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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Ernie Aguilar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Mott, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xin Yang, San Francisco, CA (US);
MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for improving communication between mobile or wearable devices and access points of the wireless land area network. The method includes sensing at a client station a service set identifier for a wireless access network. The method also includes determining a subset of channels within the wireless access network by accessing information stored in a database, and determining a scan time interval associated with the service set identifier by accessing the information stored in the database. In addition, the method includes transmitting a probe request through the subset of channels to an access point located within the wireless access network and receiving a probe response at the client station from the access point during the scan time interval. Further, the method includes identifying location of the client station based on the probe response.