METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus may be used to broadcast a first beacon and a second beacon in a beacon interval. The first beacon may include an indicator that indicates whether a second beacon will be transmitted within the beacon interval. The first beacon may be a legacy beacon and the second beacon may be a non-legacy beacon. A legacy beacon may be decodable by any station (STA) and a non-legacy beacon may be decodable only by non-legacy STAs.
8 Citations
65 Claims
-
1-47. -47. (canceled)
-
48. An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 access point (AP) comprising:
a transmitter configured to; broadcast a first beacon in a beacon interval, wherein the first beacon includes an indication of whether a second beacon will be broadcasted by the IEEE 802.11 AP within the beacon interval; and on a condition that the first beacon indicates that a second beacon will be broadcasted, broadcast the second beacon in the beacon interval, wherein the second beacon is broadcasted using a data rate that is different than the first beacon. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
-
57. A method for use in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 access point (AP), the method comprising:
-
broadcasting a first beacon in a beacon interval, wherein the first beacon includes an indication of whether a second beacon will be broadcasted by the IEEE 802.11 AP within the beacon interval; and on a condition that the first beacon indicates that a second beacon will be broadcasted, broadcasting the second beacon in the beacon interval, wherein the second beacon is broadcasted using a data rate that is different than the first beacon. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
-
Specification