Patent ID: 9264981
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of acquiring network information, performed by a station, in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising: transmitting a probe request frame to an access point, the probe request frame including a Homogeneous Extended Basic Service Set ID (HESSID) field and a network type field, the HESSID field including a HESSID desired by the station, the network type field including a network type desired by the station; receiving a probe response frame from the access point, the probe response frame being transmitted when the network type of the network type field is matched with a network type of the access point and the HESSID of the HESSID field in the probe request frame is matched with a HESSID of the access point, the probe response frame comprises the HESSID field and the network type field; transmitting a request frame to the access point, the request frame including a request for information about a link connecting the WLAN and another network; and receiving a response frame from the access point in response to the request frame, the response frame including the information about the link, wherein the information about the link comprises a field indicating a speed of the link that is used to connect the WLAN and the another network.