Patent ID: 7782828

Claim:
A method for managing channels in a wireless network, comprising: retrieving, by a managing device, a plurality of device parameters from a wireless network device communicating on a channel in the wireless network, the device parameters comprising a parameter indicative of a location of the wireless network device and a parameter indicative of the channel on which the wireless network device is communicating, the channel on which the wireless network device is communicating associated with a data transmission frequency; identifying, by the managing device, a physical location of the wireless network device based on the parameter indicative of the location of the wireless network device; generating, by the managing device, a list of available channels for the wireless network device by determining a channel pattern in the wireless network based on the identified physical location of the wireless network device, the channel pattern comprising a systematic arrangement of channels; and specifying, by the managing device, the channel on which the wireless network device should communicate based on the generated list of available channels to reduce channel interference to the wireless network device.