Patent ID: 8577403

Claim:
A method for providing wireless Ethernet connectivity over an ultra-wideband (UWB) link, the method comprising: reserving a first time slot of a plurality of time slots associated with a communication channel of a plurality of communication channels in a UWB spectrum to exchange data between an adapter and an UWB-enabled device on the communication channel, the plurality of communication channels defined by time frequency codes; reserving a second time slot of the plurality of time slots to monitor the plurality of communication channels to identify a preferred communication channel in the plurality of communication channels based on monitored traffic; monitoring the plurality of communication channels at the adapter using the second time slot; establishing a wireless link on the preferred communication channel; exchanging the data between the adapter and the UWB-enabled device on the preferred communication channel over the wireless link; decrementing a channel change count field; checking the plurality of communication channels to determine whether a new communication channel has a least amount of usage when the channel change count field reaches a predetermined value; switching to the new communication channel if it is determined that the new communication channel has the least amount of usage; and notifying the UWB-enabled device of the switch to the new communication channel.