APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POWER SAVE DURING INITIAL LINK SETUP

摘要

A station (106) transmits an authentication request (305) to an access point (104) and the access point transmits an authentication initiation request (310) to an authentication server (208). The station receives an authentication response (320) comprising an estimated response delay from the access point. The station transitions from an awake state to a sleep state for a duration of time based on the estimated response delay (350). The station transmits an association request (325) to the access point after the duration of time and transitioning from the sleep state to the awake state. The station receives an association response (330) from the access point, where the association response comprises an authentication status that indicates whether authentication with the authentication server is successful. The estimated response delay may be based on a duration of time for the authentication server to respond to previous authentication initiation requests. Applicable to FILS, IEEE802.11ai.