Patent ID: 6952563

Claim:
A method of establishing communications between a plurality of wireless devices including at least a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) scanning, by the first wireless device, a given frequency band for receiving a radio signal, comprising the steps of: (a1) measuring noise at a plurality of frequencies within the given frequency band; (a2) measuring signals at a plurality of frequencies within the given frequency band to determine whether any of the frequencies within the given frequency band is used by an existing communication link; (a3) determining available frequency channels within the given frequency band based upon the steps of measuring the noise and measuring the signals; (b) computing a spectral signature for the available frequency channels within the given frequency band; (c) establishing far-end communication parameters for the second wireless device; and (d) transmitting the far-end communication parameters to the second wireless device.