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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lin Cai, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
George Calcev, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Xingxin Zhang, Chengdu, CN;
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of ANQP querying using a common ANQP group version. One embodiment of the method includes associating an original common ANQP group version with a common ANQP group, transmitting a message containing the original common ANQP group version to at least one station, associating a new common ANQP group version with the common ANQP group when an element therein is changed, and transmitting another message containing the new common ANQP group version to the at least one station.