Patent ID: 8085719

Claim:
A method of configuring first and second wireless communication devices for wireless communication within first and second overlapping frequency ranges, respectively, the method comprising; (a) determining a first interference value that would occur if both the first and second overlapping frequency ranges were substantially identical; (b) determining a second interference value that would occur if the first overlapping frequency range differed from second overlapping frequency range by a specified amount; (c) determining whether an overall interference value based at least in part upon the first and second interference values satisfies a threshold criterion; and (d) if the threshold criterion is met, then configuring at least one of the first and second wireless communication devices so that the first and second overlapping frequency ranges of the first and second wireless communication devices differ by substantially the specified amount, wherein if a threshold criterion is not met, then varying the specified amount and repeating (b), (c) and (d) wherein the second interference value is a function of an overlap between a transmitter's signal power distribution across the frequency spectrum and a corresponding frequency response of receiver's band-pass filter, each associated with different of the first and second wireless communication devices.