WO2018231734A1 - Attribution d'identification de point d'accès dans un environnement coopératif - Google Patents

Attribution d'identification de point d'accès dans un environnement coopératif Download PDF

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WO2018231734A1
WO2018231734A1 PCT/US2018/036973 US2018036973W WO2018231734A1 WO 2018231734 A1 WO2018231734 A1 WO 2018231734A1 US 2018036973 W US2018036973 W US 2018036973W WO 2018231734 A1 WO2018231734 A1 WO 2018231734A1
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Qinghua Li
Xiaogang Chen
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  • This disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and devices for wireless communications and, more particularly, access point (AP) identification (ID) allocation.
  • AP access point
  • ID identification
  • Wireless devices are becoming widely prevalent and are increasingly requesting access to wireless channels.
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access
  • FIG. 1 depicts a diagram illustrating an example network environment of an illustrative AP ID allocation in a cooperative environment, in accordance with one or more example embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative diagram for AP identification in a cooperative environment, in accordance with one or more example embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a flow diagram of illustrative process for AP identification in a cooperative environment, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a functional diagram of an example communication station, in accordance with one or more example embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Example embodiments described herein provide certain systems, methods, and devices, for providing signaling information to Wi-Fi devices in various Wi-Fi networks, including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.11 ax (referred to as HE or HEW) and IEEE 802.11az.
  • IEEE 802.11 ax referred to as HE or HEW
  • IEEE 802.11az IEEE 802.11az
  • WLAN 802.1 lax investigates new techniques that can further improve the performance of the WLAN network and a promising technique is access point (AP) cooperation, which enables the adjacent APs to coordinate with each other regarding the resource allocation, such that the inter-AP interference and collisions can be significantly reduced.
  • AP access point
  • MAC medium access control
  • Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and devices for access point (AP) identification (ID) allocation to enable cooperation between one or more APs when communicating with each other and with one or more station devices, for example, allocating resources to the one or more station devices (STAs).
  • AP access point
  • STA station devices
  • an AP ID allocation system may facilitate one or more packets (or one or more frames) exchanges to enable an AP to obtain an ID from the adjacent the one or more packets exchanges has a lower complexity than the association procedure.
  • the association procedure requires authentication and encryption between the devices, which makes it more complex to establish.
  • an AP ID allocation system exchanging a limited number of packets (e.g., four packets or less) in order to assign AP_IDs to adjacent APs.
  • the AP ID allocation system may facilitate allocating an AP_ID using the one or more packets exchanges between adjacent APs.
  • An initiating AP may determine an adjacent AP in a cooperative network based at least in part on one or more factors, such as, distance, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • the initiating AP may send a request (e.g., an AP_ID request packet) to an adjacent AP (e.g., a responding AP).
  • the responding AP may respond to the AP_ID request by sending an acknowledgment packet to the initiating AP.
  • the responding AP may allocate an AP_ID to the initiating AP.
  • the responding AP may then send an AP_ID response packet to the initiating AP, where the AP_ID response packet may contain the AP_ID that is allocated to the initiating AP.
  • the initiating AP may then respond with an acknowledgment packet to be sent to the responding AP.
  • a BSS color may be included in a signaling field (e.g., HE-SIG-A ) of an HE frame that may be received from another AP that may be within listening/reception distance.
  • the initiating device may use their BSS color to determine whether the BSS color in the received packet is its own BSS color or not. For example, when an AP receives an HE packet, if the BSS color of the packet is different to the AP's own BSS color, then the AP need to check whether the BSS color is in the lookup table. If the BSS color is in the table, this may indicate that the packet is from an adjacent AP. In that case, the AP may need to decode the data payload of the packet.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example network environment, in accordance with one or more example embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Wireless network 100 may include one or more user devices 120 and one or more access point(s) (AP) 102, which may communicate in accordance with IEEE 802.11 communication standards.
  • the user device(s) 120 may be mobile devices that are non-stationary (e.g., not having fixed locations) or may be stationary devices.
  • the one or more APs 102 may communicate with each other using a central or distributed backhaul controller (BC) 140, which may enable exchanges of information among each AP in the network related to their management, control and data plans.
  • BC central or distributed backhaul controller
  • the user devices 120, the AP(s) 102, and BC 140 may include one or more computer systems similar to that of the functional diagram of FIG. 4 and/or the example machine/system of FIG. 5.
  • One or more illustrative user device(s) 120 and/or AP(s) 102 may be operable by one or more user(s) 110. It should be noted that any addressable unit may be a station (STA). An STA may take on multiple distinct characteristics, each of which shape its function. For example, a single addressable unit might simultaneously be a portable STA, a quality-of- service (QoS) STA, a dependent STA, and a hidden STA. The one or more illustrative user device(s) 120 and the AP(s) 102 may be STAs.
  • STA station
  • An STA may take on multiple distinct characteristics, each of which shape its function. For example, a single addressable unit might simultaneously be a portable STA, a quality-of- service (QoS) STA, a dependent STA, and a hidden STA.
  • QoS quality-of- service
  • user device(s) 120 and/or AP(s) 102 may include, a user equipment (UE), a station (STA), an access point (AP), a software enabled AP (SoftAP), a personal computer (PC), a wearable wireless device (e.g., bracelet, watch, glasses, ring, etc.), a desktop computer, a mobile computer, a laptop computer, an ultrabookTM computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a server computer, a handheld computer, a handheld device, an internet of things (IoT) device, a sensor device, a PDA device, a handheld PDA device, an on-board device, an off-board device, a hybrid device (e.g., combining cellular phone functionalities with PDA device functionalities), a consumer device, a vehicular device, a non-vehicular device, a mobile or portable device, a non-mobile or non-portable device, a mobile phone, a cellular telephone, a PCS device, a PDA
  • IoT Internet of Things
  • IP Internet protocol
  • ID Bluetooth identifier
  • NFC near-field communication
  • An IoT device may have a passive communication interface, such as a quick response (QR) code, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, an NFC tag, or the like, or an active communication interface, such as a modem, a transceiver, a transmitter-receiver, or the like.
