Patent ID: 9369951
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. In a communication system including at least an access point and a plurality of wireless devices transmitting respective probe requests to the access point for determining whether the access point is within a range for initiating and maintaining a wireless communication link between each of the plurality of wireless devices and the access point, and the access point transmitting a probe response frame including communication parameters, a method of sharing access point state information, comprising: receiving, at the access point, a probe request from a wireless device; transmitting, at the access point, a probe response comprising shared access point state information; receiving, at the access point, an association request comprising an indication that the wireless device has stored the shared access point state information; and transmitting, at the access point, an association response conditionally including the shared access point state information based on the indication in the association request.