Patent ID: 9042324
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L,H04W,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for active scanning of a first scanning target for use in a first station (STA), the method comprising: determining to perform active scanning, wherein active scanning includes generating a first probe request by the first STA, wherein the first probe request includes an indication of the first scanning target; while waiting to access a wireless medium to transmit the first probe request, detecting, at the first STA, a second probe request transmitted from a second STA, wherein the second probe request includes an indication of a second scanning target; and on a condition that the indication of the first scanning target of the first probe request is the same as the indication of the second scanning target of the second probe request, determining, by the first STA, to not transmit the first probe request to the first scanning target.