Patent ID: 7493084

Claim:
An access point, comprising: a wireless transceiver; and a lookup table containing service set identifier that the access point is configured to support; wherein the access point is responsive to an association request, the association request comprising an identifier for the wireless station making the request and a service set identifier indicative of a service set that identifies a type of service for the wireless station, received by the wireless transceiver; search the lookup table for the service set identifier received in the association request to determine whether the access point is configured to support the service set; wherein the access point is responsive to accept the association request upon a determination that the access point is configured to support the service set; wherein the access point is responsive to deny the association request upon a determination that the access point is not configured to support the service set; and wherein the type of service is selected from a group consisting of a proxy mobile internet protocol service and a virtual local area network.