摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatus for the coexistence of 1 MHz and 2 MHz operation modes within a wireless communication system in accordance with wireless LAN system standard IEEE 802.11ah.SOLUTION: A method includes scanning 402 a plurality of channel pairs, each pair comprising a first channel having a first channel designation and a second channel having a second channel designation; determining 404, based on the scan, a set of open channels from the plurality of channel pairs in which no other apparatus is operating; selecting 406 a primary channel according to channel selection rules on the basis of the determination; and transmitting using the selected primary channel.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 |