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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2007
Applicants:

Robert P. Kelly, Lauderhill, FL (US);

Brian K. Smith, Wellington, FL (US);

Timothy J. Wilson, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);

Inventors:

Robert P. Kelly, Lauderhill, FL (US);

Brian K. Smith, Wellington, FL (US);

Timothy J. Wilson, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for preventing co-channel operation with a radar system includes the steps of setting a state of a first communication channel to active, connecting to a first wireless access point on the first communication channel, passively scanning at least a second communication channel for communication from a second wireless access point, setting a state of the second channel to active if frames are received on the second channel, determining whether an elapsed time since frames were received on at least one of the first channel and the second channel has exceed a predefined value, and in response to the predefined value being exceeded for at least one of the first channel and the second channel, setting the state of a corresponding one of the first channel and the second channel to passive.


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