Using multiple beacon types in wireless communication
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsYonggang Fang, Bo Sun, Kaiying Lv, Weimin Xing
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Abstract
A transmitting wireless device dynamically and periodically transmits beacon frames including either full set of information or a partial information about the BSS. The wireless device schedules the target beacon transmission time and target dynamic beacon transmission time to have different starting time and different interval for each BSS. A Nack based mechanism for detecting and report missing dynamic beacon frames is used to provide the wireless access point with a feedback information of dynamic beacon transmission for improving the transmission efficiency and reliability.
Claims22
A method of wireless communication, implemented at a wireless device in a wireless network, comprising:
- transmitting beacon signals that identify the wireless network and provide information for other wireless devices to associate or synchronize with the wireless network;
- wherein the beacon signals comprise at least two different beacon transmission types having different frame formats, transmissions of which are intermingled with each other, and
- wherein the first type of beacon transmissions comprise information about the wireless network that is not included in the second type of beacon transmissions.
A wireless communication device comprising a processor, a memory and a wireless interface, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- transmit beacon signals that identify the wireless network and provide information for other wireless devices to associate or synchronize with the wireless network;
- wherein the beacon signals comprise at least two different beacon transmission types having different frame formats, transmissions of which are intermingled with each other, and
- wherein the first type of beacon transmissions comprise information about the wireless network that is not included in the second type of beacon transmissions.
A method of operating a wireless device, comprising:
- receiving a first type of beacon transmission;
- associating with a wireless network using information received from the first type of beacon transmission;
- receiving, after associating with the wireless network, a second type of beacon transmission;
- and
- maintaining time synchronization with the wireless network based on information obtained from the second type of beacon transmission.
An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory and a wireless interface, wherein the processor reads instructions from the memory, the instructions comprising:
- instructions for receiving a first type of beacon transmission;
- instructions for associating with a wireless network using information received from the first type of beacon transmission;
- instructions for receiving, after associating with the wireless network, a second type of beacon transmission;
- and
- instructions for maintaining time synchronization with the wireless network based on information obtained from the second type of beacon transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.