Patent · US Expired

Method of acquiring a channel in a general frequency reuse system

US5524280A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 1994
Grant dateJun 4, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B17/382
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a general frequency reuse data communications system including infrastructure 100 and a subscriber terminal 115 a method of acquiring a channel includes: fast scanning 199 a predetermined list of data channels to identify a fast scanned channel; intermediate scanning 200, when the fast scanned channel is not identified, the predetermined list of channels to identify an intermediate scanned channel where a channel from the predetermined list of channels is evaluated for a first time period; and slow scanning 500, when the intermediate scanned channel is not identified, the predetermined list of channels to identify a slow scanned channel where a channel from the predetermined list of channels is evaluated for a second time period.

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