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Scanning for network connections with variable scan rate

  • US 20070184835A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2006
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless communication terminal, comprising:

  • a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

    a baseband processing circuit, which is arranged to detect an indication of a rate of movement of the terminal, and is coupled to cause the RF transceiver to scan periodically for access points that are available to communicate with the mobile terminal at a scan rate that is selected responsively to the indication, and upon detecting an available access point, to establish a wireless connection between the terminal and the available access point.

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