Adding control or management data to block acknowledge or protocol data unit

A system for providing information to an access point, the system comprising:

• an access point;
• and
• one or more stations coupled to the access point;
• wherein the access point is configured to:
• send a management frame to a station, the management frame specifying one or more reports, the one or more reports regarding operation of the station connected to the access point;
• send a request for the one or more reports specified in the management frame;
• receive the one or more reports from the station, wherein the one or more reports are included in a spare capacity of a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) that occurs when an amount of data queued to be transmitted in the PPDU is less than a budgeted amount for the PPDU sent by the station to the access point;
• send a request-to-send (RTS) frame to the station;
• and
• receive, in response to the RTS frame, a clear-to-send (CTS) frame that contains information specifying types of the one or more reports, wherein the CTS frame includes a report of a spare capacity of the PPDU from the station receiving the management frame, wherein the spare capacity is determined by the station based on the amount of data queued to be transmitted during the PPDU being less than the budgeted amount for the PPDU.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions, which, when executed by a processor of an access point coupled to a wireless medium, cause the access point to:

• send a management frame to a station from the access point, the management frame specifying one or more reports, the one or more reports regarding operation of the station connected to the access point;
• send a request for the one or more reports specified in the management frame;
• receive the one or more reports from the station at the access point, wherein the one or more reports are included in a spare capacity of a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) that occurs when an amount of data queued to be transmitted in the PPDU is less than a budgeted amount for the PPDU;
• send a request-to-send (RTS) frame to the station;
• and
• receive, in response to the RTS frame, a clear-to-send (CTS) frame that contains information specifying types of the one or more reports, wherein the CTS frame includes a report of a spare capacity of the PPDU from the station receiving the management frame, wherein the spare capacity is determined by the station based on the amount of data queued to be transmitted during the PPDU being less than the budgeted amount for the PPDU.