Patent ID: 8687583
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting, for a new basic service set (BSS), at least one channel from a set of channels in a wireless local area network, the method performed by an access point (AP) and comprising: selecting, for the new BSS, a primary channel from the set of channels, the set of channels having an operating channel width equal to one of 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 80+80 MHz or 160 MHz, wherein the step of selecting includes scanning the set of channels to search for one or more existing BSSs, wherein the selected primary channel is not identical to a secondary 20 MHz channel of one or more existing BSSs detected by the step of scanning, and wherein the secondary 20 MHz of the one or more existing BSSs detected by the step of scanning is contiguous with a primary 20 MHz channel of the one or more existing BSSs detected by the step of scanning.