US 12,144,064 B1
Transmitting network management information in a wireless local area network
Liwen Chu, San Ramon, CA (US); Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); and Hui-Ling Lou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Marvel Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,302.
Application 18/375,302 is a continuation of application No. 17/698,856, filed on Mar. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,778,690.
Application 17/698,856 is a continuation of application No. 16/797,919, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,284,474, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,740, filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 80/02 (2013.01) [H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting management information in a wireless local area network (WLAN) managed by an access point (AP) device, the method comprising:
generating, at the AP device, a management medium access control layer (MAC) frame having information indicating network parameters of the WLAN managed by the AP device, the management MAC frame comprising one of a beacon frame and a probe response frame;
generating, at the AP device, one or more other MAC frames for one or more client stations that are associated with the WLAN;
allocating, at the AP device, a plurality of resource units (RUS) for a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit (MU PPDU), the plurality of RUs including i) a broadcast RU, and ii) one or more other RUs;
generating, at the AP device, the MU PPDU to include i) a physical layer (PHY) preamble, ii) the one of the beacon frame and the probe response frame in the broadcast RU, and iii) the one or more other MAC frames in the one or more other RUs, wherein generating the MU PPDU includes:
in response to the AP device determining that the AP device is allowing unassociated stations to associate with the AP device, setting a station identifier in the PHY preamble corresponding to the broadcast RU to a first value that indicates the broadcast RU is intended for unassociated stations, and
in response to the AP device determining that the AP device is not allowing unassociated stations to associate with the AP device, setting the station identifier in the PHY preamble corresponding to the broadcast RU to a second value that indicates the broadcast RU is not intended for unassociated stations; and
transmitting, by the AP device, the MU PPDU.