Patent ID: 8958335
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for discovering an access point of a communications system, the method comprises: receiving, by a station, an active scanning indicator; delaying, by the station, transmission of a probe request of the station for a first amount of time in accordance with the active scanning indicator; determining, by the station, if the station is able to receive a matching probe request of a neighbor station during the first amount of time; delaying, by the station, transmission of the probe request for a second amount of time if the station is able to receive the matching probe request during the first amount of time; determining, by the station, if the station is able to receive a probe response corresponding to the matching probe request during the second amount of time; and transmitting, by the station, the probe request if the station is not able to receive the probe response corresponding to the matching probe request during the second amount of time.