Scanning method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544836-B2
Application number	US-201314398608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2013
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are a scanning method and a scanning apparatus. The scanning method for a station (STA) comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame including a scanning priority for a plurality of access points (APs); and sequentially monitoring for the reception of a probe response frame, which is a response to the probe request frame, from at least one of the plurality of Aps for the plurality of APs on the basis of the scanning priority. Thus, scanning processes can be quickly performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for scanning of a station (STA), comprising:
transmitting a probe request frame including a scanning priority for a first access (AP) and a second AP, wherein the probe request frame includes a service set identifier (SSID) list indicating the first AP and the second AP, wherein the scanning priority is determined based on the SSID list;
monitoring whether a first probe response frame is received as a response to the probe request frame, during a first channel duration, from the first AP based on the scanning priority; and
monitoring whether a second probe response frame is received as a response to the probe request frame, during a second channel duration, from the second AP based on the scanning priority, wherein the first channel duration precedes the second channel duration,
wherein the scanning priority is the priority of probe response frame transmissions of each of the first probe response frame and the second probe response frame;
wherein monitoring whether the second probe response frame is received during the second channel duration from the second AP is performed when the first probe response frame is not received from the first AP during the first channel duration.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the probe request frame includes information on the first channel duration and the second channel duration.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first AP has the highest priority among the first AP and the second AP, wherein the second AP has the next highest priority among the first AP and the second AP.

4. A wireless apparatus for scanning in a wireless local area network system, the wireless apparatus comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit that transmits and receives radio signals; and
a processor that:
controls the RF unit to transmit a probe request frame including a scanning priority for first access point (AP) and a second AP, wherein the probe request frame includes a service set identifier (SSID) list indicating the first AP and the second AP, wherein the scanning priority is determined based on the SSID list,
monitors whether a first probe response frame is received as a response to the probe request frame during a first channel duration from at the first AP based on the scanning priority, and
monitors whether a second probe response frame is received as a response to the probe request frame during a second channel duration from the second AP based on the scanning priority, wherein the first channel duration precedes the second channel duration,
wherein the scanning priority is the priority of probe response frame transmissions of each of the first probe response frame and the second probe response frame;
wherein the processor monitors whether the second probe response frame is received during the second channel duration from the second AP when the first probe response frame is not received from the first during the first channel duration.

5. The wireless apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the probe request frame includes information on the first channel duration and the second channel duration.

6. The wireless apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first AP has the highest priority among the first AP and the second AP, wherein the second AP has the next highest priority among the first AP and the second AP.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Giwon
• Ryu Kiseon
• Cho Hangyu
• Kwak Jinsam

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title