Patent 7420984 was granted and assigned to ArrayComm on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and apparatuses associated with multi-phase wireless handshaking. A user terminal enters handshaking with an access point. The access point may respond to an access request of the user terminal with an access assignment, and alternatively, with a message indicating an assignment will not be presently given. The handshaking process could then be completed at a later time.