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Station, method, and apparatus for network detection in a wireless communications system

  • US 9,402,226 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2013
  • Issued: 07/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A station for identifying the presence of at least one access point to associate with, the station comprising a processor configured to:

  • generate a probe message requesting a plurality of probe response messages for initiating a process for transmitting association information, the probe message including a scrambling seed, and the processor being configured to generate the scrambling seed using a standardized transformation of the probe message or a station address;

    transmit the probe message;

    receive a first probe response message from each access point, each first probe response message being encoded with the scrambling seed, each first probe response being received at the same time, and each first probe response message being identical;

    after the first probe response message is received, receive a second probe response message from each access point, each second probe response message including at least an address of the access point;

    identify an access point to associate with based on the second probe response messages;

    generate an association request for the identified access point; and

    transmit the association request to the identified access point.

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