US Patent 9980160 Interference mitigation in dense mesh networks

Disclosed is a station of a mesh network, wherein the station is configured to transmit and receive data packets comprising a header which comprises a mesh mode channel switch announcement element and a mesh channel switch parameter element. The station also comprises:a controller, which is configured to initiate communication with at least one second station on a first communication channel;a transceiver, which is configured to transmit and receive data packets to and from the at least one second station on the first communication channel;a counter, which is configured to monitor an amount of lost data packets.