  • QR quick response
  • RFID radio-frequency identification
  • An IoT device can have a particular set of attributes (e.g., a device state or status, such as whether the IoT device is on or off, open or closed, idle or active, available for task execution or busy, and so on, a cooling or heating function, an environmental monitoring or recording function, a light-emitting function, a sound-emitting function, etc.) that can be embedded in and/or controlled/monitored by a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, ASIC, or the like, and configured for connection to an IoT network such as a local ad-hoc network or the Internet.
  • a device state or status such as whether the IoT device is on or off, open or closed, idle or active, available for task execution or busy, and so on, a cooling or heating function, an environmental monitoring or recording function, a light-emitting function, a sound-emitting function, etc.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuitry
  • IoT devices may include, but are not limited to, refrigerators, toasters, ovens, microwaves, freezers, dishwashers, dishes, hand tools, clothes washers, clothes dryers, furnaces, air conditioners, thermostats, televisions, light fixtures, vacuum cleaners, sprinklers, electricity meters, gas meters, etc., so long as the devices are equipped with an addressable communications interface for communicating with the IoT network.
  • IoT devices may also include cell phones, desktop computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc.
  • the IoT network may be comprised of a combination of "legacy" Internet-accessible devices (e.g., laptop or desktop computers, cell phones, etc.) in addition to devices that do not typically have Internet-connectivity (e.g., dishwashers, etc.).
  • “legacy” Internet-accessible devices e.g., laptop or desktop computers, cell phones, etc.
  • devices that do not typically have Internet-connectivity e.g., dishwashers, etc.
  • the user device(s) 120 and/or AP(s) 102 may also include mesh stations in, for example, a mesh network, in accordance with one or more IEEE 802.11 standards and/or 3 GPP standards.
  • Any of the user device(s) 120 may be configured to communicate with each other via one or more communications networks 130 and/or 135 wirelessly or wired.
  • the user device(s) 120 may also communicate peer-to-peer or directly with each other with or without the AP(s) 102.
  • Any of the communications networks 130 and/or 135 may include, but not limited to, any one of a combination of different types of suitable communications networks such as, for example, broadcasting networks, cable networks, public networks (e.g., the Internet), private networks, wireless networks, cellular networks, or any other suitable private and/or public networks.
  • any of the communications networks 130 and/or 135 may have any suitable communication range associated therewith and may include, for example, global networks (e.g., the Internet), metropolitan area networks (MANs), wide area networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs), or personal area networks (PANs).
  • any of the communications networks 130 and/or 135 may include any type of medium over which network traffic may be carried including, but not limited to, coaxial cable, twisted-pair wire, optical fiber, a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) medium, microwave terrestrial transceivers, radio frequency communication mediums, white space communication mediums, ultra-high frequency communication mediums, satellite communication mediums, or any combination thereof.
  • coaxial cable twisted-pair wire
  • optical fiber a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) medium
  • microwave terrestrial transceivers microwave terrestrial transceivers
  • radio frequency communication mediums white space communication mediums
  • ultra-high frequency communication mediums satellite communication mediums, or any combination thereof.
  • Any of the user device(s) 120 may include one or more communications antennas.
  • the one or more communications antennas may be any suitable type of antennas corresponding to the communications protocols used by the user device(s) 120 (e.g., user devices 124, 126 and 128), and AP(s) 102.
  • suitable communications antennas include Wi-Fi antennas, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards compatible antennas, directional antennas, non-directional antennas, dipole antennas, folded dipole antennas, patch antennas, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas, omnidirectional antennas, quasi- omnidirectional antennas, or the like.
  • the one or more communications antennas may be communicatively coupled to a radio component to transmit and/or receive signals, such as communications signals to and/or from the user devices 120 and/or AP(s) 102.
  • Any of the user device(s) 120 may be configured to perform directional transmission and/or directional reception in conjunction with wirelessly communicating in a wireless network.
  • Any of the user device(s) 120 e.g., user devices 124, 126, 128), and AP(s) 102 may be configured to perform such directional transmission and/or reception using a set of multiple antenna arrays (e.g., DMG antenna arrays or the like). Each of the multiple antenna arrays may be used for transmission and/or reception in a particular respective direction or range of directions.
  • Any of the user device(s) 120 (e.g., user devices 124, 126, 128), and AP(s) 102 may be configured to perform any given directional transmission towards one or more defined transmit sectors. Any of the user device(s) 120 (e.g., user devices 124, 126, 128), and AP(s) 102 may be configured to perform any given directional reception from one or more defined receive sectors.
  • Any of the user devices 120 may include any suitable radio and/or transceiver for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals in the bandwidth and/or channels corresponding to the communications protocols utilized by any of the user device(s) 120 and AP(s) 102 to communicate with each other.
  • the radio components may include hardware and/or software to modulate and/or demodulate communications signals according to pre-established transmission protocols.
  • the radio components may further have hardware and/or software instructions to communicate via one or more Wi-Fi and/or Wi-Fi direct protocols, as standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standards.
  • Some embodiments may be used in conjunction with devices and/or networks operating in accordance with existing.
  • Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Alliance (WFA) Specifications including Wi-Fi Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Technical Specification (e.g., NAN and NAN2) and/or future versions and/or derivatives thereof, devices and/or networks operating in accordance with existing WFA Peer-to-Peer (P2P) specifications and/or future versions and/or derivatives thereof, devices and/or networks operating in accordance with existing Wireless-Gigabit-Alliance (WGA) specifications (Wireless Gigabit Alliance, Inc WiGig MAC and PHY Specification) and/or future versions and/or derivatives thereof, devices and/or networks operating in accordance with existing IEEE 802.11 standards and/or amendments (e.g., 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11 ⁇ , 802.1 lac, 802.1 lax, 802.1 lad, 802. Hay, 802.1 laz, etc.).
  • the radio component in cooperation with the communications antennas, may be configured to communicate via 2.4 GHz channels (e.g., 802.11b, 802.1 lg, 802.11 ⁇ , 802.11ax), 5 GHz channels (e.g., 802.11 ⁇ , 802.11ac, 802.1 lax), or 60 GHZ channels (e.g., 802.1 lad).
  • non-Wi-Fi protocols may be used for communications between devices, such as Bluetooth, dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) (e.g., IEEE 802.11af, IEEE 802.22), white band frequency (e.g., white spaces), or other packetized radio communications.
  • the radio component may include any known receiver and baseband suitable for communicating via the communications protocols.
  • the radio component may further include a low noise amplifier (LNA), additional signal amplifiers, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, one or more buffers, and digital baseband.
  • LNA low noise amplifier
  • A/D analog-to-digital converter
  • a user device 120 may be in communication with one or more APs 102.
  • the one or more APs may be able to exchange information among each other in order to complete a simultaneous communication with the user device 120.
  • the APs 102 may dynamically coordinate the transmission and the reception of data with the user device 120 using the BC 140.
  • AP 103 may communicate with AP 105 by sharing identification information (e.g., AP_ID 142) between each other in order to collaborate to service at least one of the user devices 120. Identification information may be obtained based on the exchange of one or more packets or frames between AP 103 and AP 105.
  • the AP 103 may gain an AP_ID 142 that may be assigned to it by AP 105 during FTM or 802.11az negotiation or by a four packet exchange sequence (or two packet exchange sequence if no acknowledgement is needed after the request or the response packets).
  • the four packet exchange sequence for AP ID allocation is similar to the negotiation in the FTM or 802.1 laz.
  • the initiator sends FTM request to responder, and responder sends Ack, and then responder sends FTM response and the initiator sends Ack .
  • One variant to the AP ID allocation protocol is to add the AP ID request and response fields in the FTM request and FTM response frames, such that the AP ID can be allocated in the negotiation phase of FTM or 802.1 laz.
  • the AP 103 may send a request (e.g., an AP_ID request packet) to AP 105.
  • AP 105 may then respond to the AP_ID request by sending an acknowledgment packet to the AP 103.
  • AP 105 may allocate an AP_ID 142 to the AP 103.
  • AP 105 may then send an AP_ID response packet to AP 103, where the AP_ID response packet may contain the AP_ID 142 that is allocated to AP 103 by AP 105.
  • AP 103 may then respond with an acknowledgment packet to be sent to AP 105. However, in some scenarios you may not be necessary to send acknowledgment packets.
  • the AP 103 may start a timer when it sends the request for an AP_ID to AP 105. If the timer expires, the AP 103 may determine that AP 105 has not received the packet. In that case, AP 103 may resend the request to AP 105. However, if AP 103 receives a response from AP 105 comprising an indication of the allocated AP_ID 142 before the timer expiry than AP 103 knows that AP 105 received the request.
  • FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative diagram for AP identification in a cooperative environment, in accordance with one or more example embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • initiating AP 203 communicating with an adjacent responding AP.
  • the initiating AP 203 (belonging to a first BSS) and the responding AP 205 (belonging to a second BSS) may be involved in a cooperative environment in order to serve one or more user devices 120 of FIG. 1. That is, the initiating AP 203 and the responding AP 205 may cooperate together and determining one or more resource allocations that may be used while servicing the one or more user devices 120. This results in a significant reduction in inter- AP interference and collisions.
  • an AP ID allocation system may enable the cross cell packets exchange between the adjacent APs 203 and 205.
  • the AP ID allocation system may include four packets exchanged between the initiating AP and the responding AP.
  • the AP ID allocation system may define an AP_ID request packet 210 that may be sent from the initiating AP 203 to the responding AP 205.
  • the responding AP 205 may respond to the AP_ID request packet 210 by sending an acknowledgment (ACK) packet 212 to the initiating AP 203.
  • the responding AP 205 may allocate an AP_ID to the initiating AP 203.
  • the responding AP 205 may then send AP_ID response packet 214 to the initiating AP 203, where the AP_ID response packet 214 may contain the AP_ID that is allocated to the initiating AP 203.
  • the initiating AP 203 may then acknowledged by responding with an ACK packet 216 sent to the responding AP 205.
  • the AP_ID request packet 210 may include the initiating AP's basic service set identification (BSSID) (e.g., the MAC address of the AP 203) and the responding AP's BSSID (e.g., the MAC address of the AP 205).
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • the ACK packet to the AP_ID request packet may be sent from the responding AP 205 to the initiating AP 203.
  • the AP_ID responding packet may be sent from the responding AP 205 to the initiating AP 203.
  • This packet may include the initiating AP's BSSID, the responding AP's BSSID, a BSS color, and the responding AP's AP ID allocation for the initiating AP.
  • the AP ID allocation could be the same as AID.
  • the ACK packet to the AP_ID responding packet may be sent from the initiating AP 203 to three to the responding AP 205.
