MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025601 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on March 4, for 'method and device for secondary channel access operation.'

Inventor(s) include Fujimori, Yuki; Viger, Pascal; and Lorgeoux, Mickal.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A primary channel of an operating channel becomes busy due to interference or OBSS. An AP and a non-AP station agree on secondary channels, SCHs, that may be used for secondary channel access, SCA. SCA support and SCA capabilities are exchanged through management frames, for example during assoc...