Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dynamic channel assignment driven by client analytics

Abstract:

Client analytics-driven dynamic channel assignment may be provided. At a client, Radio Frequency (RF) channels may be scanned to detect access points of a network. A subset of the access points belonging to a same Extended Set Service (ESS) of the network may be determined based on data collected from the access points during the scan. For each access point in the subset, a Channel Quality Index (CQI) may be measured for an RF channel assigned to the access point, and a non-preferred channel report may be generated based on the CQI. The non-preferred channel report may be transmitted from the client to a network management system for use in dynamic channel assignment.