Patent ID: 9713181
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for use in a non-access point (non-AP) station (STA), the method comprising: receiving, by the non-AP STA from an access point (AP), a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frame, wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises a service set identification (SSID) and a corresponding system configuration identifier; on a condition that the received SSID and received system configuration identifier match a stored SSID and a corresponding stored system configuration identifier, initiating a FILS procedure between the non-AP STA and the AP; and on a condition the received SSID and received system configuration identifier do not match the stored SSID and the corresponding stored system configuration identifier, transmitting a probe request frame to the AP, wherein the probe request frame includes the stored system configuration identifier.