Patent ID: 8565207

Claim:
A method for establishing a tunneled direct link, the method performed by an initiating station communicating with an intended responding station and comprising: transmitting a tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) request frame via an access point (AP), the TDLS request frame including capability information elements related to quality of service (QoS) capability and High Throughput (HT) capability, and link identifier elements including a basic service set identifier (BSSID) field with which the initiating station is associated, an initiating station address field, and an intended responding station address field; receiving a TDLS response frame via the AP in response to the TDLS request frame, the TDLS response frame including the capability information elements related to the QoS capability and the HT capability, and the link identifier elements including the BSSID field, the initiating station address field, and the intended responding station address field; and transmitting a TDLS confirm frame via the AP in response to the TDLS response frame, the TDLS confirm frame comprising: an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter set information element used for a direct link between the initiating station and the intended responding station and including a QOS information field and four parameter record fields that each have a length of four octets; an HT operation information element; and the link identifier elements including the BSSID field, the initiating station address field, and the intended responding station address field.