  • the AP ID may be allocated without having to send an ACK packet (e.g., ACK packet 212 and ACK packet 216).
  • the initiating AP 203 may determine the responding AP 205 is an adjacent device. This determination may be based at least in part on one or more factors, such as, distance, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • the initiating AP 203 may send an AP_ID request 210 to the responding AP 205 in order to get an AP_ID assignment from the responding AP 205.
  • the initiating AP 203 may start a timer when it sends the request for an AP_ID (e.g., AP_ID request packet 210) to the responding AP 205. If the timer expires, the initiating AP 203 may determine that the responding AP 205 has not received the packet. In that case, the initiating AP 203 may resend the request to the responding AP 205. However, if the initiating AP 203 receives a response (e.g., AP_ID responding packet 214) from the responding AP 205 comprising an indication of the allocated AP_ID before the timer expiry then the initiating AP 203 may determine that the responding AP 205 received the request (e.g., AP_ID request packet 210).
  • AP_ID e.g., AP_ID request packet 210
  • an AP ID allocation system may facilitate that the initiating AP 203 may maintain a lookup table to store the AP ID obtained from the responding AP 205 and the corresponding BSSID and BSS color of the responding AP 205. It should be understood that the initiating AP 203 will have one or more table entries corresponding to one or more adjacent APs.
  • the lookup table may serve to determine whether a packet or frame is intended for it based on the AP_ID included in the packet or frame. In addition to the AP_IDs, and the initiating AP 203 may also store the BSSID and the BSS color of the responding AP 205 in the lookup table.
  • a receiving AP 203 may analyze a received packet or frame (e.g., a HE packet or frame or a non-HE packet or frame) based on a BSS color, wherein the received packet is received from a transmitting AP 205.
  • the receiving AP 203 may determine that a packet is HE or non-HE based on information included in the packet' s PHY preamble.
  • a BSS color is a field included in the preambles of HE Wi-Fi frames but not in non- HE packets. In case there is a BSS color included in the PHY preamble of the received packet, the receiving AP 203 may read the BSS color.
  • the BSS color indicates whether the received HE frame is from the device's own BSS.
  • a BSS color may be included in a signaling field (e.g., HE-SIG-A) of an HE frame that may be received from another AP that may be within listening or detection/reception distance.
  • the receiving AP 203 may determine whether the received BSS color is its own BSS color. For example, when the receiving AP 203 receives an HE packet, if the BSS color of the packet is different from the its own BSS color, then the receiving AP 203 may need to check whether the BSS color is in the lookup table to determine whether an AP_ID has been assigned to it by the transmitting AP 205.
  • this may indicate that the packet is from an adjacent AP (e.g., transmitting AP 205). In that case, the AP may need to decode the data payload of the packet to determine if there is any data included in a user info field that may be intended for it.
  • the receiving AP 203 can use the AP_ID to check whether the packet is intended for it. Then the AP may process the received packet and respond to it by sending a response packet.
  • the receiving AP 203 may include its AP_ID to indicate that it is the transmitter of the response packet.
  • the TA field in the response may be the same as the AP_ID or BSSID, where the AP_ID corresponds to the transmitting AP 205.
  • the AP ID may be assigned or allocated during FTM or 802.11az negotiation or by a four packet exchange sequence (or two packet exchange sequence if no acknowledgement is needed after the request or the response packets).
  • the four packet exchange sequence for AP ID allocation is similar to the negotiation in the FTM or 802.11az.
  • the initiator sends FTM request to responder, and responder sends Ack, and then responder sends FTM response and the initiator sends Ack.
  • One variant to the AP ID allocation protocol is to add the AP ID request and response fields in the FTM request and FTM response frames, such that the AP ID can be allocated in the negotiation phase of FTM or 802.1 laz.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a flow diagram of illustrative process 300 for AP identification in a cooperative environment, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.
  • an initiating access point device may determine a cooperative network, wherein the cooperative network is associated with one or more access points including a responding access point.
  • the cooperative network is associated with one or more access points including a responding access point.
  • an initiating AP may determine an adjacent AP in a cooperative network based at least in part on one or more factors, such as, distance, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • RSSI received signal strength indicator
  • SNR signal to noise ratio
  • the initiating access point device may cause to send an access point identification request packet to the responding access point.
  • the initiating AP may send a request (e.g., an AP_ID request packet) to an adjacent AP (e.g., a responding AP).
  • the responding AP may respond to the AP_ID request by sending an acknowledgment packet to the initiating AP.
  • the initiating access point device may identify an access point identification response packet from the responding access point device, wherein the access point identification response comprises an indication of an access point identification allocated to the cooperative access point.
  • the responding AP may allocate an AP_ID to the initiating AP.
  • the responding AP may then send an AP_ID response packet to the initiating AP, where the AP_ID response packet may contain the AP_ID that is allocated to the initiating AP.
  • the initiating AP may then respond with an acknowledgment packet to be sent to the responding AP.
  • the initiating access point device may determine to send a frame including the access point identification or the basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point to the responding access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • FIG. 4 shows a functional diagram of an exemplary communication station 400 in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a functional block diagram of a communication station that may be suitable for use as an AP 102 (FIG. 1) or user device 120 (FIG. 1) in accordance with some embodiments.
  • the communication station 400 may also be suitable for use as a handheld device, a mobile device, a cellular telephone, a smartphone, a tablet, a netbook, a wireless terminal, a laptop computer, a wearable computer device, a femtocell, a high data rate (HDR) subscriber station, an access point, an access terminal, or other personal communication system (PCS) device.
  • HDR high data rate
  • the communication station 400 may include communications circuitry 402 and a transceiver 410 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from other communication stations using one or more antennas 401.
