Enhancing the discoverability of frequency-specific access points within a wireless local area network

Abstract

A wireless network access device includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, a memory device that stores instructions, and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and WLAN radio. The WLAN radio is configured to transmit and receive on a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band. The processing device is configured to execute the instructions to send a signal on the first frequency band and the second frequency band to a first neighboring access point (AP), the signal causing the first neighboring AP to update a reduced neighbor report information element (RNR IE) of a transmission to include information associated with the wireless network access device; and connect to a wireless device on the third frequency band responsive to the wireless device receiving an updated transmission from the first neighboring AP, the updated transmission having an RNR IE including the information.

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