Patent ID: 8958354
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: partitioning a message, to be broadcast from a wireless access point, into two or more message segments; and transmitting one or more beacon signals from the wireless access point to one or more wireless terminals, wherein said one or more beacon signals individually comprise at least one of said two or more message segments with at least a portion of the at least one of said two or more message segments transmitted within respective service set identifier (SSID) fields of the one or more beacon signals, wherein said two or more message segments individually comprise pre-selected prefix metadata that can be recognized by the one or more wireless terminals to enable regeneration of the message, the pre-selected prefix metadata that can be recognized by the one or more wireless terminals comprising information indicating that the one or more beacon signals are not configured to indicate the presence of a wireless network that may be joined by the one or more wireless terminals such that when the one or more wireless terminals recognize the pre-selected prefix metadata in the two or more message segments, the one or more wireless terminals will not attempt to use any portion of the two or more message segments as an SSID value for associating with the wireless access point transmitting the one or more beacon signals, each of the pre-selected prefix metadata transmitted within a respective basic service set identification (BSSID) field of the one or more beacon signals.