Probing response frame sending method and apparatus

Abstract

The invention discloses a probe response frame sending method and equipment thereof. The method comprises: receiving a probe request frame from a terminal; acquiring the sending time of the last probe response frame sent to the terminal; and while the interval of between the sending time and the current time exceeds the preset threshold value, sending a probe response frame to the terminal. Bu using the invention, AP will not respond to every probe request frame when receiving a probe request frame from the terminal. For each STA, only when the interval of between the sending time and the current time exceeds the preset threshold value, AP sends a probe response frame to it; consequently, the probe response frame sending number is reduced, and the effect of the probe response frame to channel occupancy rate and network data service is reduced effectively.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a method and device for sending a probe response frame. Background technique [0002] In an 802.11 series network, an STA (Station, client) discovers a BSS (Basic Service Set, Basic Service Set) through active scanning and passive scanning. In the active mode, the STA searches for the existing BSS through a Probe Request (probe request) frame; in the passive scanning case, the STA maintains its BSS list by monitoring the Beacon (beacon) sent by the BSS. The process of STA searching for BSS in active mode is as follows: figure 1 shown, including: [0003] Step s101, STA broadcasts Probe Request. [0004] In step s102, the AP (Access Point, access point) in the BSS that receives the Probe Request broadcast by the STA responds with a corresponding Probe Response (probe response). [0005] In step s103, the STA maintains its BSS list according to the Probe Response ...

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[0010]The problem in the prior art is that in actual networking, BSSs often overlap with each other, and the same STA can often detect multiple BSSs

Every time a STA scans, the BSS that receives the STA's probe frame will respond with a Probe Response, resulting in a large number of Probe Responses flooding the channel when the STA scans the channel, consuming a lot of channel resources and reducing the channel utilization.

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