Wireless Dock Frequency Control for Dense Office Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Increasing office density and teleconferencing/video streaming demands lead to network spectrum limits and internal interference, degrading communication quality in wireless dock environments.
Innovation Solution
A network controller determines proximities between access points, wireless docks, and devices, setting communication parameters to conserve spectrum and reduce interference by instructing them to use specific channels, frequencies, and transmission powers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of docks and devices in an office environment increases, then connectivity and functionality are improved, but network spectrum limits and internal interference increase, degrading communication quality
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by determining proximities between access points and wireless docks/devices before communication occurs. The network controller proactively assigns communication parameters (channels, frequencies, transmission powers) based on predetermined proximity data, preventing interference before it degrades communication quality rather than reacting after degradation occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The network controller acts as an intermediary between access points and wireless docks/devices. It mediates the spectrum allocation by determining proximities and assigning communication parameters, managing the conflict between increased connectivity needs and limited spectrum resources through centralized coordination.
2Ease of operation
If wireless docks and devices communicate using standard frequencies, then ease of connection is maintained, but internal interference increases due to spectrum limits
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes communication parameters (channels, frequencies, transmission powers) based on determined proximities. By dynamically adjusting these parameters according to the spatial relationships between devices and access points, the system reduces internal interference while maintaining ease of connection through automated parameter assignment.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure describes a network (e.g., a Wi-Fi network) that manages and coordinates the communications through wireless docks. An apparatus includes one or more memories and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. A combination of the one or more processors determines, based on a first proximity between (i) an access point and (ii) a first wireless dock and a first device, a first communication frequency that the first wireless dock and the first device should use when communicating with each other and instructs at least one of the first wireless dock or the first device to communicate with each other using the first communication frequency.