Patent ID: 8989038
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit including a transmitter and a receiver, the wireless communication unit to perform the functionality of a first station to communicate with a second station, wherein one station of said first and second stations comprises an initiator station and another station of said first and second stations comprises a responder station, said wireless communication unit is to communicate a link measurement request frame between said initiator station and said responder station; to communicate a first link measurement report frame in response to the link measurement request frame, the link measurement report frame including link information determined by said responder station with respect to a wireless communication link between the initiator station and the responder station, said first link measurement report frame being communicated no longer than a predefined time period from reception of said link measurement request frame; and to communicate a second, unsolicited, link measurement report frame including link information determined by said initiator station with respect to said wireless communication link, said second link measurement report frame being communicated no longer than said predefined time period from reception of said first link measurement report frame.