and seven network nodes are referred collectively as the u201c devices u201d of the exemplary wireless network 100 in this regard it is assumed that the devices of the exemplary wireless network 100 are capable of measuring desired channel characteristics such as for example ambient noise level etc it is also assumed that there are multiple channels from which the devices may choose and that a transceiver of each device is capable of communicating on all channels assuming the channel quality is acceptable it is further assumed that at least one device e g base station bs 1 can collect all the channel characteristics and make a decision regarding the most suitable channel for the system fig1 b shows an exemplary communications channel available to the exemplary wireless network 100 of fig1 a the exemplary communications channel includes six frequencies f 1 to f 6 to choose a suitable frequency the base station bs 1 may need to know about the channel quality of all available frequencies that are being used by other adjacent networks fig1 c shows an exemplary method for choosing the most suitable frequency of a communications channel in which all the devices e g the seven network nodes and the base station bs 1 sample the channel regarding quality and usage of all available frequencies and the base station bs 1 uses the sampled information to choose a frequency s that is most suitable for all the nodes in the network in step s 101 each device of the exemplary wireless.