METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING BEACONS

원문 (중국어)

A method operable by a wireless access point for managing beacons in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless communication network includes (a) generating unencrypted first broadcast beacons, the unencrypted first broadcast beacons including a first Basic Service Set IDentifier (BSSID) identifying a first basic service set (BSS), (b) wirelessly transmitting the unencrypted first broadcast beacons to at least a first client of the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication network, (c) determining that the first client of the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication network has associated with the first BSS, (d) in response to determining that the first client of the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication network has associated with the first BSS, encrypting unencrypted first unicast beacons to obtain encrypted first unicast beacons, and (f) wirelessly transmitting the encrypted first unicast beacons to the first client of the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication network.