Patent ID: 8848679

Claim:
A mobile communication device operable as a mobile wireless access point, comprising: a processor and memory, the memory storing software that, upon execution by said processor, causes the processor to: read from said memory a wireless local area network (WLAN) identifier that is known to be used by a WLAN; read from said memory an indication of a channel on which a wireless access point of said WLAN is known to operate, the channel being a first channel and having an associated center frequency within a frequency band; read from said memory an indication of an other channel that is known to be used by an other wireless access point of said WLAN, the other channel having an associated center frequency within said frequency band that is different from the center frequency of the first channel; select one of the channel and the other channel, the selecting resulting in a selected channel; monitor only the selected channel for a transmission of the WLAN identifier, the transmission, if detected, indicating that the mobile communication device is within the WLAN; and upon detection of the transmission of the WLAN identifier, prevent the mobile wireless access point at the mobile communication device from using the WLAN identifier.