Broadcast Service Advertisements Date: 2018-09-11 Authors: Name Affiliations Address Phone email Stephen McCann BlackBerry stephen.mccann@ieee.org

September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1xxxr0 Abstract This submission proposes various advertisements for the discovery of STAs that are BCS capable Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Motivation BCS devices may need to find BCS capable APs/IoT sensors September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1xxxr0 Motivation BCS devices may need to find BCS capable APs/IoT sensors Adverts provide a simple discovery mechanism “Trivial update” of a couple of 11aq elements Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

STA AP GAS ANQP-elements IEs Broadcast Capability Information FILS Discovery Frame Beacon Probe Probe response IEs

Aadvertisement Elements New IE Probe responses Beacon FILS Discovery frames ANQP IE and ANQP-element contain simple information about the available Broadcast Services Channel numbers Times New elements would be suitable for both uplink and downlink Broadcast Service Adverts.