System and method for adaptive channel scanning within a wireless network

摘要

An access point device that is adapted to a wireless network and a wired network is disclosed. The access point includes a transceiver to receive wireless frames from a plurality of wireless devices of the wireless network, respectively, and at least one component to process information extracted from the wireless frames and to control channel scanning based upon at least one of an amount of wireless device traffic and a type of call.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, wireless frames associated with a client device on a wireless network over a channel; monitoring, by the network device, the wireless frames, wherein monitoring includes tracking information about the wireless frames; halting, by the network device, channel scanning operations when one or more wireless frames indicate that the client device is in a power-save mode; and continuing, by the network device, the channel scanning operations when one or more wireless frames indicate that the client device is not in the power-save mode.