Patent ID: 7813508
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication circuit used as a component in a wireless communication device, comprising: a receiver part configured to receive at least one of a beacon frame and a probe response frame from a first wireless communication apparatus belonging to a first communication group, at least one of the beacon frame and the probe response frame including first security information indicating a first encryption method, the first encryption method to be applied to data transmitted to wireless communication apparatuses belonging to the first communication group; and a transmitter part configured wherein the first association request frame includes a frame control field and a frame body, the frame body includes the second security information, the frame control field includes a type field and a protected frame field, the type field includes information indicating that the first association request frame is classified as a management frame, and the protected frame field includes information indicating whether the frame body includes encrypted information.