Patent ID: 9668088
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a wireless dock, comprising: querying, by the wireless dock, a first wireless networking database to identify a first set of available channels; querying, by the wireless dock, a second wireless networking database to identify a second set of available channels; receiving, by the wireless dock, an indoor position associated with a client device, the indoor position based on wireless networking signals sent from the client device; determining, by the wireless dock, overlapping wireless coverage areas that serve the client device based on the indoor position, the overlapping wireless coverage areas broadcast by multiple access points; selecting, by the wireless dock, an unlicensed channel associated with a frequency band; receiving, by the wireless dock, a list of permissible frequencies and power levels determined from the overlapping wireless coverage areas based on the indoor position associated with the client device; sending, from the wireless dock, a message via the unlicensed channel to the client device, the message specifying use of an available channel, the available channel different from the unlicensed channel, and the available channel corresponding to a single coverage area of the overlapping coverage areas, the single coverage area broadcast by a single access point of the multiple access points; creating, by the wireless dock, a wireless dock domain that clusters client devices comprising the client device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) group; switching, by the wireless dock, from the unlicensed channel to the available channel that corresponds to the single coverage area broadcast by the single access point; and communicating, by the wireless device, with the client device using the available channel based on the indoor position, wherein the client device makes a P2P connection with the wireless dock.