Patent ID: 9641307
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, for creating a wireless WiFi network in a multi-unit building in a manner to provide redundant coverage and to minimize interference between access points, the method comprising the steps of: (a) disposing in a first unit a first access point operating on a first channel of a predetermined set of channels to thereby create a first wireless cell, wherein the first wireless cell provides wireless coverage to the first unit and to a unit adjacent to the first unit, wherein said first access point operates at a first power level; (b) disposing in a second unit a second access point operating on a second channel of the predetermined set of channels to thereby create a second wireless cell, wherein the second wireless cell provides wireless coverage to the second unit and to a unit adjacent to the second unit, and wherein the second channel does not interfere with the first channel, and wherein the second unit is not adjacent to said first unit, and wherein said second access point operates at a second power level wherein the second power level is determined based on an interference measurement in said second unit due to said first access point; (c) disposing in a third unit a third access point operating on a third channel of the predetermined set of channels to thereby create a third wireless cell, wherein the third wireless cell provides wireless coverage to the third unit and to a unit adjacent to the third unit, and wherein the third channel does not interfere with the first or second channel, and wherein the third unit is not adjacent to either of said first or second unit, and wherein said third access point operates at a third power level wherein the third power level is determined based on an interference measurement in said third unit due to at least one of said first and second access points; and (d) disposing in a fourth unit a fourth access point operating on the first channel of the predetermined set of channels to thereby create a fourth wireless cell, wherein the fourth wireless cell provides wireless coverage to the fourth unit and to a unit adjacent to the fourth unit, and wherein the fourth unit is not adjacent to either of said first, second, or third unit, and wherein the first wireless cell does not provide wireless coverage to either said fourth unit or to said unit adjacent to the fourth unit, and wherein said fourth access point operates at a fourth power level wherein the fourth power level is determined based on an interference measurement in said fourth unit due to at least one of said first, second, and third access points, wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth access points is on a different floor from the other access points, and wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth channels is a unique channel, and wherein wireless coverage is supplied to said first unit from said first wireless cell and from one of said second, third, or fourth wireless cells, and wherein wireless coverage is supplied to said second unit from said second wireless cell and from one of said first, third, or fourth wireless cells, and wherein one of said wireless cells supplying wireless coverage to said first unit is not supplying wireless coverage to said second unit.