Patent ID: 8023495
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of synchronizing access points within a multi-channel radio system, the method comprising: a first Access Point and a second Access Point, said method comprising the steps of: deploying multiple access points within the multi-channel radio system, wherein the multiple access points include a first Access Point; scanning, via the first Access Point, all channels of the multi-channel radio system; detecting, via the first Access Point, other access points of the multiple access points and an RSSI level of beacon signals received at the first Access Point via channels of the multi-channel radio system; detecting which access point of the multiple Access Points transmitted the beacon signal received at the first Access Point with a lowest RSSI level; and synchronizing the first Access Point with the access point that transmitted the beacon signal received at the first Access Point with the lowest RSSI level such that the first Access Point and the access point that transmitted the beacon signal received at the first Access Point with the lowest RSSI level subsequently transmit beacon signals simultaneously.