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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:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Menzo Wentink, Utrecht, NL;

James Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);

Inventors:

Menzo Wentink, Utrecht, NL;

James Petranovich, La Jolla, CA (US);

Assignee:

CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/713 (2011.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/713 (2013.01); H04W 16/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/14 (2013.01); H04W 74/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for band hopping and power conservation in a wireless network are described. At least one embodiment is directed a method of hopping channels by a device within a wireless network. The method comprises hopping from a first channel to a target channel, resetting a virtual carrier sense after hopping to the target channel to enable service on the target channel, waiting for a pre-determined period of time, and setting a virtual carrier sense on the target channel after expiration of the pre-determined period of time and prior to hopping to a next target channel.


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