6 GHZ non-PSC AP discovery
A system and method for the discovery of Access Point Stations operating on non-Preferred Scanning Channels. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a non-Access Point Station (non-AP STA), from a first Access Point Station (AP STA), in a transmission on a first channel, a Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR); and determining, by the non-AP STA, from the RNR, that a second AP STA is operating on a second channel, the first channel being a Preferred Scanning Channel (PSC), and the second channel being a non-PSC channel.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a non-Access Point Station (non-AP STA), from a first Access Point (AP), in a transmission on a first channel, a Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR), wherein the RNR comprises network information of a plurality of second APs; and
determining, based on the RNR, by the non-AP STA, that the plurality of second APs is operating on a second channel,
the first channel being a Preferred Scanning Channel (PSC), and the second channel being a non-PSC channel.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising scanning, by the non-AP STA, the second channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the non-AP STA, a probe request to the plurality of second APs on the second channel.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the RNR comprises
receiving, on the first channel, from the first AP, a beacon comprising the RNR.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the RNR comprises receiving, on the first channel, from the first AP, a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) comprising the RNR.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the RNR comprises receiving, on the first channel, from the first AP, an unsolicited probe response comprising the RNR.
7. A method, comprising:
sending, by a first Access Point (AP), on a first channel, a Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR), the first channel being a Preferred Scanning Channel (PSC), wherein the RNR comprises network information of a plurality of second APs,
the RNR identifying the plurality of second APs operating on a second channel, the second channel being a non-PSC channel.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first AP is a non-2.4 GHZ, non-5 GHZ AP.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of second APs is a non-2.4 GHZ, non-5 GHZ AP.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending, by the first AP, a beacon comprising the RNR.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending, by the first AP, a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) comprising the RNR.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending, by the first AP, an unsolicited probe response comprising the RNR.
13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving, by the first AP, information from a central controller, the information identifying the plurality of second APs.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the information includes a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the plurality of second APs or a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of the plurality of second APs.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving, by the first AP, information from a central controller, the information identifying the first channel.
16. A system, comprising:
a first Access Point (AP);
a plurality of second APs; and
a central controller,
the central controller being configured to:
configure the first AP to operate on a first channel, the first channel being a Preferred Scanning Channel (PSC);
configure the plurality of second APs to operate on a second channel, the second channel being a non-PSC channel; and
to inform the first AP of the configuration of the plurality of second APs.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first AP is configured to:
send, on the first channel, a Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR),
the RNR identifying the plurality of second APs.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending by the first AP, a beacon comprising the RNR.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending by the first AP, a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) comprising the RNR.
20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the sending of the RNR comprises sending by the first AP, an unsolicited probe response comprising the RNR.