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Co-channel utilization estimation

US8976702B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Douglas Chan · San Jose, US
Tak Ming Pang · Palo Alto, US
Mohammad Janani · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2012
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Devices, methods and instructions encoded on computer readable media are provided herein for estimation of the available bandwidth in a frequency channel shared by a first access point and at least one neighboring access point. In one example, an impact value that represents the impact of traffic associated with the neighboring access point on the first access point is calculated. Based on the impact value, a first utilization metric associated with the first access point is generated. The first utilization metric represents the bandwidth available on the frequency channel in the presence of the traffic associated with the neighboring access point.

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