CHANNEL ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

摘要

A channel allocation method for use in a wireless communication environment, where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) coexist, includes collecting, at an access point, information on channels used by the WLANs and WPANs, determining available WLAN channels and available WPAN channels based on the channel information, allocating one of the available WLAN channels and one of the available WPAN channels to the access point, and informing the WLANs and WPANs of the allocated WLAN and WPAN channels.