Wireless network management procedure, station supporting the procedure, and frame format for the procedure

A format for an event request frame which is used for wireless network management, the event request frame comprising:

• a category field which is set to a value indicating a wireless network management category;
• an action field which is set to a value indicating event request action;
• a dialog token field which is set to a nonzero value chosen by a station sending the event request frame to identify the request/report transaction;
• and
• an event request elements field for specifying a request to a station receiving the event request frame to perform the specified actions,
• wherein the event request elements field contains one or more event request elements, and
• wherein each of the event request elements comprises an event type field for specifying the type of event request, an event response limit field for specifying the number of requested event report elements included in an event response frame which is generated in response to the event request frame, and an event request field for containing the event request corresponding to the event type specified in the event type field.

A station for supporting event service in a wireless network, the station comprising:

• a processor configured to generate and process frames;
• and
• a transceiver operably connected to the processor and configured to transmit and
• receive the frames for the processor,
• wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a event request frame including zero or more event request elements each of which comprises an event type field for specifying the event type of an event request and an event response limit field for specifying the number of requested event report elements and forward the received event request frame to the processor;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to generate, in response to the event request frame, an event response frame including event report elements for the event type specified in the event type field as many as the number specified in the event response limit field and forward the event response frame to the transceiver, and
• wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the event response frame.

A station for supporting event service in a wireless network, the station comprising:

• a processor configured to generate and process frames;
• and
• a transceiver operably connected to the processor and configured to transmit and receive the frames for the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to generate a event request frame including zero or more event request elements each of which comprises an event type field for specifying the event type of an event request and an event response limit field for specifying the number of requested event report elements and for the generated event request frame to the transceiver,
• wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the event request frame and receive, in response to the event request frame, an event response frame including event report elements for the event type specified in the event type field as many as the number specified in the event response limit field and forward the received event response frame to the processor, and
• wherein the processor is configured to parse the event response frame.