Patent ID: 8005032

Claim:
An access point comprising: an antenna; a radio coupled to said antenna to transmit beacon frames on a channel; a memory to store concurrently a first IEEE 802.11 delivery traffic indication message ‘DTIM’ period value for a first wireless client device and a second IEEE 802.11 DTIM period value, which differs from said first IEEE 802.11 DTIM period value, for a second wireless client device, where concurrently said first wireless client device is associated with said access point over a wireless network having a network name on said channel and said second wireless client device is associated with said access point over said wireless network on said channel; and a processor coupled to said radio and to said memory, said processor able to include DTIMs in said beacon frames based on said first IEEE 802.11 DTIM period value and to include DTIMs in said beacon frames based on said second IEEE 802.11 DTIM period value.