WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT, WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PREVENTING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINTS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for reducing an interference between wireless LAN access points.

SOLUTION: The wireless LAN access point (10) is provided with a directional antenna (1), an actuating mechanism (2) for changing the direction of the directional antenna (1), an interference detection part (4) for detecting the presence or the absence of an interference from the other wireless LAN access point, and a control part (6) for determining the optimum direction of the directional antenna (1) in response to the presence or the absence of the interference. The actuating mechanism (2) turns the directional antenna (1) to the optimum direction determined by the control part (6). The control part (6) is expected to determine a direction free from interference as the optimum direction of the directional antenna (1), and the control part is expected to determine the optimum direction of the directional antenna on the basis of the intensity of the interference when failing to determine the direction free from interference as the optimum direction.

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