Combined background and 20/40 coexistence scan

An apparatus for communicating with a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver mechanism over which a 20/40 scan requirement parameter value is received onto the apparatus;
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• a computing mechanism that is configured to determine a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on detected data traffic of the wireless network, a background scan requirement parameter value and the 20/40 scan requirement parameter value, and wherein the multi-channel combined scan interval value is determined to be a smaller of the 20/40 scan requirement parameter value and the background scan requirement parameter value.

An apparatus for communicating with a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:

• a wireless transceiver mechanism over which a 20/40 scan requirement parameter value is received onto the apparatus;
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• means for determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on detected data traffic of the wireless network, a background scan requirement parameter value and the 20/40 scan requirement parameter value, wherein the multi-channel combined scan interval value is determined to be a smaller of the 20/40 scan requirement parameter value and the background scan requirement parameter value.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

• determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on detected data traffic, a background scan requirement parameter value and a 20/40 scan requirement parameter value, wherein the multi-channel combined scan interval value is determined to be a smaller of the 20/40 scan requirement parameter value and the background scan requirement parameter value.