Patent ID: 8599789

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) providing a plurality of wireless modules, each wireless module of the plurality of wireless modules operating according to a wireless standard and being capable of operating on any one channel of a plurality of predetermined channels, each channel of the plurality of predetermined channels including a data channel and at least one signalling channel associated with the data channel; (b) at a first wireless module of the plurality of wireless modules, determining activity states of all channels of the plurality of predetermined channels, activity state of each channel of the plurality of predetermined channels including activity state of the data channel and activity state of the at least one signalling channel of the each channel; (c) at the first wireless module, opportunistically selecting a particular channel from the plurality of predetermined channels at least in dependence upon activity state of the selected particular channel; and (d) the first wireless module initiating communication with a second other wireless module of the plurality of modules, the communication being established over the data channel of the selected particular channel.