Maximum away duration
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAmin JAFARIAN, Alfred ASTERJADHI
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for signaling a maximum unavailable (away) time for a device. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus typically includes a processing system configured to generate a frame with an indication of a requested unavailable duration, wherein the requested unavailable duration comprises an amount of time for a device to be unavailable to communicate with the apparatus and an interface for outputting the frame
Claims29
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a processing system configured to generate a frame with an indication of a requested unavailable duration, wherein the requested unavailable duration comprises an amount of time for a device to be unavailable to communicate with the apparatus;
- and
- an interface for outputting the frame for transmission.
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- an interface for receiving frames from a plurality of devices with indications of requested unavailable durations;
- and
- a processing system configured to determine, based on the requested unavailable durations, an amount of time for the apparatus to be unavailable to communicate with the devices and to take one or more actions based on the determination.
A method for wireless communications by an apparatus, comprising:
- generating a frame with an indication of a requested unavailable duration, wherein the requested unavailable duration comprises an amount of time for a device to be unavailable to communicate with the apparatus;
- and
- outputting the frame for transmission.
A method for wireless communications by an apparatus, comprising:
- receiving frames from a plurality of devices with indications of requested unavailable durations;
- determining, based on the requested unavailable durations, an amount of time for the apparatus to be unavailable to communicate with the devices;
- and
- taking one or more actions based on the determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.