Patent ID: 8532063
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program instructions for use by a wireless communication device associated with a current access point on one channel, the computer program instructions configured to cause the wireless device to implement operations comprising: ascertaining whether the wireless device should attempt to associate with another access point operating on another channel; and requesting association with the access point operating on another channel if it is ascertained that the wireless device should attempt to associate with said access point, wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining that the wireless device should attempt to associate with another access point operating on another channel if the access point on said another channel is closer to the wireless device than the current access point, based on a distance measure computed for a particular access point using a received power from the particular access point and a transmit power backoff value associated with the particular access point.