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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

May. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vikram Phogat, San Jose, CA (US);

Ravi Gidvani, Fremont, CA (US);

Gerald Stanton, Franktown, CO (US);

Dagbegnon Henri Bahini, San Diego, CA (US);

Kumar Anand, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tushnim Bhattacharyya, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 72/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04W 72/10 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. An access point (AP) transmits instructions to quiet a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) home channel for a period of time. Instructions can include a quiet information element (IE) or a clear-to-send to self (CTS2Self) frame. The AP then allocates a first dedicated RF chain to a first media access control (MAC) component and a second dedicated RF chain, separate from the first dedicated RF chain, to a second MAC component of the access point. The allocation can include reducing the number of RF chains dedicated to the first MAC component. During the time period determined by the instructions, the first dedicated RF chain scans the home DFS channel and the second dedicated RF chain scans at least one other channel (e.g., based at least in part on the time period and channel scan priority) in the same band as the DFS home channel.


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