  • the communications circuitry 402 may include circuitry that can operate the physical layer (PHY) communications and/or media access control (MAC) communications for controlling access to the wireless medium, and/or any other communications layers for transmitting and receiving signals.
  • the communication station 400 may also include processing circuitry 406 and memory 408 arranged to perform the operations described herein. In some embodiments, the communications circuitry 402 and the processing circuitry 406 may be configured to perform operations detailed in FIGs. 1-3.
  • the communications circuitry 402 may be arranged to contend for a wireless medium and configure frames or packets for communicating over the wireless medium.
  • the communications circuitry 402 may be arranged to transmit and receive signals.
  • the communications circuitry 402 may also include circuitry for modulation/demodulation, upconversion/downconversion, filtering, amplification, etc.
  • the processing circuitry 406 of the communication station 400 may include one or more processors.
  • two or more antennas 401 may be coupled to the communications circuitry 402 arranged for sending and receiving signals.
  • the memory 408 may store information for configuring the processing circuitry 406 to perform operations for configuring and transmitting message frames and performing the various operations described herein.
  • the communication station 400 may be part of a portable wireless communication device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop or portable computer with wireless communication capability, a web tablet, a wireless telephone, a smartphone, a wireless headset, a pager, an instant messaging device, a digital camera, an access point, a television, a medical device (e.g., a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, etc.), a wearable computer device, or another device that may receive and/or transmit information wirelessly.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • laptop or portable computer with wireless communication capability such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop or portable computer with wireless communication capability, a web tablet, a wireless telephone, a smartphone, a wireless headset, a pager, an instant messaging device, a digital camera, an access point, a television, a medical device (e.g., a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, etc.), a wearable computer device, or another device that may receive and/or transmit information wirelessly.
  • the communication station 400 may include one or more antennas 401.
  • the antennas 401 may include one or more directional or omnidirectional antennas, including, for example, dipole antennas, monopole antennas, patch antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas, or other types of antennas suitable for transmission of RF signals.
  • a single antenna with multiple apertures may be used instead of two or more antennas.
  • each aperture may be considered a separate antenna.
  • MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
  • the antennas may be effectively separated for spatial diversity and the different channel characteristics that may result between each of the antennas and the antennas of a transmitting station.
  • the communication station 400 is illustrated as having several separate functional elements, two or more of the functional elements may be combined and may be implemented by combinations of software-configured elements, such as processing elements including digital signal processors (DSPs), and/or other hardware elements.
  • processing elements including digital signal processors (DSPs), and/or other hardware elements.
  • DSPs digital signal processors
  • some elements may include one or more microprocessors, DSPs, field- programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), radio- frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) and combinations of various hardware and logic circuitry for performing at least the functions described herein.
  • the functional elements of the communication station 400 may refer to one or more processes operating on one or more processing elements.
  • Certain embodiments may be implemented in one or a combination of hardware, firmware, and software. Other embodiments may also be implemented as instructions stored on a computer-readable storage device, which may be read and executed by at least one processor to perform the operations described herein.
  • a computer-readable storage device may include any non-transitory memory mechanism for storing information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer).
  • a computer-readable storage device may include read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash-memory devices, and other storage devices and media.
  • the communication station 400 may include one or more processors and may be configured with instructions stored on a computer-readable storage device memory.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an example of a machine 500 or system upon which any one or more of the techniques (e.g., methodologies) discussed herein may be performed.
  • the machine 500 may operate as a standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) to other machines.
  • the machine 500 may operate in the capacity of a server machine, a client machine, or both in server-client network environments.
  • the machine 500 may act as a peer machine in peer-to-peer (P2P) (or other distributed) network environments.
  • P2P peer-to-peer
  • the machine 500 may be a personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile telephone, a wearable computer device, a web appliance, a network router, a switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executing instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine, such as a base station.
  • PC personal computer
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • STB set-top box
  • mobile telephone a wearable computer device
  • web appliance e.g., a web appliance
  • network router e.g., a router, or bridge
  • switch or bridge any machine capable of executing instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine, such as a base station.
  • machine shall also be taken to include any collection of machines that individually or jointly execute a set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein, such as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), or other computer
  • Examples, as described herein, may include or may operate on logic or a number of components, modules, or mechanisms.
  • Modules are tangible entities (e.g., hardware) capable of performing specified operations when operating.
  • a module includes hardware.
  • the hardware may be specifically configured to carry out a specific operation (e.g., hardwired).
  • the hardware may include configurable execution units (e.g., transistors, circuits, etc.) and a computer readable medium containing instructions where the instructions configure the execution units to carry out a specific operation when in operation. The configuring may occur under the direction of the executions units or a loading mechanism. Accordingly, the execution units are communicatively coupled to the computer-readable medium when the device is operating.
  • the execution units may be a member of more than one module.
  • the execution units may be configured by a first set of instructions to implement a first module at one point in time and reconfigured by a second set of instructions to implement a second module at a second point in time.
  • the machine 500 may include a hardware processor 502 (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof), a main memory 504 and a static memory 506, some or all of which may communicate with each other via an interlink (e.g., bus) 508.
  • the machine 500 may further include a power management device 532, a graphics display device 510, an alphanumeric input device 512 (e.g., a keyboard), and a user interface (UI) navigation device 514 (e.g., a mouse).
  • a hardware processor 502 e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof
  • main memory 504 e.g., main memory 504
  • static memory 506 e.g., static memory
  • the machine 500 may further include a power management device 532, a graphics display device 510, an alphanumeric input device 512 (
  • the graphics display device 510, alphanumeric input device 512, and UI navigation device 514 may be a touch screen display.
