Channel selection that considers the impulse characteristics of the local interference

In this paper, we propose improved methods to select the most suitable frequency for transmission by also including information about the local interference environment. Knowledge of the local interference is included in the frequency selection through estimation of the interference power, and in addition through estimation of the impulsiveness of the interference. We evaluate the methods for both unicast and multicast scenarios using different performance measures, and show that the suggested methods can significantly reduce the bit error probability in relevant scenarios.