Probes with short service set identifier

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

• participating in a wireless communication with a plurality of co-located access points (APs) to form an enterprise extended service set (ESS), wherein at least one of the plurality of co-located APs comprise an AP with a 6 gigahertz (GHz) operational channels;
• detecting on a first wireless communication medium a probe request received from a first station device;
• decoding the probe request to identify a service set element comprising a short service set identifier (SSID) element having a size of 4 bytes;
• extracting the service set element from the decoded probe request;
• comparing the service set element to a list of service set fields that is based on a number of the plurality of co-located APs in the enterprise ESS;
• determining that the service set matches at least one of the service set fields in the list of service set fields;
• generating a probe response that comprises a reduced neighbor report (RNR) that describes the at least one of the plurality of co-located APs operating at 6 GHz;
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• transmitting on the first wireless communication medium the probe response to the first station device in response to the probe request.

A method comprising:

• participating in a wireless communication with a plurality of co-located access points (APs) to form an enterprise extended service set (ESS), wherein at least one of the plurality of co-located APs comprise an AP with a 6 gigahertz (GHz) operational channels;
• detecting on a first wireless communication medium a probe request received from a first station device;
• decoding the probe request to identify a service set element comprising a short service set identifier (SSID) element having a size of 4 bytes;
• extracting the service set element from the decoded probe request;
• comparing the service set element to a list of service set fields that is based on a number of the plurality of co-located APs in the enterprise ESS;
• determining that the service set matches at least one of the service set fields in the list of service set fields;
• generating a probe response that comprises a reduced neighbor report (RNR) that describes the at least one of the plurality of co-located APs operating at 6 GHz;
• and transmitting on the first wireless communication medium the probe response to the first station device in response to the probe request.