SWRU616B September 2023 – April 2024 CC3300 , CC3301 , CC3301MOD , CC3350 , CC3351
When the station is in active mode it transmits probe requests to various channels to search for available APs. Once probe request is broadcasted on a channel, the CC33xx device remains on the channel to wait for a response for a specified period of time referred to as dwell time. If it does not receive a response within dwell time, it transfers to the next channel and broadcast another probe request. If it does receive a probe response, which contains certain parameters such as SSID, timing synchronization function (TSF), robust security network (RSN), and so forth., then it adds this AP to the list of APs available for connection.
The device then moves onto the next channel and repeats the process until all channels have been scanned. After the active scan is completed, the user can view the APs and select one to connect to using appropriate credentials.