Patent ID: 8433319

Claim:
A system for channel selection management in a wireless communication network, the network including a plurality of infrastructure stations and a mobile station, wherein each of the plurality of infrastructure stations is configured to monitor a channel condition between itself and the mobile station, wherein the system is provided at a first one of the plurality of infrastructure stations, and wherein a second one of the plurality of infrastructure stations currently serves the mobile station, the system comprising: a memory module configured to store channel conditions between at least a subset of the infrastructure stations and the mobile station; a threshold control module configured to provide at least one threshold; a compare module configured to compare a channel condition corresponding to one of the plurality of infrastructure stations with the at least one threshold and to provide a signal for a comparison result; a control module configured to provide control information based on the signal from the compare module; and a selection module configured to select, based on the control information, one of the subset of infrastructure stations to serve the mobile station, wherein an assignment message is transmitted from the first one of the plurality of infrastructure stations to the selected infrastructure station based on the selection, and wherein: the threshold module provides a first threshold; the control module requests each of the plurality of infrastructure stations to report its corresponding channel condition; the compare module compares the reported channel condition of a third one of the plurality of infrastructure stations with the first threshold; and the control module adds the third one of the plurality of infrastructure stations into the subset of infrastructure stations if the reported channel condition of the third one of the plurality of infrastructure stations reaches the first threshold.