United States Patent 9,942,927
Wang , et al. April 10, 2018
Method and apparatus for accelerated link setup
Abstract
A method for performing active scanning by a non-AP STA may comprise transmitting, to a group of APs, one or more probe request frames and receiving in response, configuration chance count (CCC) values from first and second APs of the group of APs. The CCC values may be integer values that represent configuration instances of the respective APs. The CCC values may be stored in a memory of the non-AP STA. A determination may be made, based on the information stored in the memory, as to which AP is preferred. An association procedure may be performed with the preferred AP. Other disclosed methods employ passive scanning.
Inventors:
Wang; Lei (San Diego, CA), Targali; Yousif (Sammamish, WA), Grandhi; Sudheer A. (Pleasanton, CA), Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003227004
Appl. No.:
15/651,744
Filed:
July 17, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170318614 A1 Nov 2, 2017
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/11 (20180201); H04L 12/06 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 76/10 (20180201); H04L 9/0844 (20130101); H04L 63/0428 (20130101); H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 12/06 (20060101); H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04W 48/08 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 9/08 (20060101
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