Patent ID: 8374603
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H03J,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for adaptive conventional scanning in a two-way radio transceiver comprising the steps of: initiating an unweighted scan behavior from a scanning list; determining if qualified activity is present on the scanned channel for a predetermined number of scan cycles, wherein the predetermined number of scan cycles is set for determining a threshold of qualified activity; marking the scanned channel as having high activity in response to determining that the threshold of qualified activity is present over the predetermined number of scan cycles; switching to a weight scan behavior such that a marked channel will be scanned at a higher periodic rate than an unmarked channel, the weight scan behavior being user configurable; adjusting the predetermined number of scan cycles based on the marking in order to prevent the occurrence of audio holes during the scanning process; and switching to the unweighted scan behavior on a non-priority channel and removing the high activity marker in response to the qualified activity subsiding on the high activity channel.