Patent ID: 8228865

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to: determine country information based on a geographic position estimate or receive the country information from a wireless wide area network (WWAN) in order to bypass performing a passive scan in a wireless local area network (WLAN); determine a first parameter set of a frequency channel, a transmit power level, and a frequency hopping pattern for the WLAN based on the country information; determine a second parameter set of a frequency channel, a transmit power level, and a frequency hopping pattern for a wireless personal area network (WPAN) based on the country information; control operation of the apparatus in the WLAN based on the first parameter set of the frequency channel, the transmit power level, and the frequency hopping pattern for the WLAN; control operation of the apparatus in the WPAN based on the second parameter set of the frequency channel, the transmit power level, and the frequency hopping pattern for the WPAN; a scan setting selector configured to select one of a passive scan setting, an active scan setting and an auto scan setting; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform an active scan for the WLAN based on the country information when the active scan setting is selected.