Patent ID: 9693204
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to: detect, at a wireless sensor device, a first wireless signal comprising a beacon frame transmitted by an access point in a network; determine, at the wireless sensor device, a radio Frequency (RF) channel indicated in the beacon frame; select the RF channel to convey information to a network device using a broadcast frame, wherein the RF channel is the RF channel indicated in the beacon frame; and transmit, by the wireless sensor device, the broadcast frame to the network device on the determined RF channel, wherein the broadcast frame comprises information corresponding to a detected second wireless signal from a wireless device; determine, at the wireless sensor signal, a second radio Frequency (RF) channel indicated in the second beacon frame; select the second RF channel to convey a second information to the network device using a second broadcast frame in response to identifying the second RF channel in the second beacon frame; transmit the second broadcast frame to the network device, wherein the second broadcast frame comprises information corresponding to the detected second wireless signal.