Patent ID: 7400860

Claim:
A method, performed by a wireless cell and a client, for improving a data throughput between the wireless cell and the client, the method comprising: determining a primary direction of data flow between the wireless cell and the client, wherein the wireless cell wirelessly communicates with the client using a first channel of a plurality of channels and wherein if the primary direction of data flow is from the wireless cell to the client, denominating the wireless cell as a transmitting device and the client as a receiving device, otherwise, denominating the client as a transmitting device and the wireless cell as a receiving device; the receiving device detecting at least one of a noise source signal strength, a noise source transmission activity, the transmitting device signal to a noise source signal ratio, the transmitting device signal strength, the data throughput, an error rate, and a retransmission rate for each one channel of the plurality of channels; and assigning one channel of the plurality of channels to the transmitting device and the receiving device responsive to detecting.