Enhanced beacon frames in wireless communications
OwnerIdo Ouzieli, Emily Qi +3inventors
InventorsIdo Ouzieli, Emily Qi, Stanislav Gens, Robert Stacey, Izoslav Tchigevsky
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to using protected beacon frames in wireless communications. A device may determine a beacon management element of a beacon frame body and may determine an integrity group key identifier of the beacon management element, wherein the integrity group key identifier is associated with a basic service set (BSS). The device may determine, based on the integrity group key identifier, a management integrity check (MIC) field of the beacon management element. The device may generate a beacon frame including the beacon frame body. The device may send the beacon frame.
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A device, the device comprising storage coupled to processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to:
- determine a beacon management element (BME) of a beacon frame body;
- determine an integrity group key identifier of the BME, wherein the integrity group key identifier is associated with a basic service set (BSS);
- determine, based on the integrity group key identifier, a management integrity check (MIC) field of the BME;
- generate a beacon frame, wherein the beacon frame comprises the beacon frame body;
- and
- cause to send the beacon frame.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- identifying, at a station device of a basic service set (BSS), a beacon frame received from an access point;
- determining a beacon management entity (BME) of the beacon frame, wherein a beacon body of the beacon frame comprises the BME, and wherein the BME comprises an integrity group key identifier associated with the BSS;
- determining, based on the integrity group key identifier, an expected management integrity check (MIC);
- determining a MIC field of the BME;
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- comparing the expected MIC to the MIC field of the BME.
A method comprising:
- determining, by processing circuitry of an access point, a beacon management element (BME) of a beacon frame body;
- determining, by the processing circuitry, an integrity group key identifier of the BME, wherein the integrity group key identifier is associated with a basic service set (BSS);
- determining, by the processing circuitry and based on the integrity group key identifier, a management integrity check (MIC) field of the BME;
- generating, by the processing circuitry, a beacon frame, wherein the beacon frame comprises the beacon frame body;
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- causing to send, by the processing circuitry, the beacon frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.