Patent ID: 9264908
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G01S,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of dynamic frequency selection by an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network, the AP configured to communicate over a primary subchannel and a secondary subchannel with a plurality of stations of a basic service set (BSS), the method comprising: transmitting a frame including a quiet channel element to at least one station of the plurality of stations, wherein the quiet channel element indicates that the secondary subchannel is to be quieted during a quiet interval in which the AP tests the secondary subchannel for a presence of radar transmissions and the mobile station does not send any frame to the AP, and wherein the quiet channel element includes an AP quiet mode field having a single bit and indicating whether a communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval; and quieting the secondary subchannel during the quiet interval and communicating with the at least one station of the plurality of stations via the primary subchannel during the quiet interval, if the AP quiet mode field indicates the communication to the AP is allowed with the primary subchannel during the quiet interval, wherein the primary subchannel and the secondary subchannel each have a bandwidth of 80 MHz, wherein the primary 80 MHz subchannel is used to transmit an 80 MHz physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in the BSS having a bandwidth of 160 MHz and includes a primary 20 MHz subchannel that is a common channel of operation for all of the plurality of stations, wherein the secondary 80 MHz subchannel is used to form a 160 MHz channel together with the primary 80 MHz subchannel and does not include the primary 20 MHz subchannel, and wherein the quiet channel element further includes information about the quiet interval for the secondary 80 MHz subchannel only if the AP quiet mode field indicates that the communication to the AP is allowed within the primary 80 MHz subchannel during the quiet interval.