METHODS, APPARATUSESamp;COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SETTING UP A NETWORK WITH DYNAMIC CHANNEL BANDWIDTH USAGE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LEGACY DEVICES AND SAVING POWER

摘要

An apparatus, method and computer program product for facilitating one or more stations' (STAs) requests to an access point (AP) to be allowed an exemption regarding scanning of channels in a basic service set and allowing the AP to disallow STAs having visibility of certain channels to be exempt from scanning, although the traffic on a respective channel that the STAs are operating on is below a predetermined threshold, are provided. The apparatus may include a processor configured to receive requests for exemption from scanning adjacent channels to identify devices in a basic service set operating in the channels. The processor may also be configured to determine if a request(s) is received from a device(s) which determines that one of the channels is unavailable for use and when the determination reveals that a channel is unavailable for use, the processor is configured to disallow the device exemption.