Wireless communication using concurrent re-authentication and connection setup

A method of using a terminal for wireless communications, the method comprising: deriving a re-authentication integrity key, rIK, based on performing an initial full EAP authentication exchange with an authentication server (308); receive, at a mobile terminal from an access point, an indication to support an initial fast handshake, FILS, including processing a pooled request that includes an extensible re-authentication protocol request, EAP-RP, and a upper layer, where the indication is included in a beacon or probe response message, where the upper layer message comprises an internet protocol address assignment message, IP, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Quick Commit discovery request, DHCP, a discovery request, or a combination thereof; and in response to receiving the indication: generating (1404), at the mobile terminal, the EAP-RP request using the re-authentication integrity key, rIK; generating (1406), at the mobile terminal, the upper layer message; bundling the EAP re-authentication request and the upper layer message to generate (1418) the bundled request, wherein the bundled request is generated within an authentication period after the mobile terminal performs said full EAP authentication exchange; and transmitting a grouped request from a terminal to the access point.