METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING IN WIRELESS LAN

摘要

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for scanning in a wireless LAN. A method for scanning by a station (STA) can comprise the steps of: the STA generating a MAC layer management entity (MLME).SCAN.request.primitive comprising information for a basic service set identifier (BSSID) and a service set identifier (SSID); the STA generating a probe request frame comprising wildcard BSSID and SSID; the STA multi-casting the probe request frame to a first AP forming an extended service set (ESS) network using a particular SSID; and the STA receiving a probe response frame broadcast from the first AP as a response to the probe request frame.

主权项

1. A method for scanning of a station (STA), comprising:
generating, by the STA, a MAC layer management entity (MLME).SCAN-request primitive in which a basic service set identifier (BSSID) and a service set identifier (SSID) are specified; generating, by the STA, a probe request frame including a wildcard BSSID and the SSID based on the MLME.SCAN-request primitive; multicasting, by the STA, the probe request frame to an AP included in an extended service set (ESS) network specified by the SSID; and receiving, by the STA, the probe response frame broadcasted by the AP in response to the probe request frame.