H04W 88/08
Access point devices
H04W88/08 (Access point devices) appears on 19,560 US grants and 23,140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 19,560
- Published applications
- 23,140
- Assignees
- 2,517
- Inventors
- 22,228
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0 |
| 1997 | 57 | 0 |
| 1998 | 71 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 101 | 0 |
| 2001 | 90 | 68 |
| 2002 | 120 | 225 |
| 2003 | 88 | 251 |
| 2004 | 110 | 377 |
| 2005 | 134 | 384 |
| 2006 | 224 | 395 |
| 2007 | 187 | 443 |
| 2008 | 197 | 463 |
| 2009 | 240 | 491 |
| 2010 | 317 | 509 |
| 2011 | 372 | 605 |
| 2012 | 493 | 837 |
| 2013 | 651 | 964 |
| 2014 | 884 | 977 |
| 2015 | 1103 | 1714 |
| 2016 | 1318 | 1735 |
| 2017 | 1526 | 1824 |
| 2018 | 1605 | 1837 |
| 2019 | 1858 | 1656 |
| 2020 | 1702 | 1540 |
| 2021 | 1343 | 1288 |
| 2022 | 1223 | 1180 |
| 2023 | 1089 | 1086 |
| 2024 | 902 | 1008 |
| 2025 | 883 | 785 |
| 2026 | 458 | 498 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transmission method and device, and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,990 B2Zte Corporation
- Radio access network optimization based on edge device classification6 Oct 2026US 12,757,039 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Optimal end-to-end slicing in next-generation networks with multi-time scale approach6 Oct 2026US 12,757,040 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Apparatus, method, and computer program6 Oct 2026US 12,757,054 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- Method for transmitting frame using selective beamforming and apparatus for performing the method6 Oct 2026US 12,757,178 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Scanning a plurality of wi-fi channels based on a power density scan of the wi-fi channels8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313389 A1Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Method and apparatus for stopping wireless access network-based notification area update for mobile integrated access and backhaul node in wireless communication system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313394 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Automated Layer Switch-Off8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313410 A1Parallel Wireless, Inc.
- System and method for automatic emergency call validation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313414 A1AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Managing data communication for power saving8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313537 A1Google Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power receptacle wireless access point devices for networked living and work spaces1,051US 9,325,516 B2Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. · 2016
- Method and system for connecting cells and microcells in a wireless communications network670US 5,890,055 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999
- CDMA microcellular telephone system and distributed antenna system therefor661US 5,280,472 AQUALCOMM Incorporated · 1994
- Spatio-temporal processing for communication580US 6,144,711 ACisco Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Radio communication system572US 7,043,271 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2006