System and Method for Passive Scanning with a Secondary Beacon Interface

Abstract: an example computing device includes: a communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by a plurality of base stations; a controller for the communications interface, the controller configured to: in response to a scan condition, select a foreign channel to scan, the foreign channel having a corresponding foreign base station configured to emit a beacon signal; broadcast a scan initiation notification to prompt a secondary device connected on the foreign channel to emit a secondary beacon signal; move to the selected foreign channel; detect one of: the beacon signal and the secondary beacon signal to identify the foreign base station; and in response to identifying the foreign base station, return to a home channel.

Inventor(s): Venkata Aneel Kumar Inuganti, Mahesh Kumar Edar, Darpan Majumder

CPC Classification: H04W48/10 (using broadcasted information)

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