Patent ID: 9560673
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of assessing one or more communication channels, the method comprising: receiving, from a serial peripheral interface bus, an indication to initiate channel assessment; receiving, from the serial peripheral interface bus, a user-selected first set of assessment parameters, the first set of assessment parameters indicative of a first time interval and a first energy threshold; making a first comparison by comparing an average energy of a first communication channel during the first time interval to the first energy threshold, wherein making the first comparison comprises: determining whether or not the first communication channel is busy based on the first comparison; replacing the first set of assessment parameters with a user-selected second set of assessment parameters, wherein the second set of assessment parameters are received from the serial peripheral interface bus, the second set of assessment parameters indicative of a second time interval and a second energy threshold different than the first time interval and the first energy threshold, respectively; making a second comparison by comparing an average energy of a second communication channel during the second time interval to the second energy threshold; and determining whether or not the second communication channel is busy based on the second comparison; and wherein the method is performed by an integrated circuit chip.