Patent ID: 7873017

Claim:
A method in a wireless access point that is supporting a wireless local area network, the method comprising: from a list of data rates that are supported by said wireless access point, specifying a minimum data rate for advertisement in said wireless local area network; advertising an indication of said minimum data rate; reserving for limited use those of said supported data rates that are less than said minimum data rate for advertisement; storing indications of one or more conditions for use of said one or more supported data rates reserved for limited use; denying permission to a mobile station to communicate with said wireless access point at any of said one or more supported data rates reserved for limited use where none of said one or more conditions is satisfied by said mobile station; and permitting said mobile station to conduct communications with said wireless access point at one or more of said one or more supported data rates reserved for limited use where said mobile station satisfies at least one of said one or more conditions.