Patent ID: 8619845

Claim:
method comprising: receiving, at a first network device of a communication system, a first multi-band signal from a second network device of the communication system during a channel adaptation mode; splitting, at the first network device, the first multi-band signal into a plurality of independent frequency band signals; determining, at the first network device, a first performance measurement of a first frequency band signal of the plurality of independent frequency band signals, wherein the first frequency band signal corresponds to a lowest frequency band signal; determining, at the first network device, whether the first performance measurement surpasses a performance measurement threshold; in response to determining that the first performance measurement surpasses the performance measurement threshold, determining, at the first network device, first communication parameters for the plurality of independent frequency band signals based, at least in part, on the first performance measurement; and providing the first communication parameters from the first network device to the second network device; and in response to determining that the first performance measurement does not surpass the performance measurement threshold, determining not to ascertain the first communication parameters at the first network device.