US 12,342,261 B2
Automated establishing of a hidden transmitted basic service set
Peter G. Khoury, San Francisco, CA (US); and Kaushik Guha, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Ruckus IP Holdings LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by Ruckus IP Holdings LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,318.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,319, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067513 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/08 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an interface circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more second electronic devices, wherein the interface circuit is configured to:
create a hidden transmitted basic service set (BSS);
transmit a multi-BSS beacon comprising: a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) and a wild-card selective service set identifier (SSID) of the hidden transmitted BSS, and, for one or more non-transmitted BSSes, one or more non-transmitted BSSIDs and associated SSIDs;
establish one or more connections with the one or more second electronic devices via the one or more non-transmitted BSSes; and
deactivate a given non-transmitted BSS in the one or more non-transmitted BSSes without impacting a remainder of the one or more non-transmitted BSSes.