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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Jason Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher Hansen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Saishankar Nandogopalan, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher Hansen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Saishankar Nandogopalan, San Diego, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for dual mode operation in wireless networks are presented. Aspects of the system include a communicating device that selects an RF channel and a physical layer type. The communicating device may process signals received via the selected RF channel based on the selected physical layer type. The communicating device may determine whether a beacon frame has been detected base on the signals that were received via the selected RF channel and processed based on the selected physical layer type. When a frame is not detected, the communicating device may determine a signal energy level for the received signals. The communicating device may establish an association with an existing network based on detection of the beacon frame or the communicating device may transmit an originating beacon frame based on the determined signal energy level.