US 11,812,361 B2
Enhanced beacon frames in wireless communications
Ido Ouzieli, Tel Aviv (IL); Emily Qi, Gig Harbor, WA (US); Stanislav Gens, Nazareth Illit (IL); Robert Stacey, Portland, OR (US); and Izoslav Tchigevsky, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,376.
Application 17/195,376 is a continuation of application No. 16/290,107, filed on Mar. 1, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,742, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,860, filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,444, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,078, filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/646,473, filed on Mar. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,537, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195497 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 12/108 (2021.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/244 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 12/108 (2021.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
calculate a first integrity code using an integrity group temporal key, wherein the integrity code is used for a protected beacon frame;
generate the protected beacon frame, wherein the protected beacon frame comprises a beacon frame body;
include the integrity group temporal key in a beacon management element of the beacon frame body of the protected beacon frame;
determine an information element (IE) comprising a beacon integrity number indicating a beacon count based on received beacons from associated devices;
assign a beacon number to the protected beacon frame, the beacon number being derived from a multiple basic service set (MultiBSS) beacon number acting as a counter shared by multiple virtual APs of a multiple basic service set identification (BSSID) set; and
cause to send the protected beacon frame to a first station device.