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Using channel loading statistics to determine whether to search for a new channel in a wireless communication system

  • US 6,697,626 B1
  • Filed: 11/30/1998
  • Issued: 02/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for use in allowing a wireless transceiver communicating on one channel to seek another channel for communication, the method comprising:

  • (a) monitoring available channels to determine whether any of the channels are idle, (b) accumulating data about the idle channels from which the transceiver can determine whether any of the channels are idle at any given time, (c) allowing the transceiver to determine whether any of the channels is idle and to seek another channel if the data indicates that the transceiver is likely to find an idle channel;

    wherein the data about the idle channels is accumulated by the transceiver at times during which the transceiver can monitor other channels, and wherein allowing the transceiver to determine whether any of the channels is idle includes supplying at least some of the accumulated data to the transceiver at a time during which the transceiver cannot monitor other channels.

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