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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Brian L Douthitt, Bothell, WA (US);
Russ M Rupolo, Bothell, WA (US);
Stephen Sek, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
In a general frequency reuse data communications system including infrastructure 100 and a subscriber terminal 115 a method of acquiring a channel includes: fast scanning 199 a predetermined list of data channels to identify a fast scanned channel; intermediate scanning 200, when the fast scanned channel is not identified, the predetermined list of channels to identify an intermediate scanned channel where a channel from the predetermined list of channels is evaluated for a first time period; and slow scanning 500, when the intermediate scanned channel is not identified, the predetermined list of channels to identify a slow scanned channel where a channel from the predetermined list of channels is evaluated for a second time period.