Patent ID: 7697476

Claim:
A method comprising: scanning an area via a client to determine if transmissions from a plurality of access points will interfere; upon a determination by the client that transmissions from the plurality of access points to the client will interfere, selecting via the client a primary access point for the client; receiving at the client at least one request, from the primary access point, for a communication window for the client; and establishing a communication window via the client for the primary access point and the client; wherein establishing a communication window between the client and the primary access point ensures transmissions from all other access points available to the client cease, thereby preventing transmission of interfering signals; wherein the transmissions from the plurality of access points comprise interfering transmissions on one or more 40 MHz channels; wherein the one or more 40 MHz channels comprise 802.11 channels in a 2.4 GHz spectrum; and wherein the one or more 40 MHz channels utilize frequencies normally occupied by at least two adjacent and non-interfering 802.11 20 MHz channels in a 2.4 GHz spectrum having a maximum of three 802.11 20 MHz non-interfering channels.