Patent ID: 9554384
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A terminal for use within an unknown regulatory domain, the terminal comprising: one or more processors; one or more computer readable mediums in communication with the one or more processors and comprising at least one of a computer readable signal medium and a computer readable storage medium for storing computer program code comprising a non-transitory computer program product; a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface comprising a radio, the radio being operative in a frequency band, wherein the one or more processers is configured, by the non-transitory computer program product to; actively scan one or more regulatory domain independent channels in the frequency band; configure the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to the terminal receiving regulatory domain information as a result of actively scanning the one or more regulatory domain independent channels; passively scan one or more regulatory domain dependent channels in the frequency band in response to the terminal not receiving the regulatory domain information as a result of actively scanning the one or more regulatory domain independent channels; and configure the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to passively scanning the one or more regulatory domain dependent channels in the frequency band.