METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT CONFIGURATION OF POWER AND CHANNEL OF WLAN

摘要

A method for joint configuration of power and channel of a WLAN is provided, including: selecting transmitting power of each AP from transmitting power ranges of APs of a WLAN to form an AP transmitting power combination; determining a set of AP operating channel combinations corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination according to operating channels of the APs in the WLAN; calculating an estimated load of each AP corresponding to each AP operating channel combination corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and calculating KPIs of the WLAN corresponding to each AP operating channel combination according to the estimated load of each AP; and selecting, according to the calculated KPIs, an optimal channel configuration scheme of the WLAN corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and selecting an optimal power and channel configuration scheme of the WLAN, thereby improving throughput and resource utilization efficiency of the WLAN.

主权项

1. A method for joint configuration of power and channel of a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
selecting transmitting power of each access point (AP) from transmitting power ranges of APs of the WLAN to form one of a plurality of AP transmitting power combinations, wherein each of the AP transmitting power combinations comprises the transmitting power of each AP; determining a set of AP operating channel combinations corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination according to operating channels of the APs in the WLAN, wherein the set of AP operating channel combinations comprises a plurality of AP operating channel combinations; obtaining an estimated load of each AP corresponding to each AP operating channel combination in the set of AP operating channel combinations corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and obtaining key performance indicators (KPIs) of the WLAN corresponding to each AP operating channel combination according to the estimated load of each AP; and selecting, according to the obtained KPIs of the WLAN, an optimal channel configuration scheme of the WLAN corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and selecting an optimal power and channel configuration scheme of the WLAN from the optimal channel configuration schemes of the WLAN corresponding to all the plurality of the AP transmitting power combinations.