Patent ID: 6954171

Claim:
A method of channel selection for wireless communications, comprising the steps of: evaluating at least one channel for radar signals; and performing the wireless communications on a selected channel that does not interfere with any detected radar signals; wherein: said step of evaluating comprises, detecting a size increase of a received signal on the at least one channel, determining if the received signal is a radar pulse, and asserting a radar error if the received signal is a radar pulse; and said step of determining if the received signal is a pulse comprises the steps of, identifying the received signal as in-band pulse, comparing a max pulse height of the received signal to a radar pulse height threshold, and comparing a current signal strength to a threshold; and the received signal is determined to be a radar pulse if it is in-band, has a pulse height greater than the radar pulse height threshold, and the current signal strength is significantly less than a signal strength threshold.