Patent ID: 8923225
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for avoiding interference in a WiFi network comprising a plurality of WiFi terminals, the method comprising: a) using one or more of the WiFi terminals to collect radio interference information, wherein the radio interference information comprises packet header information for WiFi packets received over a plurality of WiFi channels; b) communicating the radio interference information from the one or more of the WiFi terminals to a network management system (NMS) for storing in a network radio environment database (NRED); and, c) receiving transmission and reception parameters sent by the NMS to the one or more of the WiFi terminals for use thereof in WiFi data communications by said one or more of the WiFi terminals so as to avoid or lessen radio interference in the WiFi network; wherein a) comprises collecting, by the one or more of the WiFi terminals, packet header information from the WiFi packets received by said one or more WiFi terminals over the plurality of WiFi channels, and wherein b) comprises communicating to the NMS the packet header information that is collected by the one or more WiFi terminals from the received WiFi packets as a part of the radio interference information.