Patent ID: 9743407
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A central controller configured for multiband operations within non-coextensive frequency bands, the central controller comprising: a multiband management entity to manage multiband operations of the central controller; and a multiband transceiver to transmit a response frame to a receiving station that includes two or more multiband elements, each multiband element including a basic service set identification (BSSID) and indicating an available channel and a frequency band associated with the available channel, wherein the frequency band is one of a plurality of non-coextensive frequency bands within which the central controller is operating; and wherein the two or more multiband elements are ordered within the response frame in an ordered sequence that includes a first multiband element and a sequential second multiband element that the station is to use to attempt to associate or reassociate with the central controller, such that in response to a failure of the station to associate or reassociate with the central controller according to the first multiband element, the station is to attempt to reassociate with the central controller according to the second multiband element.