Advertising co-located basic service sets in a network

A method performed by a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus associated with a first basic service set (BSS), comprising:

• receiving a management frame from an access point (AP), the management frame including one or more signaling attributes;
• and
• determining, based on the one or more signaling attributes of the management frame, that a first virtual access point (VAP) associated with the first BSS and a second VAP associated with a second BSS are being operated at the AP.

A WLAN apparatus associated with a first basic service set (BSS), the WLAN apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to receive a management frame from an access point (AP), the management frame including one or more signaling attributes;
• and
• a processor coupled with the interface, the interface configured to determine, based on the one or more signaling attributes of the management frame, that a first virtual access point (VAP) associated with the first BSS and a second VAP associated with a second BSS are being operated at the AP.