Method and apparatus for channel selection in a wireless local area network
US9635649B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0896
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless access point (WAP) including: a channel segregator and a medium access controller (MAC). The channel segregator segregates transceiver communication resources including communication bandwidth and communication chains between the communication channel and a backup channel during a complementary operational phase characterized by monitoring of the backup channel concurrently with supporting WLAN communications on the communication channel, and further configured at a conclusion of monitoring of the backup channel to re-integrate the transceiver communication resources exclusively onto a selected one of the communication channel and the backup channel during a dedicated operational phase. The MAC is coupled to the channel segregator and configured to identify for the plurality of station nodes on the WLAN, each change in transceiver communication resources between the dedicated and complementary operational phases including changes in bandwidth and communication streams.
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