Method and apparatus for storing mobile station physical measurements and MAC performance statistics in a management information base of an access point
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMarian Rudolf, Stephen G. Dick, Teresa Joanne Hunkeler, Shamim Akbar Rahman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus may be used for exchanging measurements in wireless communications. The apparatus may receive a request. The request may be a measurement request, and may include a request for a measurement of a parameter. The apparatus may transmit a report. The report may be a measurement report, and may include the requested measurement of a parameter. The apparatus may store the requested measurement of the parameter in a management information base (MIB).
Claims20
A method at an Access Point (AP) interfacing device for exchanging measurements in wireless communications, the method comprising:
- communicating a message from a first management entity of the AP interfacing device to a second management entity of the AP interfacing device, the second management entity being a Media Access Control (MAC) Layer Management Entity (MLME);
- transmitting, in response to the message, a measurement request from the second management entity, the MLME, wherein the measurement request includes a request for a measurement of a parameter;
- receiving a measurement report at the second management entity, the MLME, the measurement report received from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), wherein the measurement report includes the requested measurement of the parameter;
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- storing the requested measurement of the parameter in a management information base (MIB) of the AP interfacing device.
An access point (AP) comprising:
- a first management entity;
- a second management entity, the second management entity being a Media Access Control (MAC) Layer Management Entity (MLME);
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- a Management Information Base (MIB);
- wherein the first management entity is to communicate a message to the second management entity;
- wherein the second management entity, the MLME, to transmit in response to the message, a measurement request, wherein the measurement request includes a request for a measurement of a parameter,
- wherein the second management entity, the MLME, is further to receive the measurement report from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the measurement report containing the requested measurement of the parameter, and
- wherein the MIB is to store the requested measurement of the parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.