Arris Enterprises LLC

Polycom, Inc.

Spectralink Corporation

Ruckus IP Holdings LLC

Mark Alan Hamilton

Kurt Alan Lumbatis

Jay William Strater

Carol J Ansley

Keith Richard Amann

Peter George Khoury

Oliver J Krahn

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The request can include a network requirements field that indicates that a unique identifier is required for access to the network. The station initiates a secure connection with the access point prior to associating with the access point. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station via the secure connection. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against the station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request.

Using a network requirements field to provide a station access to a network

Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to a client device for use with an access point device. The client device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain a plurality of values associated with a respective plurality of capabilities of said client device, create a response including a header and a payload, the header including a reserved field including a plurality of bits, each of which reporting that the payload of the response includes a respective one of the plurality of values associated with the respective plurality of capabilities, and transmit the response to the access point device.

Method of reporting received signal strength on per frame basis in Wi-Fi network

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The station initiates a secure connection with the access point prior to associating with the access point. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station via the secure connection. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against the station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request.

Protected pre-association device identification

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point an unsolicited unique identifier response that comprises a unique identifier from the station. The station provides the unsolicited unique identifier response to the access point after a secure connection is established between the access point and the station such that the unsolicited unique identifier response is sent via the secure connection. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may provide different features a station or allow or disallow access to a service or a feature depending upon the unsolicited unique identifier response received from the station.

Unsolicited handling of unique identifier for stations

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against a station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request.

Handling of unique identifiers for stations

Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to a client device for use with an access point device. The client device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain a value associated with a capability of the client device, create a response including a header and a payload, the header including a reserved field including a bit reporting that the payload of the response includes the value associated with the capability, and transmit the response to the APD.

An electronic device that coordinates collection of communication data in a wireless network is described. During operation, the electronic device may provide, from an interface circuit, a troubleshooting request, where the troubleshooting request instructs at least a second electronic device (such as an access point) in the one or more second electronic devices to capture the communication data associated with subsequent communication by the electronic device. For example, the troubleshooting request may be included in a vendor specific public action frame that is broadcast or unicast. Then, the electronic device may provide, from the interface circuit, one or more packets or frames. Moreover, the electronic device may collect the communication data associated with the subsequent communication.

Request for synchronized packet and analytics capture

Method of reporting received signal strength on per frame basis in wi-fi network

A wireless LAN is comprised of a number of wired infrastructure devices, including at least one access point able to support a number of wireless communication devices configured to operate in the U-APSD mode. The wireless communications devices periodically contending for the wireless medium to transmit trigger messages to the access point and the access point responding by transmitting at least one frame of information. The wireless communications devices operate to synchronize the transmission of their trigger messages such that the possibility that the messages collide with one another is minimized.

Method for synchronizing U-APSD trigger frames

A wireless local area communications network that includes one or more access points each of which may have associated wireless communications devices in communication with it over a plurality of channels, some of which may be shared with a radar signal. The wireless communications devices are able to roam from one access point to another access point, in the presence of the channels shared with radar, in a seamless manner or in a manner in which the current communications session is not interrupted or delayed due to the requirement that any device in the network not transmit on those channels being shared with radar signals until the device can confirm that the channel is radar free. Furthermore, it is possible to guarantee that the communications session will not be disrupted during such roaming by configuring the wireless communications device to scan the wireless medium for only a minimum period of time necessary to detect a regularly occurring signal.

Handoff method in a wireless LAN in the presence of a radar signal

A wireless LAN can be used to support audio communication sessions between wireless communication devices and wired communication devices both configured to operate according to the Internet Protocol. Both the wired and wireless communication devices generate and transmit frames of voice information over the LAN to each other and in the process of generating these frames they place a timestamp in each frame that is used by a receiving communications device to determine when the frame should be played in relationship to all of the other frames of voice information it receives. At times these communication devices can place incorrect timestamp values in the frames of audio information which can affect the quality of the communication experience for a user. I propose to correct any incorrect timestamp values by first recognizing that a timestamp value is incorrect and then rounding the value to the nearest frame boundary.

Method of conducting a communications session using incorrect timestamps

A wireless network having a radio frequency access point and a plurality of isochronous devices wirelessly connected to the radio frequency access point. Each of the isochronous devices receives information from the radio frequency access point including isochronous device identification data and transmission timing data. A microprocessor is connected to the radio frequency transceiver and creates a transmission time-ordered list of the plurality of isochronous devices from the isochronous device identification data and the transmission timing data. A timer provides a timed reference for each isochronous device to transmit to the radio frequency access point according to the transmission time-ordered list. The time-ordered list prevents collision of information being transmitted to the radio frequency access point.

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