| CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04W 36/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
scanning, by a mobile system, wireless channels for any upcoming access points of a backhaul network using a dedicated monitor radio of the mobile system, wherein the dedicated monitor radio does not participate in backhauling on the backhaul network;
identifying, by the mobile system, a particular wireless channel in use by an upcoming access point;
notifying, by the mobile system, a second radio of the mobile system of the particular wireless channel; and
performing, by the mobile system, a handoff between a current access point and the upcoming access point in part by switching the second radio of the mobile system to the particular wireless channel of the upcoming access point for backhauling by the mobile system on the backhaul network.
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