Scanning for network connections with variable scan rate

Details Scanning for network connections with variable scan rate Scanning for network connections with variable scan rate

2009-06-18

2010-10-26

Afshar, Kamran (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at same station

Radiotelephone equipment detail

C455S552100, C455S041200

Reexamination Certificate

active

07822436

ABSTRACT:
A wireless communication terminal includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a baseband processing circuit, which is arranged to detect an indication of a rate of movement of the terminal. The baseband processing circuit is coupled to cause the RF transceiver to scan periodically for access points that are available to communicate with the mobile terminal at a scan rate that is selected responsively to the indication, and upon detecting an available access point, to establish a wireless connection between the terminal and the available access point.

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