CPC H04W 40/244 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 12/108 (2021.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
calculate a first integrity code using an integrity group temporal key, wherein the integrity code is used for a protected beacon frame;
generate the protected beacon frame, wherein the protected beacon frame comprises a beacon frame body;
include the integrity group temporal key in a beacon management element of the beacon frame body of the protected beacon frame;
determine an information element (IE) comprising a beacon integrity number indicating a beacon count based on received beacons from associated devices;
assign a beacon number to the protected beacon frame, the beacon number being derived from a multiple basic service set (MultiBSS) beacon number acting as a counter shared by multiple virtual APs of a multiple basic service set identification (BSSID) set; and
cause to send the protected beacon frame to a first station device.
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