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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
George Calcev, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Lin Cai, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Xingxin Zhang, Chengdu, CN;
Assignee:
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method embodiment includes receiving, by an access point (AP), a request for an access network query protocol (ANQP) element, and multicasting the ANQP element as an ANQP information element (IE), wherein the ANQP IE is configured in accordance with a format transmittable by the AP in a multicast.