ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,911, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Calix Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"In-network wireless interference detection" was invented by Harold A. Roberts (Excelsior, Minn.), Daniel J. Sills (Moss Beach, Calif.) and Eric I. Leal (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for interference detection includes one or more processors are configured to receive from one or more access points within a wireless network information indicative of airtime usage of one or more client devices associated with the one or more access points, determine an amount of total interference for at least one of the access points on a first channel,...