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 |
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.
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