Assigning seamless mobility domain identifiers and signaling in reduced neighbor reports

A system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• assign, to a plurality of reported access points (APs), short seamless mobility domain (SMD) identifier (ID) values for SMDs to which the plurality of reported APs belong, wherein:
• the short SMD ID values are smaller in size than full SMD ID values that uniquely identify the SMDs,
• the short SMD ID values are assigned so the SMDs of any collocated APs of the plurality of reported APs are uniquely identified in a reduced neighbor report (RNR) element, and
• the short SMD ID values are assigned so the SMDs of any non-collocated APs of the plurality of reported APs are uniquely identified in the RNR element;
• and
• transmit the RNR element comprising the short SMD ID values assigned to the plurality of reported APs.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform a method comprising:

• assigning, to a plurality of reported access points (APs), short seamless mobility domain (SMD) identifier (ID) values for SMDs to which the plurality of reported APs belong, wherein:
• the short SMD ID values are smaller in size than full SMD ID values that uniquely identify the SMDs,
• the short SMD ID values are assigned so the SMDs of any collocated APs of the plurality of reported APs are uniquely identified in a reduced neighbor report (RNR) element, and
• the short SMD ID values are assigned so the SMDs of any non-collocated APs of the plurality of reported APs are uniquely identified in the RNR element;
• and
• transmitting the RNR element comprising the short SMD ID values assigned to the plurality of reported APs.