Methods and systems for discovering parameters associated with paging devices sent in packets during paging process

A system for obtaining information associated with a first device attempting to establish communication with a second device having a media access control (MAC) address that includes a lower address part (LAP) and an upper address part (UAP), the system comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive a first packet, transmitted by the first device, while tune to a frequency band at least covering a first channel represented in one or more candidate channel sequences, each candidate channel sequence based on an LAP value and a corresponding candidate UAP value;
• and
• a controller in communication with the transceiver and configured to identify one or more second channels that each immediately follow the first channel in a corresponding one of the one or more candidate channel sequences,
• wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a second packet, transmitted by the first device, while tuned to a frequency band at least covering one of the second channels, and
• wherein the controller is further configured to process the received second packet to determine whether the second packet is a valid packet.

A method performed during a process initiated by a first device to establish communication with a second device, each of the first and second devices having a media access control (MAC) address that includes a lower address part (LAP) and an upper address part (UAP), the method comprising:

• receiving as input an LAP value representative of the LAP of the second device;
• initializing a UAP data record to include:
• a plurality of candidate UAP values associated with the UAP of the second device, and
• for each candidate UAP value, a corresponding candidate channel sequence based on the LAP value and the candidate UAP value;
• receiving at a transceiver a first packet, transmitted by the first device, on a first channel represented in at least one of the candidate channel sequences;
• identifying at least one second channel that follows the first channel in a corresponding one of the at least one channel sequence;
• receiving at the transceiver a second packet, transmitted by the first device, on one of the identified at least one second channel;
• and
• processing the received second packet using candidate values of a clock of the second device to determine whether the received second packet is a valid packet.