ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY CHANNEL

摘要

Access points communicate via a discovery channel. For example, access points may transmit at a higher transmit power and at a lower rate on the discovery channel than on operating channels. In this way, the radio frequency range of the discovery channel is longer than the range of any of the operating channels. Consequently, a particular access point can communicate with and thereby account for other access points that the particular access point might not hear via an operating channel.

主权项

1. An apparatus for communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to determine information indicative of at least one first parameter associated with a first channel supported by the apparatus or at least one second parameter associated with a second channel supported by the apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit the information via the second channel.