US 12,764,639 B2 · Systems and methods for enhancing mesh over Wi-Fi 6E

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for multiple basic service set identifier (MBSSID) beaconing (from an access point (AP) standpoint) and MBSSID/virtual AP (VAP) scanning (from a client device perspective). To facilitate easier discovery of mesh APs/VAPs, BSSIDs associated with mesh VAPs can be advertised more frequently, e.g., being broadcast as a transmitted or non-transmitted BSSID in each MBSSID beacon. Additionally, information regarding mesh VAPs, such as mesh capability information, can be provided via intermediate discovery beacons or frames such that out-of-band scanning mechanisms can discover mesh VAPs faster. Additionally still, the existence of mesh VAPs can be advertised in a dedicated field of an MBSSID beacon.

Claims5

Dependent claims

An access point (AP), comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory operatively connected to the processor, and including computer code that when executed, causes the processor to:
assign a basic service set identifier (BSSID) to a virtual AP (VAP) configured as a mesh VAP on the AP;
broadcast a plurality of multiple BSSID (MBSSID) beacons including the BSSID information of the mesh VAP that indicates existence of the mesh VAP in a dedicated information element of the MBSSID;
and
in between each of the plurality of MBSSID beacons, transmit a plurality of fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frames at a periodicity less than a periodicity of the MBSSID beacons, each of the FILS discovery frames including mesh capability information associated with the mesh VAP.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/366,062Filed 7 Aug 2023 · continuation

Priority

9 Apr 2021

Published

US 2023/0379801 A123 Nov 2023

Granted

13 Oct 2026

Term ends

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Classification3 codes

H04W 48/10
Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery: using broadcasted information
H04W 84/18
Network topologies: self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
H04W
Wireless communication networks

Family

Application17/227,109Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Apr 2021

US 2023/0379801 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Nov 2023

US 11,758,470 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2022/0330136 A1Published application

US 12,764,639 B2This patent

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