTS/CTS protection, wherein a second frame size is different than a first frame size.