Patent ID: 8488478

Claim:
A method for picking an efficient-transmission RF channel from a plurality of RF channels available for 802.11 protocol communications, comprising: (a) performing a first transmission of a sequence of bits in 802.11 protocol, on a first one of said 802.11 RF channels, without establishing communication to another 802.11 device on said first channel, and determining the time needed to complete said transmission; (b) performing a second transmission of a sequence of bits in 802.11 protocol, on a second one of said 802.11 RF channels, without establishing communication to another 802.11 device on said second channel, and determining the time needed to complete said second transmission; and (c) comparing the bit transmission rate of said first transmission to said bit transmission rate of said second transmission and choosing the channel on which the transmission having the higher bit transmission rate was performed.