US 12,022,534 B2
Wireless local area network management
Liwen Chu, San Ramon, CA (US); Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); and Hui-Ling Lou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,007.
Application 18/218,007 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,545, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,696,344.
Application 17/200,545 is a continuation of application No. 16/526,808, filed on Jul. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,952,216, issued on Feb. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,306, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,907, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,070, filed on Aug. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,084, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345552 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 69/18 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/085 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0004 (2013.01); H04L 5/0098 (2013.01); H04L 27/2692 (2013.01); H04L 69/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for communicating network information regarding at least i) a first wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in one of a) a 2.4 GHz radio frequency (RF) band and b) a 5 GHz RF band, and ii) a second WLAN operating in a 6 GHz RF band, the at least the first WLAN and the second WLAN managed by an access point, the method comprising:
generating, at the access point, a first management frame that includes first information indicating first network parameters of the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band;
generating, at the access point, a first physical layer (PHY) data unit to include the first management frame;
transmitting, by the access point, the first PHY data unit in the one of the 2.4 GHz RF band and the 5 GHz RF band to provide, to any client stations that are operating in the one of the 2.4 GHz RF band and the 5 GHz RF band and that are also capable of operating in the 6 GHz band:
the first information indicating the first network parameters of the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band to assist the any client stations that are operating in the one of the 2.4 GHz RF band and the 5 GHz RF band and that are also capable of operating in the 6 GHz band with discovering the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band;
generating, at the access point, a second management frame that includes second information indicating second network parameters of the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band;
generating, at the access point, a second PHY data unit to include the second management frame; and
transmitting, by the access point, the second PHY data unit in the 6 GHz RF band to provide, to any client stations that are operating in the 6 GHz RF band, the second information indicating the second network parameters of the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band to assist the any client stations that are operating in the one of the 6 GHz RF band with joining the second WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band.