Patent ID: 8391261

Claim:
Method for generation of beacons by a base station in a wireless communications network, consisting of at least one base station and at least one station, the beacons being repeatedly generated at time intervals, the method comprising: starting the generation of the beacons with a switching on of the base station and ending the generation of the beacons after the expiry of a wait time t w0 in the event that no station is connected to the base station; starting the generation of the beacons by a receipt of a probe request from a station of the communications network and ending the generation of the beacons after the expiry of a wait time t w1 in the event that no station is connected to the base station, wherein the wait time t w0 and t w1 are different; and setting the wait time t w0 and t w1 such that a temporary interruption of the connection between a station and the base station does not lead to the cessation of the generation of the beacons.