ADAPTIVE CHANNEL REUSE MECHANISM IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

摘要

A feature-capable device that supports channel reuse and is part of a local network can determine whether to reuse or share a communication channel with a neighbor network when the local network and/or the neighbor network include at least one legacy device that does not support adaptive channel reuse. The feature-capable device can determine channel performance measurements associated with each legacy device in the local network and/or in the neighbor network. The feature-capable device can compare the channel performance measurements against corresponding performance thresholds. The local network and the neighbor network can reuse the channel if the channel performance measurements associated with each of the legacy devices meet the corresponding performance thresholds. The local network and the neighbor network can share the channel if the channel performance measurements of at least one of the legacy devices does not meet the corresponding performance thresholds.