Patent ID: 7676216

Claim:
A method of operating a processing system in a wireless network, the wireless network including at least one access point (“AP”), the method comprising: storing a classification for each of a set of AP classifications for each access point of a set of at least one classified access point of the wireless network, wherein the wireless network is a managed wireless network, and wherein set of AP classifications includes a managed AP, A friendly AP, and a rogue AP, a managed access point being an access point whose channel of operation and transmit power setting are managed by one or more management entities; from time-to-time, measuring a first set of at least one property of each already classified access point of the set of at least one classified access point of the wireless network; and re-classifying each already classified access point in response to the measuring based on at least one function of a second set of at least one property of the access point, the second set of properties including the first set of properties, such that each already classified access point of the set of at least one access point is already classified according to the set of AP classifications, and wherein the re-classifying is into one of the AP classifications.