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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Hong-kai Hsu, Taipei County, TW;
Hsien-chang Liu, Nantou County, TW;
Yu Hsiang Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method is disclosed, operating a mobile station in a wireless network system comprising a plurality of base stations allocated in N channels. Data packets are received at a time interval p from a first base station of the wireless network system to which the mobile station is currently connected. A first period T is provided for a complete background scan monitoring messages from the plurality of base stations located in the wireless network system. The complete background scan is divided into a plurality of partial scan sections, each of which monitors base stations of one of the N channels. A second period M is determined for the partial scan section according to the time interval p, the first period T, and the number of channels N.