Apparatus and method for reducing interference in a wireless communication system

[0018]Radio devices described herein respond to receiving radio signals at different power levels from multiple sources by adjusting their receiver characteristics to improve the reception of radio signals from some of the multiple sources. In some embodiments, the receiver characteristics are adjusted based on the power level of the received radio signals and the identity of the multiple sources.

[0019]FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example communication system 100 that includes wireless devices that implement a combination of methods described herein to mitigate the effect of radio frequency interference produced by other wireless devices operating in the vicinity of the wireless devices at the same range of frequencies. The communication system 100 is intended to be exemplary only for purposes of illustrating the concepts described herein.

[0020]In this exemplary embodiment, the communication system 100 includes a first access point 102, a second access point 104, a third access poin