Wireless environment information collection system and method
US10638341B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless environment information collection system in which the wireless environment information management unit includes a unit which generates and outputs a channel measurement frame which determines the wireless stations performing stopping of communication over the first frequency channel for a fixed time, starting of measuring channel utilization of the first frequency channel, or both the stopping and the starting among the managed wireless stations, and the managed wireless stations include a unit which performs, at a time designated by the channel measurement frame from the wireless environment information management unit, the stopping of the communication over the first frequency channel, the measuring of the channel utilization of the first frequency channel, or both the stopping and the measuring, and which outputs the obtained wireless environment information to the wireless environment information management unit through the wired network or the wireless network.
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