Patent ID: 9578663
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for an access point (AP) to perform an association process in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a plurality of stations (STAs) not associated with the AP, authentication request frames, each of the authentication request frames including request bandwidth related information and authentication information of a corresponding STA ; transmitting, to the plurality of STAs, authentication response frames, each of the authentication response frames including information indicating a corresponding STA' s authentication request frame acceptance , wherein the corresponding STA' s authentication request frame acceptance is determined by the AP based on the authentication information of the corresponding STA and based on a comparison between a corresponding expected available AP capacity and the request bandwidth related information of the corresponding STA, and wherein each of authentication response frames includes comeback delay information for the corresponding STA; and initiating the association process with a specific STA of the plurality of STAs based on the comeback delay information of the specific STA, wherein the specific STA is determined by one of the plurality of STAs, wherein the comeback delay information is determined based on a number of the plurality of STAs performing the association process.