Patent ID: 9622156
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: communicating an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) request message carrying a query access point (AP) list ANQP-element from a requesting station (STA) to a responding STA, the ANQP request message requesting ANQP information for APs listed in an AP list field of the query AP list ANQP-element, the AP list field consisting of a one-octet AP list length field and a set of six-octet identifier fields, the set of the six-octet identifier fields specifying AP identifiers (IDs) of the APs listed in the AP list field; and communicating an ANQP response message carrying an AP list response ANQP-element from the responding STA to the requesting STA prior to establishing an association between the responding STA and the requesting STA, the AP list response ANQP-element including discovery information for two or more of the APs listed in the the query AP list ANQP-element, wherein the AP list response ANQP-element includes AP Query response fields each of which carrying discovery information for a different one of the two or more of the APs listed in the query AP list ANQP-element.