Patent ID: 7016684

Claim:
In a wireless communication including at least one access point (AP) in communication with a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), a method for optimizing the selection of channels used by the AP, the method comprising: (a) determining a maximum allowed interference I MAX on any given channel based on a baseline range of the AP where I MAX =P MAX −RNG base −(C/I) req — high −M I , P MAX is the maximum transmission power of the AP, RNG base is the range covered by the AP (C/I) req — high is the required carrier power-to-interference ratio of a high rate packet, and M I is a margin to eliminate channels with interference levels too close to the actual maximum allowed level; (b) selecting candidate channels for use by the AP, wherein the interference of the selected candidate channels is less than I MAX ; and (c) selecting a channel among the candidate channels based on a certain criteria.