Wifi scaning enhancement

An access point (AP) comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, from a network device, a channel scan request including a scan channel number, a bandwidth, and a total scan time, the total scan time being greater than a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of a neighbor basic service set (BSS);
• determine a number of a plurality of scans based on the total scan time and an individual scan time for the AP, the individual scan time indicating an amount of time that the AP stays on a channel during a scanning process;
• determine a plurality of offset values corresponding to the plurality of scans based on the number of the plurality of scans;
• and
• perform off-channel scanning based on the scan channel number, the bandwidth, the number of the plurality of scans and the plurality of offset values.

A network device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the at least one processor to:
• determine a scan channel number, a bandwidth and a total scan time being greater than a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of a basic service set (BSS);
• obtain an individual scan time for an access point (AP), the individual scan time indicating an amount of time that the AP stays on a channel during a scanning process;
• determine a number of a plurality of scans based on the total scan time and the individual scan time for the AP;
• determine a plurality of offset values corresponding to the plurality of scans based on the number of the plurality of scans;
• and
• transmit, to the AP, a channel scan request including the scan channel number, the bandwidth, the number of the plurality of scans, and the plurality of offset values.