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Granted Patent B2
US 11,160,095 · App. 16/441,609 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Basic service set information spreading indication

Inventors: Po-Kai Huang (San Jose, CA); Danny Ben-Ari (Tsur Natan, IL); Johannes Berg (Detmold, DE); Laurent Cariou (Portland, OR); Avner Epstein (Givatayim, IL); Arik Klein (Givaat Shmuel, IL); Ido Ouzieli (Tel Aviv, IL); Robert Stacey (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H04W72/12H04L5/0007H04L61/3075H04W72/0446H04W84/12H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 11,160,095
App. No.
16/441,609
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to basic service set (BSS) information spreading indication. A device may determine one or more collocated access points (APs). The device may determine a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) associated with a beacon interval. The device may determine a first beacon frame comprising a first multiple basic service set identification (BSSID) element. The device may determine a second beacon frame comprising a second multiple BSSID element. The device may determine a time period associated with the first beacon frame and the second beacon frame. The device may cause to send the first beacon frame at a first time to one or more station devices. The device may cause to send the second beacon frame at a second time to the one or more station devices.

Claims (28)

1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:

determine one or more collocated access points (APs) comprising a first collocated AP and a second collocated AP, wherein the first collocated AP has a first basic service set identification (BSSID) and first second collocated AP has a second BSSID;

determine one or more target beacon transmission times (TBTTs) of beacon frames to be transmitted by the device, wherein the one or more TBTTs are associated with a beacon interval, wherein the device is a transmitted BSSID access point;

determine a first beacon frame comprising a first multiple BSSID element; determine a second beacon frame comprising a second multiple BSSID element, wherein the first multiple BSSID element comprises a first BSSID profile associated with the first collocated AP, and wherein the second multiple BSSID element comprises a second BSSID profile associated with the second collocated AP;

determine a time period associated with a first TBTT of the first beacon frame and a second TBTT of the second beacon frame, wherein the time period includes a number of indicated beacon intervals that are needed in order to transmit the first BSSID profile and the second BSSID profile;

cause to schedule the first beacon frame at the first TBTT to be sent to one or more station devices;

cause to schedule the second beacon frame at the second TBTT to be sent to the one or more station devices; identify a probe request received from a first station device, wherein the probe request comprises a first known BSSID element comprising an indication of first nontransmitted BSSID profiles known to the first station device; and

cause to send a probe response comprising a second known BSSID element that includes a second nontransmitted BSSID profiles which are not indicated in the first known BSSID element.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first BSSID profile is included in the first beacon frame and in a third beacon frame, wherein a difference of the first TBTT of the first beacon frame and the second TBTT of the third beacon frame is based on an integer number associated with the time period.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the second BSSID profile is included in a series of beacon frame having a series of target beacon transmission times (TBTT) wherein a difference of consecutive TBTTs is based on an integer number associated with the time period.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe response does not include the first nontransmitted BSSID profiles for BSSIDs listed in the first known BSSID of the probe request.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

6. The device of claim 5 , further comprising an antenna coupled to the transceiver to cause to send the first beacon frame.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer- executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:

determining one or more collocated access points (APs) comprising a first collocated AP and a second collocated AP, wherein the first collocated AP has a first basic service set identification (BSSID) and first second collocated AP has a second BSSID;

determining one or more target beacon transmission times (TBTTs) of beacon frames to be transmitted by the device, wherein the one or more TBTTs are associated with a beacon interval, wherein the device is a transmitted BSSID access point;

determining a second beacon frame comprising a second multiple BSSID element, wherein the first multiple BSSID element comprises a first BSSID profile associated with the first collocated AP, and wherein the second multiple BSSID element comprises a second BSSID profile associated with the second collocated AP;

determining a time period associated with a first TBTT of the first beacon frame and a second TBTT of the second beacon frame, wherein the time period includes a number of indicated beacon intervals that are needed in order to transmit the first BSSID profile and the second BSSID profile; causing to schedule the first beacon frame at the first TBTT to be sent to one or more station devices; causing to schedule the second beacon frame at the second TBTT to be sent to the one or more station devices;

identifying a probe request received from a first station device, wherein the probe request comprises a first known BSSID element comprising an indication of first nontransmitted BSSID profiles known to the first station device; and causing to send a probe response comprising a second known BSSID element that includes a second nontransmitted BSSID profiles which are not indicated in the first known BSSID element.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first BSSID profile is included in the first beacon frame and in a third beacon frame, wherein a difference of the first TBTT of the first beacon frame and the second TBTT of the third beacon frame is based on an integer number associated with the time period.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise determining the second BSSID profile is included in a series of beacon frame having a series of target beacon transmission times (TBTT) wherein a difference of consecutive TBTTs is based on an integer number associated with the time period.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the probe response does not include the first nontransmitted BSSID profiles for BSSIDs listed in the first known BSSID of the probe request.

11. A method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, one or more collocated access points (APs) comprising a first collocated AP and a second collocated AP, wherein the first collocated AP has a first basic service set identification (BSSID) and first second collocated AP has a second BSSID;

determining one or more target beacon transmission times (TBTTs) of beacon frames to be transmitted by the device, wherein the one or more TBTTs are associated with a beacon interval, wherein the device is a transmitted BSSID access point; determining a second beacon frame comprising a second multiple BSSID element, wherein the first multiple BSSID element comprises a first BSSID profile associated with the first collocated AP, and wherein the second multiple BSSID element comprises a second BSSID profile associated with the second collocated AP;

determining a time period associated with a first TBTT of the first beacon frame and a second TBTT of the second beacon frame, wherein the time period includes a number of indicated beacon intervals that are needed in order to transmit the first BSSID profile and the second BSSID profile; causing to schedule the first beacon frame at the first TBTT to be sent to one or more station devices; causing to schedule the second beacon frame at the second TBTT to be sent to the one or more station devices;

identifying a probe request received from a first station device, wherein the probe request comprises a first known BSSID element comprising an indication of first nontransmitted BSSID profiles known to the first station device; and

causing to send a probe response comprising a second known BSSID element that includes a second nontransmitted BSSID profiles which are not indicated in the first known BSSID element.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first BSSID profile is included in the first beacon frame and in a third beacon frame, wherein a difference of the first TBTT of the first beacon frame and the second TBTT of the third beacon frame is based on an integer number associated with the time period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: HUANG, PO-KAI; BEN-ARI, DANNY; BERG, JOHANNES; CARIOU, LAURENT; EPSTEIN, AVNER; KLEIN, ARIK; OUZIELI, IDO; STACEY, ROBERT
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62684955 · Jun 14, 2018
Related Publication 20190297632A1 · Sep 26, 2019