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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Method and apparatus for automatic change of an operating channel in a wireless communication system
Gerrit Willem Hiddink, Utrecht, NL;
Amiram Levi, Hilversum, NL;
Harald Van Kampen, Utrecht, NL;
Martinus Cornelis Wezelenburg, Tiel, NL;
Gerrit Willem Hiddink, Utrecht, NL;
Amiram Levi, Hilversum, NL;
Harald Van Kampen, Utrecht, NL;
Martinus Cornelis Wezelenburg, Tiel, NL;
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatically detecting when an operating channel needs to be changed in a wireless communication system. An alternate channel is selected by obtaining information about a plurality of available channels; assigning a score to each available channel; and selecting an alternate channel from the available channels based on the assigned score. The state of the selected alternate channel and the current channel are compared. A change to the selected alternate channel is initiated when one or more predefined criteria are satisfied.