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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Siva Kupanna Subramani, Bristol, GB;
Zhong Fan, Bristol, GB;
Simon Martin Daniel Armour, Bristol, GB;
Dritan Kaleshi, Bristol, GB;
Siva Kupanna Subramani, Bristol, GB;
Zhong Fan, Bristol, GB;
Simon Martin Daniel Armour, Bristol, GB;
Dritan Kaleshi, Bristol, GB;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of identifying an available channel of a plurality of frequency channels defined in a radio frequency spectrum for use by a transmitting station, wherein scanning for an available channel in a frequency spectrum is performed by a scanning method in which a bidirectional search is performed away from an initial channel frequency. The method may include steps to take when a boundary of the spectrum is encountered, and may also take into account existing information concerning channel reservation. A related scanner and radio apparatus is also described.