Patent ID: 9654170
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: scanning, by a communication device, a radio frequency spectrum of a communication network; identifying, by the communication device, an available frequency band in the radio frequency spectrum for initiating a communication session having a transmission link and a reception link for exchanging data with a remote wireless device operating within the available frequency band; selecting, by the communication device, the available frequency band for engaging in communications independent of a presence of interference in the available frequency band; determining, by the communication device, a correlation factor by correlating a signal strength in portions of the available frequency band; detecting, by the communication device, according to the correlation factor an interference signal in the available frequency band; responsive to determining the interference signal adversely affects the reception link: responsive to determining the interference signal adversely affects the transmission link: