Patent ID: 8798069

Claim:
A method for allocating channels in a wireless access device having a plurality of radios capable of operating on a plurality of channels, the method comprising: initially tuning each of the plurality of radios to a selected same one of the plurality of channels; transmitting a signal at the selected same channel from a transmitting one of the plurality of radios; receiving the signal at the selected same channel on the plurality of radios that are not the transmitting radio; determining an error vector measurement (“EVM”) for each one the plurality of radios that are not the transmitting radio; storing the EVM for each one of the plurality of radios that are not the transmitting radio for the selected same channel for the transmitting radio; selecting a next one of the plurality of radios to transmit the signal at the same selected channel; repeating the steps of transmitting the signal at the selected same channel, receiving the signal at the selected same channel, determining the EVM, storing the EVM, and selecting the next radio until each one of the plurality of radios has transmitted the signal at the same selected channel; tuning each of the plurality of radios to another one of the plurality of channels; repeating the steps of transmitting the signal at the selected same channel, receiving the signal at the selected same channel, determining the EVM, storing the EVM, selecting the next radio, and tuning the plurality of radios to the other one of the plurality of channels until each channel has been used; and testing the EVM scores against a table of mapping schemes to determine maximum isolation.