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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2010
Applicants:

Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Julan Hsu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Harkirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Julan Hsu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Chiu Ngo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 76/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for wireless communication over multi-rate channels are disclosed. One embodiment of the system includes a first multi-band wireless station that is capable of using a first frequency band and a second frequency band for wireless communication; and a second multi-band wireless station that is capable of using the first frequency band and the second frequency band for wireless communication. One or more of the first and second stations is configured to monitor a status of the second frequency band. The status includes the availability of the second frequency band for communication between the first and second stations. The first and second stations can share the monitored status with each other via the first frequency band.


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