Method and apparatus for controlling association of a station with a wlan
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsTomas Hedberg, Jari Tapio Vikberg, Oscar Zee
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Abstract
The present invention controls the association of a station to a wireless local area network, WLAN. In particular it enables an entity in a WLAN to control when a station requests association with the WLAN to reduce the number of requests that the entity has to process. The method involves an entity of the WLAN transmitting a message including a condition which has to be fulfilled before the station can transmit a request to associate with the WLAN.
Claims21
A method of operating an entity in a wireless local area network, WLAN, comprising transmitting a message including a condition to be fulfilled by a device before the device may transmit a request to associate with a WLAN AP.
A method of operating an entity in WLAN as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the condition comprises a load value.
A method of operating an entity in a WLAN as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the condition is associated with a SSID or a BSSID associated with the WLAN.
A method of operating an entity in a WLAN as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the message is a broadcast message.
An entity in a wireless local area network, WLAN, comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a message, the message including at least one condition and an indication that the condition is to be fulfilled by a device before transmitting a request to associate with a WLAN AP.
A device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a message from an entity in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the message including at least one condition and an indication that the condition is to be fulfilled by a device before transmitting a request to associate with a WLAN;
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- a processor configured to determine whether the condition has been met and if the condition has not been met preventing the device transmitting a request for association with the WLAN.
A method of operating a device comprising:
- upon receiving a message from an entity in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the message including at least one condition and an indication that the condition is to be fulfilled by a device before transmitting a request to associate with the WLAN, determining whether the condition has been met and if the condition has not been met preventing the device transmitting a request for association with the WLAN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.