Patent ID: 8145216

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising; a wireless communication unit configured to scan for available frequency bands; a controller configured to assign a frequency band identification information to each available frequency band and to assign channel identification information to each channel included in a corresponding available frequency band; and a display configured to display a channel list including the frequency band identification information and the channel identification information assigned to the each available frequency band and each channel included in the corresponding available frequency band respectively, wherein the frequency band identification information and the channel identification information include a number allocated to the corresponding available frequency band and each channel included in the corresponding available frequency band, wherein the number allocated to the corresponding available frequency band includes a unique number that is the same for each channel included in the corresponding available frequency band, and the unique number remains intact even if a channel assigned to a single frequency band is switched, and wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially assign numbers to channels in the corresponding available frequency band based on a scan order of the channels in the corresponding available frequency band.