Patent ID: 9532307
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A network discovery method, comprising: generating, by an access point, a physical layer frame, the generating the physical layer frame comprising setting indication information in a frame header part of the physical layer frame, wherein the indication information is used to indicate whether the physical layer frame carries a network discovery message applicable to network discovery; and sending, by the access point, the physical layer frame, so that a terminal device receiving the physical layer frame parses the frame header part of the physical layer frame and determines whether the physical layer frame carries the network discovery message according to the indication information, wherein the terminal device parses a data part of the physical layer frame to obtain the network discovery message in response to determining that the physical layer frame carries the network discovery message and wherein the terminal device does not parse the data part of the physical layer frame in response to determining that the physical layer frame does not carry the network discovery message.