US 12,445,870 B2
WiFi scaning enhancement
Xuguang Jia, Beijing (CN); Qiang Zhou, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Xiaoyang Fu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,126.
Prior Publication US 2025/0063384 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an access point (AP) and from a network device, a channel scan request including a scan channel number, a bandwidth, and a total scan time, the total scan time being greater than a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of a neighbor basic service set (BSS);
determining, by the AP, a number of a plurality of scans based on the total scan time and an individual scan time for the AP, the individual scan time indicating an amount of time that the AP stays on a channel during a scanning process;
determining, by the AP, a plurality of offset values corresponding to the plurality of scans based on the number of the plurality of scans; and
performing, by the AP, off-channel scanning based on the scan channel number, the bandwidth, the number of the plurality of scans and the plurality of offset values.