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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Byung Seo Kim, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
YE Chen, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Byung Seo Kim, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Ye Chen, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for managing scanning of a plurality of channels in a wireless network is disclosed. The method comprises detecting by a station that a first channel in a plurality of channels is being used for a communication by another station, determining a duration of the communication based upon the communication information, setting a Network Allocation Vector for the station based on the determined duration, scanning a number of channels during the determined duration, and returning to the first channel upon at least one of a) completion of the step of scanning and b) an end of the determined duration.