  • the machine 500 may additionally include a storage device (i.e., drive unit) 516, a signal generation device 518 (e.g., a speaker), an AP ID allocation device 519, a network interface device/transceiver 520 coupled to antenna(s) 530, and one or more sensors 528, such as a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a compass, an accelerometer, or other sensor.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • the machine 500 may include an output controller 534, such as a serial (e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless (e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connection to communicate with or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., a printer, a card reader, etc.)).
  • a serial e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless (e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connection to communicate with or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., a printer, a card reader, etc.)).
  • USB universal serial bus
  • IR infrared
  • NFC near field communication
  • the storage device 516 may include a machine readable medium 522 on which is stored one or more sets of data structures or instructions 524 (e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of the techniques or functions described herein.
  • the instructions 524 may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 504, within the static memory 506, or within the hardware processor 502 during execution thereof by the machine 500.
  • one or any combination of the hardware processor 502, the main memory 504, the static memory 506, or the storage device 516 may constitute machine-readable media.
  • the AP ID allocation device 519 may facilitate allocating an AP_ID using the one or more packets exchanges between adjacent APs.
  • An initiating AP may determine an adjacent AP in a cooperative network based at least in part on one or more factors, such as, distance, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • the initiating AP may send a request (e.g., an AP_ID request packet) to an adjacent AP (e.g., a responding AP).
  • the responding AP may respond to the AP_ID request by sending an acknowledgment packet to the initiating AP.
  • the responding AP may allocate an AP_ID to the initiating AP.
  • the responding AP may then send an AP_ID response packet to the initiating AP, where the AP_ID response packet may contain the AP_ID that is allocated to the initiating AP.
  • the initiating AP may then respond with an acknowledgment packet to be sent to the responding AP.
  • the AP ID allocation device 519 may facilitate allocating an AP_ID without acknowledgment.
  • the initiating AP may determine an adjacent AP based at least in part on one or more factors, such as, distance, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise ratio (SNR), etc.
  • the initiating AP may send an AP_ID request to the adjacent AP in order to get an AP_ID assignment from the adjacent AP.
  • the initiating AP may initiate a timer for a response from the adjacent AP.
  • the AP ID allocation device 519 may facilitate that the initiating AP may maintain a lookup table to store the AP_IDs that it may receive from responding or adjacent APs over time.
  • the lookup table may serve to determine whether a packet or frame is intended for it based on the AP_ID included in the packet or frame.
  • the initiating AP may also store the BSSID and the BSS color of the responding AP in the lookup table.
  • the AP ID allocation device 519 may facilitate that an AP may analyze a received packet or frame (e.g., a HE packet or frame or a non-HE packet or frame) based on a BSS color.
  • the AP may determine that a packet is an HE or non-HE, based on information included in the packet's PHY preamble.
  • a BSS color is a field included in the preambles of HE Wi-Fi frames.
  • a device e.g., an AP
  • the BSS color indicates whether the received in the HE frame is in the device's own BSS.
  • a BSS color may be included in a signaling field (e.g., HE-SIG-A) of an HE frame that may be received from another AP that may be within listening/reception distance.
  • the initiating device may use their BSS color to determine whether the BSS color in the received packet is its own BSS color or not. For example, when an AP receives an HE packet, if the BSS color of the packet is different to the AP's own BSS color, then the AP need to check whether the BSS color is in the lookup table. If the BSS color is in the table, this may indicate that the packet is from an adjacent AP. In that case, the AP may need to decode the data payload of the packet.
  • the AP ID allocation device 519 may facilitate that if the AP receives a non-HE packet, it may need to decode the medium access control (MAC) payload of the received non- HE packet in order to determine whether the packet is intended for it since there is no BSS color indication in a non-HE packet. For example after decoding the MAC payload, the AP may check whether the transmitter address (TA) field of the packet is found in the AP's lookup table. In that sense, the AP that received the non-HE packet would know if an entry exists for the AP that transmitted the non-HE packet. If an entry is found, a corresponding AP_ID may be also found in the lookup table.
  • MAC medium access control
  • the AP can use the AP_ID to check whether the packet is intended for it. Then the AP may process the received packet and respond to it. In its response, the AP may use the AP_ID to indicate that it is the transmitter of the response. For example, the TA field in the response may be the same as the AP_ID or BSSID.
  • machine-readable medium 522 is illustrated as a single medium, the term “machine-readable medium” may include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) configured to store the one or more instructions 524.
  • machine-readable medium may include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) configured to store the one or more instructions 524.
  • Various embodiments may be implemented fully or partially in software and/or firmware.
  • This software and/or firmware may take the form of instructions contained in or on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Those instructions may then be read and executed by one or more processors to enable performance of the operations described herein.
  • the instructions may be in any suitable form, such as but not limited to source code, compiled code, interpreted code, executable code, static code, dynamic code, and the like.
  • Such a computer-readable medium may include any tangible non-transitory medium for storing information in a form readable by one or more computers, such as but not limited to read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; a flash memory, etc.
  • machine-readable medium may include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by the machine 500 and that cause the machine 500 to perform any one or more of the techniques of the present disclosure, or that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying data structures used by or associated with such instructions.
  • Non-limiting machine-readable medium examples may include solid-state memories and optical and magnetic media.
  • a massed machine-readable medium includes a machine -readable medium with a plurality of particles having resting mass.
  • massed machine-readable media may include non-volatile memory, such as semiconductor memory devices (e.g., electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)) and flash memory devices; magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD- ROM disks.
