Method and apparatus of communicating a beacon report
First Claim
1. A first station configured to request a beacon report, the first station comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit to a second station a request to provide the beacon report, the request comprising a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and a Threshold/Offset field, the reporting condition element having a value of 0 or a non-zero value, the value of 0 to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted in response to a measurement, and the non-zero value to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted according to the transmission condition based on a value in the Threshold/Offset field; and
a receiver configured to receive the beacon report from the second station.
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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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42 Claims
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1. A first station configured to request a beacon report, the first station comprising:
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a transmitter configured to transmit to a second station a request to provide the beacon report, the request comprising a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and a Threshold/Offset field, the reporting condition element having a value of 0 or a non-zero value, the value of 0 to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted in response to a measurement, and the non-zero value to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted according to the transmission condition based on a value in the Threshold/Offset field; and a receiver configured to receive the beacon report from the second station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A first station configured to provide a beacon report, the first station comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive from a second station a request to provide the beacon report, the request comprising a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and a Threshold/Offset field, the reporting condition element having a value of 0 or a non-zero value, the value of 0 to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted in response to a measurement, and the non-zero value to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted according to the transmission condition based on a value in the Threshold/Offset field; and a transmitter configured to transmit the beacon report according to the transmission condition. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of requesting a beacon report by a first station, the method comprising:
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transmitting to a second station a request to provide the beacon report, the request comprising a reporting condition element representing a transmission condition for transmitting the beacon report, and a Threshold/Offset field, the reporting condition element having a value of 0 or a non-zero value, the value of 0 to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted in response to a measurement, and the non-zero value to indicate that the beacon report is to be transmitted according to the transmission condition based on a value in the Threshold/Offset field; and receiving the beacon report from the second station. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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