Device, method, and system for channel switching
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorsSri Anand Sesha Krishna Pochiraju, Sagar Ashok Tamhane, Po Wei Tan, Liwen Chu, Manish Kumar, Rui Cao, Hongyuan Zhang
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Abstract
Embodiments of a device, a method, and a system for channel switching are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to negotiate a Target Wake Time (TWT) of a first Device Under Test (DUT) (DUT1) and a TWT of a second DUT (DUT2), and switch channels between DUT1 and DUT2 according to the negotiated TWT of DUT1 and the negotiated TWT of DUT2.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), wherein the wireless network interface device is configured to:
- negotiate a Target Wake Time (TWT) of a first Device Under Test (DUT) (DUT1) and a TWT of a second DUT (DUT2);
- and
- switch channels between the DUT1 and the DUT2 according to the negotiated TWT of the DUT1 and the negotiated TWT of the DUT2, wherein at least one of the DUT1 or the DUT2 allocates a period of time within a beacon interval for association with an external device, and wherein the period of time is at least one of:
- announced by a beacon;
- following a beacon transmission with an interval of at least one beacon interval;
- or
- defined by a TWT agreement.
A method for channel switching, the method comprising:
- negotiating a Target Wake Time (TWT) of a first Device Under Test (DUT) (DUT1) and a TWT of a second DUT (DUT2);
- and
- switching channels between the DUT1 and the DUT2 according to the negotiated TWT of the DUT1 and the negotiated TWT of the DUT2, wherein at least one of the DUT1 or the DUT2 allocates a period of time within a beacon interval for association with an external device, and wherein the period of time is at least one of:
- announced by a beacon;
- following a beacon transmission with an interval of at least one beacon interval;
- or
- defined by a TWT agreement.
A system comprising:
- a first Device Under Test (DUT) (DUT1) configured to negotiate a Target Wake Time (TWT) of the DUT1;
- a second DUT (DUT2) configured to negotiate a TWT of the DUT2;
- and
- wherein channel switching between the DUT1 and the DUT2 occurs according to the negotiated TWT of the DUT1 and the negotiated TWT of the DUT2 and at least one of the DUT1 or the DUT2 allocates a period of time within a beacon interval for association with an external device, and wherein the period of time is at least one of:
- announced by a beacon;
- following a beacon transmission with an interval of at least one beacon interval;
- or
- defined by a TWT agreement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.