Advertisement and distribution of notifications in a wireless local area network (WLAN)
First Claim
1. A method for handling a received advertisement of a notification, the method to be performed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) station (STA), the method comprising:
- receiving a downlink frame including a notification information element that includes a notification identifier; and
checking whether the notification identifier was previously received by the WLAN STA and attempting to retrieve a notification message corresponding to the notification identifier when the notification identifier was not previously received.
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Abstract
An Access Point (AP) advertises the availability of notifications, and this advertisement may be received and interpreted by stations (STAs), both by associated STAs and by non-associated STAs. Upon being informed of the availability of the notification message, a STA may take action in order to receive the notification message from the AP. Alternatively, the STA may be able to identify the notification message by analyzing the advertisement. If the contents of the notification message comprise a control message, the STA may act on the control message in a way that influences the STA'"'"'s behavior. If the contents of the notification message indicate restrictions imposed by the AP, the STA may determine, in view of the restrictions, not to attempt association with the AP.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for handling a received advertisement of a notification, the method to be performed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) station (STA), the method comprising:
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receiving a downlink frame including a notification information element that includes a notification identifier; and checking whether the notification identifier was previously received by the WLAN STA and attempting to retrieve a notification message corresponding to the notification identifier when the notification identifier was not previously received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless local area network (WLAN) station (STA) comprising:
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an antenna; a WLAN interface coupled to the antenna; a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a control application, which, when executed by the processor, acts on a notification message for which an advertisement was received by the WLAN interface, wherein the advertisement comprised a notification information element that included a notification identifier corresponding to the notification message; and an audio output element coupled to the processor that receives an alert from the control application upon receipt of the notification message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for handling a received advertisement of a notification, the method to be performed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) station (STA), the method comprising:
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receiving a downlink frame including a notification information element that includes a notification identifier; and checking whether the notification identifier was previously received by the WLAN STA and attempting to retrieve a notification message corresponding to the notification identifier when the notification identifier was not previously received; and transmitting, when the WLAN STA is not associated with a WLAN access point (AP), an advertisement that includes the notification identifier. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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