Patent ID: 8588148

Claim:
A method for wireless communication comprising: coupling a base station to a network access device, the network access device providing the base station access to a wireless service provider network via an Internet service provider network; receiving, at the base station from the network access device, a list of available communication channels of the wireless service provider network that may be utilized to communicate with an endpoint; determining, at the base station, at least one interference power measurement for at least one channel of the plurality of channels; determining, at the base station, at least one average interference power for at least one channel of the plurality of channels utilizing the at least one interference power measurement; automatically selecting a channel for communication with the endpoint in response to determining the at least one average interference power, wherein automatically selecting the channel comprises determining a weighted sum of an average interference power present during a preamble phase of a communication frame of the wireless service provider network and an average interference power present during a receive/transmit transition gap phase of a communication frame of the wireless service provider network; providing the endpoint access to the wireless service provider network utilizing the Internet service provider network via the selected channel.