Terminal configurable for use within an unknown regulatory domain

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program product for configuring a terminal for use within an unknown regulatory domain, the terminal comprising a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface, the WLAN interface comprising a radio operative in a frequency band, the computer program product comprising:

• first program instructions to actively scan one or more regulatory domain independent channels in the frequency band;
• second program instructions to configure the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to the terminal receiving regulatory domain information as a result of actively scanning one or more of the regulatory domain independent channels;
• third program instructions to passively scan one or more regulatory domain dependent channels in the frequency band in response to the terminal not receiving the regulatory domain information as a result of actively scanning one or more of the regulatory domain independent channels;
• fourth program instructions to configure the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to passively scanning one or more regulatory domain dependent channels in the frequency band;
• wherein the first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

A method for configuring a terminal for use in an unknown regulatory domain, the method performed by execution of computer-readable program code by one or more processors of a terminal, the method comprising:

• (a) passively scanning, using the one or more processors, one or more regulatory domain dependent channels in a frequency band;
• (b) configuring, using the one or more processors, the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to the terminal receiving a beacon frame comprising regulatory domain information;
• and
• (c) configuring, using the one or more processors, the terminal for use in the unknown regulatory domain in response to the terminal receiving, over one of the regulatory domain dependent channels, a beacon frame devoid of the regulatory domain information.