Patent ID: 8625441

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying wireless communication channel usage, comprising: a counter for counting in-use clock cycles, wherein a clock cycle is in-use when the wireless communication channel is being used; a module for scanning wireless communication channels, wherein output of the module is sent to the counter; a processor coupled to the counter, and the module, and the display, wherein the processor is configured to: initialize the counter; direct the module to scan specified wireless communication channels; receive counter values from the counter for one or more wireless channels; determine wireless communication channel usage following the IEEE 802.11 protocol and channel usage not following the IEEE 802.11 protocol based at least upon the counter values of the counter for the one or more wireless communication channels; causing to be graphically displayed wireless communication channel usage following the IEEE 802.11 protocol and channel usage not following the IEEE 802.11 protocol for at least one of the one or more wireless channels.