The present invention relates to a wireless local area network station comprising
a signal processing element, a carrier detect sensing element, a defer behavior
sensing element, and memory. The network station transmits and receives signals
within a communication cell that defines a carrier detect zone and a defer zone
around an access point. The network station associates with the access point by
transmitting an association request to the access point and by receiving an association
response from the access point during entry of the network station into the cell.
The network station receives a preferred carrier detect threshold level value and
a preferred defer behavior threshold level value from the access point and stores
the carrier detect threshold and defer behavior threshold level values in its memory
for use during operation while being associated with the access point.
