QoS support for P2P communication
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsRubayet Shafin, Boon Loong Ng
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for supporting QoS support for P2P communication. A method for wireless communication performed by a non-access point (AP) device that includes a first station (STA) comprises: forming a link with a first AP; forming a first peer-to-peer (P2P) link with a second non-AP STA; transmitting a request associated with a transmit opportunity (TXOP) to the AP; receiving information associated with the TXOP from the AP; and determining whether the received information associated with the TXOP can be used only for uplink communication or for both uplink communication and P2P communication.
Claims20
A non-access point (AP) device comprising:
- a first station (STA) comprising a transceiver configured to:
- form a link with a first AP,
- form a first peer-to-peer (P2P) link with a second non-AP STA,
- transmit a request associated with a transmit opportunity (TXOP) to the AP, the request comprising a subfield that includes one from among an indication that the non-AP device requests for the TXOP to be used only for uplink communication and an alternative indication that the non-AP device requests for the TXOP to be used for both uplink communication and P2P communication, and
- receive information associated with the TXOP from the AP;
- and
- a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine whether the received information associated with the TXOP can be used only for uplink communication or for both uplink communication and P2P communication.
A method of wireless communication performed by a first non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) that comprises a first station (STA), the method comprising:
- forming a link with a first AP;
- forming a first peer-to-peer (P2P) link with a second non-AP STA;
- transmitting a request associated with a transmit opportunity (TXOP) to the AP, the request comprising a subfield that includes one from among an indication that the non-AP device requests for the TXOP to be used only for uplink communication and an alternative indication that the non-AP device requests for the TXOP to be used for both uplink communication and P2P communication;
- receiving information associated with the TXOP from the AP;
- and
- determining whether the received information associated with the TXOP can be used only for uplink communication or for both uplink communication and P2P communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.