US 12,171,012 B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting band steering and/or channel steering in WIFI communications systems
Pratyusha Malladi, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on May 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,053.
Application 18/203,053 is a continuation of application No. 17/090,861, filed on Nov. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,665,717.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309129 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/52 (2023.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/0252 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a control device to control wireless resource utilization of a first access point, the method comprising:
determining, at the control device, an interference level on a first channel being used by the first access point;
comparing the interference level on the first channel to a first interference level threshold;
determining, based on said comparison, that the first access point should be changed to a different channel;
selecting, in response to determining that the first access point should be changed to a different channel, a new channel to which the first access point is to be switched, said new channel being a different channel from the first channel;
selecting a basic service set (BSS) color to be used by the first access point with the new channel, said selected BSS color not currently being used by other access points in the local vicinity of the first access point; and
sending a command to the first access point to change to the new channel.