Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for cable and WLAN coexistence
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Application No.: US14572007Application Date: 2014-12-16
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Publication No.: US09713099B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel , Peiman Amini , Shahrokh Mehroziad Zardoshti
- Applicant: Netgear, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: NETGEAR, INC.
- Current Assignee: NETGEAR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/50
- IPC: H04L12/50 ; H04W52/24 ; H04B17/309 ; H04B17/345 ; H04B17/336 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W52/36

Abstract:
Various of the disclosed embodiments improve the operations of a combined access point/Cable modem. Though the access point component and the Cable modem component may perform operations in different spectrums, harmonics in the Cable spectrum may interfere with operations, e.g., in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range, of the access point. Some embodiments implement a remediation and/or channel transition process for the access point following detection of Cable-related interference. During remediation, the device may, e.g., adjust the wireless power levels, EDCA backoff times, signal thresholds, etc. In some embodiments, if the remediation actions prove ineffective, the wireless peers may be relocated to a channel further from the interfering Cable harmonics. The determination to remediate or reallocate may be based on various contextual factors, e.g., the character of the peer devices and the applications being run.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160174163A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CABLE AND WLAN COEXISTENCE Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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