  • semiconductor memory devices e.g., electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
  • EPROM electrically programmable read-only memory
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • the instructions 524 may further be transmitted or received over a communications network 526 using a transmission medium via the network interface device/transceiver 520 utilizing any one of a number of transfer protocols (e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), etc.).
  • transfer protocols e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), etc.
  • Example communications networks may include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a packet data network (e.g., the Internet), mobile telephone networks (e.g., cellular networks), plain old telephone (POTS) networks, wireless data networks (e.g., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards known as Wi-Fi®, IEEE 802.16 family of standards known as WiMax®), IEEE 802.15.4 family of standards, and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, among others.
  • the network interface device/transceiver 520 may include one or more physical jacks (e.g., Ethernet, coaxial, or phone jacks) or one or more antennas to connect to the communications network 526.
  • the network interface device/transceiver 520 may include a plurality of antennas to wirelessly communicate using at least one of single-input multiple- output (SIMO), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), or multiple-input single-output (MISO) techniques.
  • transmission medium shall be taken to include any intangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by the machine 500 and includes digital or analog communications signals or other intangible media to facilitate communication of such software.
  • the operations and processes described and shown above may be carried out or performed in any suitable order as desired in various implementations. Additionally, in certain implementations, at least a portion of the operations may be carried out in parallel. Furthermore, in certain implementations, less than or more than the operations described may be performed.
  • the word "exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
  • the terms “computing device,” “user device,” “communication station,” “station,” “handheld device,” “mobile device,” “wireless device” and “user equipment” (UE) as used herein refers to a wireless communication device such as a cellular telephone, a smartphone, a tablet, a netbook, a wireless terminal, a laptop computer, a femtocell, a high data rate (HDR) subscriber station, an access point, a printer, a point of sale device, an access terminal, or other personal communication system (PCS) device.
  • the device may be either mobile or stationary.
  • a wireless communication unit which is capable of communicating a wireless communication signal, may include a wireless transmitter to transmit the wireless communication signal to at least one other wireless communication unit, and/or a wireless communication receiver to receive the wireless communication signal from at least one other wireless communication unit.
  • the term "access point" (AP) as used herein may be a fixed station.
  • An access point may also be referred to as an access node, a base station, an evolved node B (eNodeB), an evolved node B (eNodeB), or some other similar terminology kl-25nown in the art.
  • An access terminal may also be called a mobile station, user equipment (UE), a wireless communication device, or some other similar terminology known in the art.
  • Embodiments disclosed herein generally pertain to wireless networks. Some embodiments may relate to wireless networks that operate in accordance with one of the IEEE 802.11 standards.
  • Some embodiments may be used in conjunction with one way and/or two-way radio communication systems, cellular radio-telephone communication systems, a mobile phone, a cellular telephone, a wireless telephone, a personal communication system (PCS) device, a PDA device which incorporates a wireless communication device, a mobile or portable global positioning system (GPS) device, a device which incorporates a GPS receiver or transceiver or chip, a device which incorporates an RFID element or chip, a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transceiver or device, a single input multiple output (SIMO) transceiver or device, a multiple input single output (MISO) transceiver or device, a device having one or more internal antennas and/or external antennas, digital video broadcast (DVB) devices or systems, multi- standard radio devices or systems, a wired or wireless handheld device, e.g., a smartphone, a wireless application protocol (WAP) device, or the like.
  • WAP wireless application protocol
  • Example 1 may include a device comprising storage and processing circuitry configured to: determine a responding access point in a cooperative network comprising one or more access points; cause to send an access point identification request packet to the responding access point; identify an access point identification response packet from the responding access point device, wherein the access point identification response comprises an indication of an access point identification allocated to the cooperative access point; and determine to send a frame including the access point identification or the basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point to the responding access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • Example 2 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to store the access point identification in a table entry corresponding to the responding access point.
  • Example 3 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to: identify a first acknowledgment packet from the responding access point device in response to the access point identification request packet; and cause to send a second acknowledgment packet to the responding access point device in response to the access point identification response packet.
  • Example 4 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the access point identification request packet may include a basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • Example 5 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to: identify a packet from the responding access point; and determine the packet may be a high-efficiency packet or a non-high-efficiency packet based on a BSS color indication included in the packet.
  • Example 6 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to: determine the packet received from the responding access point, wherein the packet may be a non-high-efficiency packet based on the preamble structure ; determine a transmitter address included in the medium access control (MAC) payload of the packet; identify an entry in the table corresponding to the transmitter address; and identify an access point identification associated with the entry in the table.
  • MAC medium access control
  • Example 7 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to: determine the first BSS color included in the packet may be different from a BSS color associated with the cooperative access point; and identify an entry in the table corresponding to the first BSS color.
  • Example 8 may include the device of example 7 and/or some other example herein, wherein the storage and the processing circuitry are further configured to determine to decode a payload of the packet based on the identification of the entry in the table.
  • Example 9 may include the device of example 1 and/or some other example herein, further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.
  • Example 10 may include the device of example 9 and/or some other example herein, further comprising an antenna coupled to the transceiver.
  • Example 12 may include the non-transitory computer-readable medium of example 11 and/or some other example herein, wherein the operations further comprise storing the access point identification in a table entry corresponding to the responding access point.
  • Example 13 may include the non- transitory computer-readable medium of example
  • operations further comprise: identifying a first acknowledgment packet from the responding access point device in response to the access point identification request packet; and causing to send a second acknowledgment packet to the responding access point device in response to the access point identification response packet.
