| US 7,616,604 B2 | ||
| Identifying one or more access points in one or more channels to facilitate communication | ||
| Hisham S. Abdelhamid, San Jose, Calif. (US); Carlos V. Laux, San Ramon, Calif. (US); Marcio Guidorizzi de Siqueira, San Jose, Calif. (US); Jennifer K. Walker, Jackson, Wyo. (US); and Kamaldip S. Toor, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 25, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/258,925. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0091839 A1, Apr. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—329 [455/434; 455/450; 370/338] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A method for identifying one or more access points in one or more channels to facilitate communication, comprising:
identifying an access point in a channel in a first channel band of a first frequency range to facilitate communication with
a network, the first channel band comprising a plurality of channels and the first frequency range comprising a plurality
of channel bands;
communicating with the network using the identified access point;
maintaining a plurality of priority lists comprising:
a first priority list comprising known channels of the first frequency range, the known channels previously identified by
a node as being used by at least one access point;
a second priority list comprising unknown channels of the first frequency range, the unknown channels not previously identified
by the node as being used by at least one access point;
a third priority list comprising channels of a second frequency range comprising a plurality of channel bands; and
initiating a scanning sequence to identify one or more access points in one or more channels to facilitate communication,
the scanning sequence indicating how often to scan each priority list.
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