Patent ID: 9699665
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. In a radio network having a plurality of first users on channel (FUOCs) and one or more second users on channel (SUOCs), a method comprising: identifying a plurality of FUOCs each operating in a respective one of a plurality of channels; receiving, at or nearby a SUOC, radio frequency (RF) transmissions from each of the FUOCs; analyzing the received RF transmissions to determine signal parameters associated with each of the FUOCs, wherein the signal parameters comprise an actual rate, a bandwidth, a received signal power, and a noise power; deriving a possible rate for each of the FUOCs based, at least in part, upon the signal parameters; determining an expected impact on each of the FUOCs if the SUOC co-occupies the respective FUOC channel, wherein the expected impact is based, at least in part, upon the actual rate and the possible rate; and selecting one of the plurality of channels for the SUOC to operate in based upon the expected impacts on each of the FUOCs.