Patent ID: 7865196
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a first wireless station having associated therewith a pre-designated channel for establishing a communication connection between the first wireless station and a second wireless station before the stations initiate communication, operating the first wireless station over a channel that is not the pre-designated channel; periodically switching the first wireless station to scan the pre-designated channel to establish the communication connection between said first wireless station and the second wireless station, wherein the first wireless station makes a plurality of switches to the pre-designated channel and for each of the plurality of switches the first wireless station scans the pre-designated channel for a scan interval and then leaves the pre-designated channel to operate on another channel for a non-scan interval; and establishing the communication connection with the second wireless station over a serving channel by communicating with the second wireless station over the pre-designated channel within the scan intervals of the plurality of switches.