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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Lei Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald Murias, Calgary, CA;
Yousif Targali, Sammamish, WA (US);
Guodong Zhang, Syosset, NY (US);
Robert L. Olesen, Huntington, NY (US);
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for fast initial link setup (FILS) for use in a wireless station, is disclosed. The method includes receiving a FILS discovery (FD) frame from an access point (AP). FD frame includes an FD frame control field and FD frame contents. The FD frame control field includes a capability presence indicator indicating whether a FD capability field is present in the FD frame contents. The method further includes determining to associate with the AP based on the received FD frame, and transmitting an association request frame to the AP.