Patent ID: 8792343
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless apparatus for a traffic filter service (TFS) in a wireless local area network, the wireless apparatus comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver and configured to: wherein the TFS request element includes one or more TFS sub-element fields, a TFS ID field and a TFS action code field, the one or more TFS sub-element fields specifying the requesting traffic filters, the TFS ID field indicating a unique ID for the requesting traffic filters, the TFS action code field defining actions taken at the AP when the frame matches the matched traffic filter, wherein the TFS action code field includes a ‘Delete’ bit-field and the ‘Notify’ bit-field, the ‘Delete’ bit-field indicating whether the matched traffic filter is to be deleted when the frame matches the matched traffic filter, the ‘Notify’ bit-field indicating whether a TFS notification frame is to be sent when the frame matches the matched traffic filter, wherein the TFS response element includes one or more TFS status sub-element fields for defining information about the status of the requesting traffic filters, and wherein the TFS notification frame includes a TFS ID number field and a TFS ID list field, the TFS ID number field indicating a total number of TFS IDs in the TFS ID list field, the TFS ID list field indicating the matched traffic filter.