Patent ID: 9402199
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a first wireless device comprising: determining multiband communication capabilities of a second wireless device, wherein the capabilities includes wireless channels and bands supported by the second wireless device; upon determining that the second wireless device is capable of multiband communication, determining the plurality of wireless channels and bands for communicating based on at least wireless channels and bands supported by the first wireless device and the second wireless device; sending information to the second device regarding the plurality of wireless channels and bands to be used for communicating; and communicating with the second wireless device simultaneously over the plurality of wireless channels and bands using a local area network protocol; wherein determining the plurality of wireless channels and bands for communicating is further based on specific requirements for traffic to be communicated, and further wherein the specific requirements include ensuring a number of retries for retransmitting unacknowledged packets is less than a specific number, and further wherein communicating with the second wireless device comprises channel coding across selected wireless channels.