Patent ID: 8780743

Claim:
A method for organizing an architecture of access points in a distributed wireless network, wherein the distributed wireless network comprises a plurality of access points connected to a backbone and a plurality of client devices connected to the plurality of access points, the method comprising: measuring interference corresponding to the plurality of access points; measuring links between the plurality of client devices and the plurality of access points, wherein measuring the links includes measuring network traffic and link quality corresponding to each link; and in response to measuring the interference and measuring the links: determining a number of radiofrequency (RF) channels to use in the distributed wireless network; associating access points of the plurality of access points with an RF channel and client device such that each of the plurality of client devices is associated with an access point via an RF channel, wherein not all of the plurality of access points are associated with an RF channel and a client device; and generating a distributed antenna group by grouping an unassociated first access point of the plurality of access points with an associated second access point, wherein the grouping comprises associating the first access point with an RF channel associated with the second access point and associating a client device connected to the second access point with the distributed antenna group.