  • Example 14 may include the non-transitory computer-readable medium of example 11 and/or some other example herein, wherein the access point identification request packet may include a basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • Example 15 may include the non- transitory computer-readable medium of example 11 and/or some other example herein, wherein the operations further comprise: identifying a packet from the responding access point; and determining the packet may be a high-efficiency packet or a non-high-efficiency packet based on the preamble structure of the packet; and determining a BSS color indication included in the high-efficiency packet.
  • Example 16 may include the non- transitory computer-readable medium of example 11 and/or some other example herein, wherein the operations further comprise: determining the packet received from the responding access point, wherein the packet may be a non-high- efficiency packet based on the preamble structure of the packet; determining a transmitter address included in the medium access control (MAC) payload of the packet; identifying an entry in the table corresponding to the transmitter address; and identifying an access point identification associated with the entry in the table.
  • MAC medium access control
  • Example 17 may include the non- transitory computer-readable medium of example 11 and/or some other example herein, wherein the operations further comprise: determining the first BSS color included in the packet may be different from a BSS color associated with the cooperative access point; and identifying an entry in the table corresponding to the first BSS color.
  • Example 18 may include the non- transitory computer-readable medium of example 17 and/or some other example herein, wherein the operations further comprise determining to decode a payload of the packet based on the identification of the entry in the table.
  • Example 19 may include a method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, a responding access point in a cooperative network comprising one or more access points; causing to send an access point identification request packet to the responding access point; identifying an access point identification response packet from the responding access point device, wherein the access point identification response comprises an indication of an access point identification allocated to a cooperative access point; and determining to send a frame including the access point identification or the basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point to the responding access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • Example 20 may include the method of example 19 and/or some other example herein, further comprising: identifying a packet from the responding access point; determining the packet may be a high-efficiency packet or a non-high-efficiency packet based on the preamble structure of the packet; and determining a BSS color indication included in the high- efficiency packet.
  • Example 21 may include the method of example 19 and/or some other example herein, further comprising: determining the first BSS color included in the packet may be different from a BSS color associated with the cooperative access point; and identifying an entry in the table corresponding to the first BSS color.
  • Example 22 may include an apparatus comprising means for: determining a responding access point in a cooperative network comprising one or more access points; causing to send an access point identification request packet to the responding access point; identifying an access point identification response packet from the responding access point device, wherein the access point identification response comprises an indication of an access point identification allocated to a cooperative access point; and determining to send a frame including the access point identification or the basic service set identification (BSSID) associated with the cooperative access point to the responding access point.
  • BSSID basic service set identification
  • Example 23 may include the apparatus of example 22 and/or some other example herein, further comprising store the access point identification in a table entry corresponding to the responding access point.
  • Example 24 may include the apparatus of example 22 and/or some other example herein, further comprising means for: identifying a first acknowledgment packet from the responding access point device in response to the access point identification request packet; and causing to send a second acknowledgment packet to the responding access point device in response to the access point identification response packet.
  • Example 26 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements of a method described in or related to any of examples 1-25, or any other method or process described herein.
  • Example 27 may include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, and/or circuitry to perform one or more elements of a method described in or related to any of examples 1-25, or any other method or process described herein.
  • Example 28 may include a method, technique, or process as described in or related to any of examples 1-25, or portions or parts thereof.
  • Example 29 may include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the method, techniques, or process as described in or related to any of examples 1-25, or portions thereof.
  • Example 30 may include a method of communicating in a wireless network as shown and described herein.
  • Embodiments according to the disclosure are in particular disclosed in the attached claims directed to a method, a storage medium, a device and a computer program product, wherein any feature mentioned in one claim category, e.g., method, can be claimed in another claim category, e.g., system, as well.
  • the dependencies or references back in the attached claims are chosen for formal reasons only. However, any subject matter resulting from a deliberate reference back to any previous claims (in particular multiple dependencies) can be claimed as well, so that any combination of claims and the features thereof are disclosed and can be claimed regardless of the dependencies chosen in the attached claims.
  • These computer-executable program instructions may be loaded onto a special- purpose computer or other particular machine, a processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a particular machine, such that the instructions that execute on the computer, processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing one or more functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
  • These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage media or memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable storage media produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement one or more functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
  • blocks of the block diagrams and flow diagrams support combinations of means for performing the specified functions, combinations of elements or steps for performing the specified functions and program instruction means for performing the specified functions. It will also be understood that each block of the block diagrams and flow diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and flow diagrams, may be implemented by special-purpose, hardware-based computer systems that perform the specified functions, elements or steps, or combinations of special-purpose hardware and computer instructions.
  • Conditional language such as, among others, "can,” “could,” “might,” or “may,” unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain implementations could include, while other implementations do not include, certain features, elements, and/or operations. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements, and/or operations are in any way required for one or more implementations or that one or more implementations necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without user input or prompting, whether these features, elements, and/or operations are included or are to be performed in any particular implementation.

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La présente invention concerne des systèmes, des procédés et des dispositifs liés à l'attribution d'identification (ID) de points d'accès (AP). Un point d'accès coopératif peut déterminer un réseau coopératif, le réseau coopératif étant associé à un ou plusieurs points d'accès comprenant un point d'accès répondant. Le point d'accès coopératif peut provoquer l'envoi d'un paquet de demande d'identification de point d'accès au point d'accès répondant. Le point d'accès coopératif peut identifier un paquet de réponse d'identification de point d'accès reçu en provenance du dispositif de point d'accès répondant, la réponse d'identification de point d'accès comprenant une indication d'une identification de point d'accès attribuée au point d'accès coopératif. Le point d'accès coopératif peut déterminer d'envoyer une trame contenant l'identification de point d'accès ou l'identification de l'ensemble de services de base (BSSID) associée au point d'accès coopératif au point d'accès répondant.
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