Patent ID: 8374122

Claim:
A method for access point discovery by a single mobile node, the method comprising: associating with a parent access point having a first radio type; using an address and a first radio associated with an apparatus, scanning for discovery of a first set of access points, the first radio corresponding to the first radio type to detect signals from neighboring access points of the first radio type; using the address and a second radio associated with the apparatus, scanning for discovery of a second set of access points, the second radio being different than the first radio and corresponding to a second radio type to detect signals from neighboring access points of the second radio type; determining one of the group consisting of regulatory class, physical layer type value and channel number value from a signal received during one of the group consisting of scanning for access points of a first radio type and scanning for access points of a second radio type; generating a single report comprising the results of the scanning for access points of the first radio type and the scanning for access points of the second radio type, the single report comprises: i) data representative of the first set of access points detected during the scanning using the first radio, and ii) data representative of the second set of access points detected during the scanning using the second radio; and using the address, sending the single report to the parent access point.