SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED SIGNALING FOR BEACON LOAD REDUCTION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for communicating, comprising:
- a processing system configured to detect a beacon load of the apparatus and to generate a request to reduce a beacon load if the detected beacon load satisfies a criterion; and
an interface for outputting the request for transmission.
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Abstract
In a dense network, a node (e.g., a station) may receive beacons from a large number of access points. This may result in the node receiving a large quantity of beacons, which may affect the node'"'"'s ability to efficiently utilize the communication medium. Thus, in some embodiments, the node may be capable of detecting or determining a beacon load it sees from one or more access points and determine if its beacon load is equal to or above one of a total beacon load threshold or an individual access point beacon load threshold. The total beacon load threshold or the individual beacon load threshold may be determined by at least one of the node, the access points, the user, or the network, and the node may request each access point from which the node receives beacons to reduce its beacon load.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for communicating, comprising:
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a processing system configured to detect a beacon load of the apparatus and to generate a request to reduce a beacon load if the detected beacon load satisfies a criterion; and an interface for outputting the request for transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of communication by an apparatus, comprising:
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processing a beacon load received from one or more devices, said processing including determining if the received beacon load from the one or more devices satisfies a criterion; generating a request to reduce the beacon load if the received beacon load does not satisfy the criterion; and outputting the request to reduce the beacon load for transmission to the one or more devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless node for wireless communication, comprising:
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an antenna; a processing system, configured to; process a beacon load of the wireless node, a beacon load comprising at least one beacon received via the antenna; determine if the beacon load satisfies a criterion; and generate a request to reduce a beacon load if the beacon load satisfies the criterion.
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22. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device encoded thereon with instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to perform a method of wireless communication, said method comprising:
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receiving a beacon load from one or more devices; determining if the received beacon load from the one or more devices satisfies a criterion; generating a request to reduce the beacon load if the received beacon load does not satisfy the criterion; and transmitting the request to reduce the beacon load to the one or more devices.
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