Controlling channel change in an access point of a wireless local area network

摘要

An access point and a method of controlling channel change in the access point. The access point includes: a channel change event detector for checking whether an event of requesting to change a channel used for transmitting and receiving a packet between the access point and a counterpart access point occurs; and a channel change control unit for performing channel change while maintaining channel-synchronization with the counterpart access point constituting a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) link when the channel change event occurs. According to the access point and method, a WDS link is normally maintained even when the channel of an access point is changed.