Patent ID: 6912204
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless mesh network having a first node, at least a second node and a network management station, the first and at least second nodes and the network management station intercoupled theretogether to permit communications therebetween, an improvement of apparatus for dynamically selecting frequency levels at which to define communication channels upon which to effectuate communications during operation of the wireless mesh network, said apparatus comprising: a frequency level quality indicia measurer positioned at each of the first and at least second nodes, said frequency level quality-indicia measurer for measuring communication quality indicia at a selected plurality of different global frequency levels at the node at which each of said frequency level quality-indicia measurers is positioned and for generating a report representative of values of the communication quality indicia measured thereat; a global channel selection positioned at the network management station and coupled to receive reports generated by each of said frequency level quality-indicia measurers, said global channel selector for selecting a first global frequency level at which to define a first global communication channel upon which to communicate first global communication signals with, and between, all of the first and at least second nodes.