Patent ID: 8902829

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device, an allocation of a channel for communication in a wireless network having a bandwidth comprising a first frequency segment and a second frequency segment; re-purposing the first frequency segment for monitoring non-operating channels within an operating range of the wireless communication device while continuing to use the second frequency segment for communications by the wireless communication device; and switching communication from the second frequency segment to one of the non-operating channels based on a monitoring of the non-operating channels using the first frequency segment, wherein, continuing to use the second frequency segment for communications by the wireless communication device comprises establishing a Wi-Fi Direct link using a non-DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) channel; re-purposing the first frequency segment for monitoring non-operating channels within an operating range of the wireless communication device comprises monitoring non-operating channels subject to DFS rules; and switching communication from the second frequency segment to one of the non-operating channels comprises switching communication from the non-DFS channel to one of the channels subject to DFS rules.