Apparatus, system and method of multiband wireless communication
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsVivek Gupta, Necati Canpolat
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of multiband wireless communication. For example, a multiband wireless communication device may include a receiver to receive a first message from a mobile device, the first message including multiband capability information indicating a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of the mobile device; a controller to select a selected wireless communication band from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands; and a transmitter to transmit a second message to the mobile device, the second message including an indication of the selected wireless communication band.
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An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to cause a multiband Access Point (AP) to:
- transmit a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
- receive from a station a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station;
- based on the multiband capability information corresponding to the station, identify from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station an identified wireless communication band to be indicated by the multiband AP to the station;
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- transmit to said station a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of the identified wireless communication band.
A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, cause a multiband Access Point (AP) to:
- transmit a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
- receive from a station a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station;
- based on the multiband capability information corresponding to the station, identify from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station an identified wireless communication band to be indicated by the multiband AP to the station;
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- transmit to said station a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of the identified wireless communication band.
An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to cause a multiband station to:
- receive from a multiband Access Point (AP) a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
- transmit to the multiband AP a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
- receive from the multiband AP a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of an identified wireless communication band identified by the multiband AP, the identified wireless communication band is from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
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- communicate traffic of the multiband station over the identified wireless communication band indicated by the second message.
A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, cause a multiband station to:
- receive from a multiband Access Point (AP) a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
- transmit to the multiband AP a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
- receive from the multiband AP a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of an identified wireless communication band identified by the multiband AP, the identified wireless communication band is from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
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- communicate traffic of the multiband station over the identified wireless communication band indicated by the second message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.