System and method for communicating beacon transmissions in wireless local area network (WLAN) systems
First Claim
1. A method for communicating beacon transmissions from a wireless access point (WAP) with a plurality of sectors by a client transceiver in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a reference timing for the WAP;
determining a sector configuration of the WAP;
determining a sector beacon timing of the WAP;
determining if the client is in a time period for sector discovery;
calculating a virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) for a sector of interest; and
listening for the WAP sector beacon at the calculated virtual TBTT for the sector of interest.
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Abstract
A method for communicating beacon transmissions from a wireless access point (WAP) to a client transceiver in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system (500) includes obtaining a reference timing for the wireless access point (WAP) (502). The sector configuration and the sector timing in the WAP is then determined (503). A virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) for the sector of interest serviced by the WAP is then calculated (506), as is a channel number of the sector of interest. Finally, the method provides for listening (507) for a sector beacon signal from the sector of interest at the virtual TBTT and the calculated channel number.
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1. A method for communicating beacon transmissions from a wireless access point (WAP) with a plurality of sectors by a client transceiver in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a reference timing for the WAP; determining a sector configuration of the WAP; determining a sector beacon timing of the WAP; determining if the client is in a time period for sector discovery; calculating a virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) for a sector of interest; and listening for the WAP sector beacon at the calculated virtual TBTT for the sector of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for communicating a sector of operation to a client transceiver in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one announcement from a wireless access point (WAP); determining a sector configuration of the WAP from that at least one announcement; determining the sector beacon timing from within the at least one announcement; determining a channel number for a sector of interest serviced by the WAP; calculating a virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) for the sector of interest serviced by the WAP; and listening for a sector beacon signal from the sector of interest at the virtual target beacon transmission time (TBTT) and the determined channel number. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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