Patent ID: 6771968
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of providing interference protection in a wireless network including a first cell and a plurality of cells neighboring the first cell, the wireless network operating in proximity to a wireless office system residing in the first cell, the method comprising:the wireless office system scanning for identifying information associated with a neighboring cell; formatting a query in accordance with the identifying information, wherein the query includes the identifying information; transmitting the query including the identifying information to a network switching device associated with the wireless network; the network switching device retrieving additional information from the neighboring cell associated by the identifying information in the query, wherein the additional information includes one or more frequencies allocated to the neighboring cell; the network switching device transmitting a response to the query to the wireless office system, the response including the frequencies allocated to the neighboring cell; the wireless office system storing the frequencies allocated to the neighboring cell in a table; and barring the frequencies allocated to the neighboring cell from being used by the wireless office system.