US 12,471,006 B2
Wireless network service type
Stephen McCann, Southampton (GB); and Michael Peter Montemurro, Mississauga (CA)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, (IE)
Filed by Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/393,956.
Application 18/393,956 is a continuation of application No. 18/173,998, filed on Feb. 24, 2023, granted, now 11,871,333.
Application 18/173,998 is a continuation of application No. 16/450,265, filed on Jun. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,617,127, issued on Mar. 28, 2023.
Application 16/450,265 is a continuation of application No. 14/158,466, filed on Jan. 17, 2014, granted, now 10,349,341, issued on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0214908 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/10 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A station (STA) comprising:
a processor; and
a protocol stack coupled to the processor, the protocol stack comprising a wireless network interface, the wireless network interface including:
a first set of one or more registers configured to store a plurality of defined service types and identifiers of upper layer protocols (ULPs); and
a second set of one or more registers configured to store indications of which ones of the plurality of defined service types and ULPs are available within or accessible via a wireless network,
wherein the wireless network interface is configured to access the indications in the second set of one or more registers and generate a service type announcement element based on the accessed indications, the service type announcement element comprising a length field, an element identifier field providing an indication that the element is a service type announcement element, and a service type bit mask having a variable length in octets, wherein each bit of the service type bit mask represents a respective one of a plurality of network service types, the network service types comprising one or more of peripheral service type, web service type, streaming multimedia service type, interactive multimedia service type, and location based service type, and wherein the service type bit mask indicates that at least one of the network service types is available within or accessible via the wireless network.