Patent ID: 8891594

Claim:
A device comprising: a narrowband radio-frequency (RF) transceiver; a set of antennas comprising at least (1) a first antenna coupled to the narrowband RF transceiver and (2) a second antenna configured to receive a broadband signal comprising information for configuring the narrowband RF transceiver; a broadband amplitude-shift-key receiver coupled to the second antenna and configured to: receive, from the second antenna, the broadband signal; and produce a digital signal based on the broadband signal, the digital signal comprising the information for configuring the narrowband RF transceiver; and circuitry coupled to the narrowband RF transceiver and to the broadband amplitude-shift-key receiver, wherein the circuitry is configured to: receive the digital signal from the broadband amplitude-shift-key receiver; process the digital signal to determine, based on the information for configuring the narrowband RF transceiver, source device identification information and channel identification information, the channel identification information corresponding to a specific communications channel; and set a frequency of the narrowband RF transceiver based on the determined specific communications channel, wherein the narrowband RF transceiver is then able to send or receive information using the specific communications channel.