METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC SERVICE NEGOTIATION WITH A UNIFORM SECURITY CONTROL PLANE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

A method and system to facilitate dynamic service negotiation with a uniform and persistent security control plane in a wireless network. In one embodiment of the invention, a node in the wireless network determines each capability provided by each of one or more virtual nodes that it supports and transmits a frame that has information of each capability provided by each of the one or more virtual nodes. By combining all the information of each capability provided by each of the one or more virtual nodes into one frame, the node reduces the volume of management traffic required and increases the available usable channel bandwidth in one embodiment of the invention.