WIRELESS MESH NETWORK CHANNEL SELECTION

摘要

An apparatus and method of a gateway (520) selecting transmission channels of a cluster of a wireless mesh network is disclosed (530 and 540). The cluster includes the gateway and a plurality of access nodes (520, 530 and 540). The method includes the gateway cycling through a plurality of available transmission channels, evaluating channel each of the available transmission channels, and selecting a cluster transmission channel based on the channel evaluations. An apparatus and method of a node within a wireless mesh network selecting a transmission channel is also disclosed. The method includes the node cycling through a plurality of available transmission channels, measuring a persistence of successfully received routing packets from upstream devices at each of the available transmission channels, evaluating noise of each of the available transmission channels, and selecting one of the available transmission channels based on the persistence of successfully received routing packets and the noise.