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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Brian K. Smith, Wellington, FL (US);
Floyd D. Simpson, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Timothy J. Wilson, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Brian K. Smith, Wellington, FL (US);
Floyd D. Simpson, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Timothy J. Wilson, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The application provides an enhanced passive scanning method for a wireless local area network, including the steps of receiving () at least one of a beacon signal () or a gratuitous probe response (), updating () a site timing table entry in a site timing table based on the received beacon signal () or gratuitous probe response (), setting () a scan start time based on entries in the updated site timing table, and determining () a power mode for a wireless communication device based on the scan start time. An enhanced passive scanning system () and computer usable medium for enhanced passive scanning is also disclosed.