Method and system for beacon information provisioning, transmissions and protocol enhancements
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1. A method implemented by a station (STA) in wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
- identifying a SSID parameter in a MAC layer management entity (MLME) SCAN.request primitive;
receiving, from an access point (AP), a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) discovery frame comprising a field for a compressed SSID;
making a comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID;
if a plurality of conditions is met, invoking a MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive, wherein the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive comprises BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet in response to dot11FILSActivated being true, the BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet including an element indicating the compressed SSID, and wherein the plurality of conditions includes that the comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID results in a match and that the MLME-SCAN.request includes a parameter of reportoption, wherein the parameter of reportoption has a value of immediate;
reporting the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive; and
performing an FILS linking procedure based on the reported MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive.
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Abstract
A method for beacon information provisioning, transmissions and protocol enhancements includes defining multiple level beacons based on the attributes of beacon information fields/elements. A short beacon may be used in addition to a primary beacon in space-time block code (STBC) modes, non-STBC modes and in multiple bandwidth modes. The short beacons may also be used for Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) and to extend system coverage range. Beacon transmissions may use adaptive modulation and coding set/scheme (MCS).
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1. A method implemented by a station (STA) in wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
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identifying a SSID parameter in a MAC layer management entity (MLME) SCAN.request primitive; receiving, from an access point (AP), a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) discovery frame comprising a field for a compressed SSID; making a comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID;
if a plurality of conditions is met, invoking a MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive, wherein the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive comprises BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet in response to dot11FILSActivated being true, the BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet including an element indicating the compressed SSID, and wherein the plurality of conditions includes that the comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID results in a match and that the MLME-SCAN.request includes a parameter of reportoption, wherein the parameter of reportoption has a value of immediate;reporting the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive; and performing an FILS linking procedure based on the reported MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A station (STA) in wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; identify a SSID parameter in a MAC layer management entity (MLME) SCAN.request primitive; receive;
from an access point (AP), a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) discovery frame comprising a field for a compressed SSID;make a comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID;
if a plurality of conditions is met, invoke a MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive wherein the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive comprises BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet in response to dot11FILSActivated being true, the BSSDescriptionFromFILSDiscoveryFrameSet including an element indicating the compressed SSID, and wherein the plurality of conditions includes that the comparison based on the SSID parameter and the compressed SSID results in a match and that the MLME-SCAN.request primitive includes a parameter of reportoption, wherein the parameter of reportoption has a value of immediate;report the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive; and perform an FILS linking procedure based on the reported MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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