Systems and methods for scheduling wireless communication
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsPo-Kai Huang, Emily H. Qi
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Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for a network station receiving a communication schedule announced by a first wireless network station, determining that the first wireless network station has a right to generate an adjusted communication schedule, and transmitting an availability window schedule to the first wireless network station. The availability window schedule indicates one or more time slots during which communication with the wireless network station is inhibited.
Claims20
A device for communicating with one or more Wi-Fi devices based on an availability schedule, the device comprising storage and processing circuitry configured to:
- identify a first availability schedule received from a second device;
- determine that the first availability schedule indicates a first availability window and a second availability window, wherein the second device is available for communication with the device during the first availability window and is not available for communication with the device during the second availability window;
- identify a second availability schedule received from the second device after receiving the first availability schedule;
- determine that the second availability schedule indicates a third availability window and a fourth availability window, wherein the second device is available for communication with the device during the third availability window and is not available for communication with the device during the fourth availability window;
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- cause to send one or more frames to the second device during the third availability window.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- determining, by a first device, a first availability window and a second availability window, the first availability window and the second availability window associated with the first device, wherein the first device is available for communication with a second device during the first availability window, and wherein the first device is not available for communication with the second device during the second availability window;
- determining a first availability schedule comprising a first indication of the first availability window and a second indication of the second availability window;
- causing to send a first high efficiency (HE) frame comprising the first availability schedule;
- determining a second availability schedule comprising a third indication of a third availability window and a fourth indication of a fourth availability window;
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- causing to send a second HE frame comprising the second availability schedule.
A method for communicating with one or more Wi-Fi devices based on an availability schedule, the method comprising:
- identifying, by one or more processors of a first device, a first availability schedule received from a second device;
- determining that the first availability schedule indicates a first availability window and a second availability window, wherein the second device is available for communication with the first device during the first availability window and is not available for communication with the first device during the second availability window;
- identifying a second availability schedule received from the second device after receiving the first availability schedule;
- determining that the second availability schedule indicates a third availability window and a fourth availability window, wherein the second device is available for communication with the first device during the third availability window and is not available for communication with the first device during the fourth availability window;
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- causing to send one or more frames to the second device during the third availability window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.