Intel Corporation
Zero latency BSS transition with on-channel tunneling (OCT)

Abstract:

Embodiments of transitioning between BSSs using on-channel tunneling (OCT) are generally described herein. OCT procedures are used for scanning and association with a co-located or non-co-located peer AP. The OCT procedures include communicating a Probe/Re-authentication/Re-association Request frame from a STA using an OCT Request frame to the peer AP and receiving a Probe/Re-authentication/Re-association Response frame from the peer AP using another OCT Request frame. The communications between the STA and the AP are either in the same frequency band or a different frequency band as the OCT communications between the AP and the peer AP.