A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE UNIFIED CHANNEL QUIETING/MEASUREMENT REQUEST ELEMENT IN AN 802.11 WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

摘要

A channel quieting/measurement request element is provided for use in a wireless local area network. The unified element of the invention integrates a dual capability for performing channel quieting and for making measurement requests of one or more stations in the network. According to another aspect of the invention, a conventional channel quieting element is modified to include provisions for defining an offset time and an offset duration interval for performing channel quieting.