Method, apparatus and storage medium for provisioning WLAN parameters via a cordless phone protocol

1. A computer-readable storage device including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

establishing, at a base unit, a first wireless communication connection with a particular communication device, the first wireless communication connection enabling wireless communication according to a short-range cordless phone communications protocol;

sending, to the particular communication device, provisioning information that causes the particular communication device to establish a second wireless communication connection with a wireless access point;

detecting one or more sources causing interference with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the one or more sources include one or more other communication devices that are operating on a communication channel that is used by the wireless access point for the second wireless communication connection; and

sending information to the particular communication device, the information including instructions to disable the one or more other communication devices causing the interference with the second wireless communication connection.

2. The computer-readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises establishing the second wireless communication connection with the particular communication device according to a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol or a personal handy phone system protocol.

3. The computer-readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to detecting the one or more sources causing the interference with the second wireless communication connection, sending modified provisioning information to the particular communication device to reduce the interference with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the modified provisioning information enables the particular communication device to communicate with the wireless access point via the second wireless connection, and wherein the modification of the provisioning information is based on reducing the interference caused by the one or more sources.

4. The computer-readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the provisioning information includes a service set identifier, a static internet protocol address, security identification information, the communication channel, and a dynamic host configuration protocol setting.

5. The computer-readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the base unit includes the wireless access point, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the particular communication device, a dynamic host configuration protocol request via the wireless access point, wherein the dynamic host configuration protocol request is directed to a dynamic host configuration protocol server; and

sending, to the particular communication device via the wireless access point, a dynamic host configuration protocol response received from the dynamic host configuration protocol server, wherein the dynamic host configuration protocol response includes a dynamic internet protocol address, a subnet mask, a router address, a domain name server address, or a combination thereof.

6. The computer-readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises performing a verification that the particular communication device belongs to a network of the base unit, wherein the verification is based on identification information received from the particular communication device, the identification information obtained based on the first wireless communication connection.

7. A method comprising:

establishing, at a base unit, a first wireless communication connection with a particular communication device, the first wireless communication connection enabling wireless communication according to a short-range cordless phone communications protocol;

sending, to the particular communication device provisioning information that causes the particular communication device to establish a second wireless communication connection with a wireless access point;

detecting one or more sources causing interference with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the one or more sources include one or more other communication devices that are operating on a communication channel that is used by the wireless access point for the second wireless communication connection; and

sending information to the particular communication device, the information including instructions to disable the one or more other communication devices causing the interference with the second wireless communication connection.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sources include one or more other wireless access points.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the base unit includes the wireless access point.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sources include one or more cordless phones.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the particular communication device includes a wireless transceiver that is enabled to communicate according to the short-range cordless phone communications protocol and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 standard wireless communication protocol, and wherein the second wireless communication connection enables wireless communication according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 standard wireless communication protocol.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 4 , wherein the security identification information includes a wireless protected access encryption key or a wired equivalency privacy encryption key.

13. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a processor-readable storage device accessible to the processor, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

establishing, at a base unit, a first wireless communication connection with a particular communication device, the first wireless communication connection enabling wireless communication according to a short-range cordless phone communications protocol;

sending, to the particular communication device, provisioning information that causes the particular communication device to establish a second wireless communication connection with a wireless access point;

detecting one or more sources causing interference with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the one or more sources include one or more other communication devices that are operating on a communication channel that is used by the wireless access point for the second wireless communication connection; and

sending information to the particular communication device, the information including instructions to disable the one or more other communication devices causing the interference with the second wireless communication connection.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the information includes additional instructions to remove the one or more other communication devices causing the interference with the second wireless communication connection.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the provisioning information includes a service set identifier, a static internet protocol address, security identification information, the communication channel, and a dynamic host configuration protocol setting.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:

determines a particular communication channel utilized by each of the one or more sources causing the interference; and

selecting a second communication channel to be used by the wireless access point for the second wireless communication connection, wherein the second communication channel is distinct from the particular communication channel utilized by each of the one or more sources causing the interference.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises sending modified provisioning information to the particular communication device to reduce the interference associated with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the modified provisioning information enables the particular communication device to communicate with the wireless access point via the second wireless connection, and wherein the modified provisioning information specifies the second communication channel.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining a power level corresponding to each of a plurality of communication channels, wherein the plurality of communication channels are utilized by the one or more sources causing the interference;

determining a particular communication channel of the plurality of communication channels causing a least amount of the interference based on a lowest power level; and

sending modified provisioning information to the particular communication device to reduce the interference associated with the second wireless communication connection, wherein the modified provisioning information enables the particular communication device to communicate with the wireless access point via the second wireless connection, and wherein the modified provisioning information includes the particular communication channel.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the base unit includes the wireless access point.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein the base unit establishes the second wireless communication connection with the wireless access point by:

transmitting to the wireless access point a dynamic host configuration protocol request that is directed to a dynamic host configuration protocol server; and

configuring the particular communication device according to information included in a dynamic host configuration protocol response received from the dynamic host configuration protocol server.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the dynamic host configuration protocol response includes a dynamic internet protocol address, a subnet mask, a router address, a domain name server address, or a combination thereof.

22. The system of claim 13 , wherein the provisioning information includes error correction data.