CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN A WI-FI DEVICE IN A MULTI-CHANNEL CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A multi-channel wireless device for participating on a plurality of networks. The wireless device switches from a first channel associated with a first network to a second channel associated with a second network if the wireless device has a channel dwell time on the first channel equal to or greater than a maximum channel allowance time interval for the first channel, wherein the maximum channel allowance time interval for the first channel is given by a channel switching time subtracted from a Beacon interval associated with the first network divided by the total number of networks that the wireless device is participating with.

主权项

1. A method for a wireless device to switch from a first channel associated with a first network to a second channel associated with a second network in an environment of N total networks, the method comprising:
switching the wireless device from the first channel to the second channel when the wireless device has operated on the first channel for a length of time equal to or greater than a first maximum channel allowance time interval, wherein the first maximum channel allowance time interval is given by a channel switching time subtracted from a first Beacon interval associated with the first network divided by N.