Patent ID: 9591555
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for access network query protocol (ANQP) signaling comprising: receiving, by an access point (AP), a request for ANQP information from a station (STA); determining, by the AP, a first portion of the ANQP information was requested by a number of ANQP information requests within a timeframe, wherein the number of ANQP information requests exceeds a threshold; caching, by the AP, the first portion of ANQP information for transmission in a multicast; multicasting, by the AP, the first portion of the ANQP information as an ANQP information element (IE), wherein the ANQP IE is configured in accordance with a format transmittable by the AP in the multicast; and unicasting, by the AP, a second portion of the ANQP information to the STA.