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US 10,763,997 B2Granted
Action frame to indicate change in block acknowledgment procedure
AssigneeMarvell Asia Pte Ltd
InventorsJinjing Jiang, Liwen Chu, Yi-Ling Chao, Hongyuan Zhang, Hui-Ling Lou
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Abstract
A first communication device generates a media access control (MAC) frame that includes an indication of a change in a block acknowledgment (BA) session that was previously established between the first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device transmits the MAC frame to the second communication device. The MAC frame is configured to cause the second communication device to adopt the change in the BA session in response to receiving the MAC frame.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- generating, at a first communication device, a media access control (MAC) frame that includes i) an indication of a change in a block acknowledgment (BA) session that was previously established between the first communication device and a second communication device, and ii) at least one of a) an updated number of buffers parameter indicating a reduced number of buffers available for the BA session and b) an updated inactivity timeout parameter value associated with the BA session;
- transmitting, by the first communication device, the MAC frame to the second communication device, wherein the MAC frame is configured to cause the second communication device to adopt the change in the BA session in response to receiving the MAC frame;
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- adopting, at the first communication device, the change in the BA session.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a network interface device associated with a first communication device, wherein the network interface device includes one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices configured to:
- generate a media access control (MAC) frame that includes i) an indication of a change in a block acknowledgment (BA) session that was previously established between the first communication device and a second communication device, and ii) at least one of a) an updated number of buffers parameter indicating a reduced number of buffers available for the BA session and b) an updated inactivity timeout parameter value associated with the BA session,
- transmit the MAC frame to the second communication device, wherein the MAC frame is configured to cause the second communication device to adopt the change in the BA session in response to receiving the MAC frame, and
- adopt the change in the BA session.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.