Patent ID: 9497635
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for an initial channel access by a station (STA), the method comprising: receiving, by the STA from a multiband access point (AP), a scanning frame including a neighboring AP information element via a first band when the multiband AP determines that the STA is not capable of accessing a channel via the first band, wherein the neighboring AP information element includes information on a second band which is an operating band for the neighboring AP and information on an access network type of the neighboring AP; determining, by the STA, whether the STA is capable of accessing the neighboring AP based on the information on the access network type of the neighboring AP; and transmitting, by the STA, an association request frame to the neighboring AP via the second band when the STA is capable of accessing to the neighboring AP, wherein the access network type of the neighboring AP includes information on an access permission type of the neighboring AP.