Systems and methods for determining congestion in wireless networks

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining network congestion. A wireless communications device may identify available networks and assess a congestion parameter for each wireless channel associated with those networks. Assessing congestion on a given channel may include identifying all access points operating on the channel and monitoring traffic associated with each access point. By performing this assessment for each channel, the channel exhibiting minimum congestions may then be selected.

主权项

1. A method for determining network congestion in a wireless network, comprising:
determining by a wireless communications device for a plurality of channels of the wireless network a number of access points operating on each channel; monitoring by the wireless communications device traffic associated with each access point of each channel; and determining by the wireless communications device a congestion parameter for each channel using the monitored traffic and the number of access points for each channel; wherein determining the congestion parameter further comprises determining a number of packets exchanged by each access point of each channel and summing the number of packets with a factor related to the number of access points on each channel.