Patent ID: 8654746

Claim:
A method of transferring a session using a fast session transfer (FST) setup protocol, wherein the FST setup protocol comprises an initial state, a setup completion state, a transition done state and a transition confirmed state, the method comprising: operating the session on a first frequency band and/or a first channel during the initial state, wherein the session is described by state information stored in at least a first station of first and second stations that have an established direct physical link; setting an agreement to operate the session on a second frequency band and/or a second channel by communicating an FST setup request frame and communicating an FST response frame; transitioning to the setup completion state if a timeout has not been received or an FST tear down frame has not been received; communicating at the first frequency band and/or the first channel in the setup completion state; establishing a direct physical link on the second frequency band and/or the second channel; and transferring the session to the second frequency band and/or the second channel, wherein the transfer of the session is from the first channel to the second channel between the first station and the second station, wherein the first station has radios to communicate with matching radios of the second station in one or more of the first and the second frequency bands.