Patent ID: 8018894

Claim:
A method for implementing a blind seamless channel change (BSCC) between a first communication device and a second communication device in a wireless communication when the first wireless communication device is jammed on a current communication channel, the method comprising: transmitting a BSCC message on the current communication channel to the second wireless communication device, wherein the BSCC message includes information relating to a first selected channel of a plurality of available communication channels the first wireless communication device is switching to and a time period when the first wireless communication device will be transmitting on the first selected communication channel; switching to the first selected communication channel by the first wireless communication device; retransmitting the BSCC message to the second wireless communication device on the first selected communication channel; and resuming normal wireless communication with the second wireless communication device; performing a BSCC sequence on each available communication channel on a condition that no acknowledgment is received to the retransmitted BSCC on the first selected communication channel, wherein the BSCC sequence comprises transmitting an additional BSCC message on each of the next available communication channels until the first wireless communication device has transmitted a BSCC message on all available communication channels, and wherein the BSCC message transmitted on each available communication channel includes information relating to the next channel of the plurality of available communication channels the first wireless communication device is switching to and the time period when the first wireless communication device will be transmitting on the first wireless communication device's next selected communication channel; reverting to the first selected communication channel on a condition that the BSCC sequence has been performed on all available communication channels; monitoring the first selected communication channel for a random time period; repeating the BSCC sequence until receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) from the second wireless communication device on at least one of the available communication channels; and resuming normal wireless communication with the second wireless communication device on at least one available communication channel.