Patent ID: 9591694
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. An access point, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising: wherein the at least one memory and the computer code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the access point at least to: search the MAC address table for the MAC address of the counterpart access point; select, in response to the MAC address table being void of the MAC address of the counterpart access point, a radio channel according to a channel selection policy and change the radio channel of the access point to the selected radio channel; determine, in response to the MAC address of the counterpart access point being in the MAC address table, that the radio channel of the access point is synchronized with the radio channel of the counterpart access point based on the value of the sync flag being a determined value; select, in response to the radio channel of the access point being synchronized with the radio channel of the counterpart access point, a radio channel according to the channel selection policy; and change the radio channel of the access point to the selected radio channel; and scan, in response to the MAC address of the counterpart access point being in the MAC address table and the radio channel of the access point not being synchronized with the radio channel of the counterpart access point, the counterpart access point; and perform, in association with the access point, a radio channel change to a scanned channel of the counterpart access point.