Patent ID: 8750806

Claim:
A method of correlating wireless network performance of a wireless network, comprising: collecting, by a test device, wireless network performance parameters, at a location of the network wherein the wireless network performance parameters comprises at least one of throughput, latency, airtime and retries; observing at least one condition of the wireless network at another device located in a different location of the wireless network than the test device, wherein the at least one condition comprises at least one of a large number of clients, or a high number of retries; correlating a reduction in network performance as indicated by the wireless network performance parameters with the at least one condition of the wireless network, comprising determining from a table an association between the collected wireless network performance parameters and the at least one condition; based on the association, taking action to mitigate the reduction in network performance as indicated by the collected wireless network parameters, comprising at least one of selecting a new route, reselecting channels, or selecting a lower transmission power, as specified by the table.