Method and apparatus of requesting a beacon report
First Claim
1. A method to be performed by an access point (AP), the method comprising:
- transmitting a request to provide a beacon report, wherein the request comprises a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and wherein the reporting condition element is an 8 bit integer; and
receiving the beacon report in response to satisfaction of the transmission condition, wherein receiving the beacon report includes receiving the beacon report based on a periodically performed measurement when the reporting condition element has a value of 0.
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Abstract
A beacon signal may be provided with data extensions. The data extensions permit additional information to be provided by the beacon signal, thereby reducing the traffic overhead of the network. The data extensions further permit handoffs and handoffs based on offset values. A Measurement Request field corresponding to a beacon request contains a measurement duration value and channel number for which the request applies. The beacon request permits a scan mode. In Active Scan mode, the measuring station (STA) transmits a probe request with a broadcast SSID. In Passive Scan mode, the measuring STA passively receives on the specified channel and return a beacon report containing one information element for each STA from which it detects a beacon or probe response. In Beacon Table mode, the measuring STA returns a beacon report containing the current contents of its beacon table without performing additional measurements.
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1. A method to be performed by an access point (AP), the method comprising:
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transmitting a request to provide a beacon report, wherein the request comprises a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and wherein the reporting condition element is an 8 bit integer; and receiving the beacon report in response to satisfaction of the transmission condition, wherein receiving the beacon report includes receiving the beacon report based on a periodically performed measurement when the reporting condition element has a value of 0. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An access point (AP) comprising:
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a transmitter configured to transmit a request to provide a beacon report in response to a measured received channel power indicator (RCPI) value based on a threshold, wherein the request comprises a reporting condition element that represents a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and wherein the reporting condition element is an 8 bit integer; and a receiver configured to receive the beacon report in response to satisfaction of the transmission condition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An access point (AP) comprising:
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a transmitter configured to transmit a request to provide a beacon report, wherein the request comprises a reporting condition element that represents a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and wherein the reporting condition element is an 8 bit integer; and a receiver configured to receive the beacon report in response to satisfaction of the transmission condition, wherein the beacon report is in response to a measured signal to noise indicator (SNI) value that is greater than a threshold, when the transmission condition has a value of 3. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An access point (AP) comprising:
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a transmitter configured to transmit a request to provide a beacon report, wherein the request comprises a reporting condition element that represents a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and wherein the reporting condition element is an 8 bit integer; and a receiver configured to receive the beacon report in response to satisfaction of the transmission condition, wherein the beacon report is in response to a measured signal to noise indicator (SNI) value that is below a threshold when the reporting condition has value of 4. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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