Patent ID: 9007968
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless device for wireless communication, the wireless device comprising: a first antenna system configured to use a first frequency band for wireless communication; a second antenna system configured to use a second frequency band for wireless communication, the second frequency band being different from the first frequency band; a memory configured to store multi-band information comprising a status of the second frequency band, wherein the multi-band information comprises a first network identifier of a first wireless network and a second identifier of a second wireless network; and a medium access control (MAC) layer configured to monitor the status of the second frequency band, and to communicate a signal to another wireless device via a pre-established wireless link on the first frequency band, the signal including at least part of the multi-band information, wherein communication between the wireless device and the other wireless device on the first frequency band is changed to the second frequency band based on a determination using the first identifier and the second identifier, wherein the signal comprises an information element frame for providing device discovery information including one of the first identifier and the second identifier for use in a discovery process in advance of the discovery process between the wireless device and the other wireless device.