Patent ID: 9615383
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for a wireless station, the method comprising: transmitting a management frame quality of service (MFQ) policy configuration request to an access point, the request requesting a change in a MFQ policy used to transmit management frames between the wireless station and the access point; receiving, from the access point, a MFQ policy configuration response, wherein the MFQ policy configuration response includes a MFQ policy element and a status code, and wherein the status code indicates whether the access point has accepted or rejected the change in the MFQ policy; transmitting any subsequent management frames to the access point in accordance with the change to the MFQ policy in response to the status code indicating that the access point has accepted the change in the MFQ policy; and transmitting management frames to the access point in accordance with a previously configured MFQ policy in response to the status code indicating that the access point has rejected the change in the MFQ policy.