Multi vap simultaneous multi-user transmissions
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsYaron Alpert, Moshe Moshe
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Abstract
A transmission method based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO). The method includes transmitting, by a plurality of Virtual Access Points (VAPs), respective acknowledgement requests to stations, wherein at least two of the stations are associated with different VAPs of the plurality of VAPs; and transmitting, by the stations to the VAPs, respective block acknowledgements.
Claims22
A transmission method based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO), the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a plurality of Virtual Access Points (VAPs), respective acknowledgement requests to stations, wherein at least two of the stations are associated with different VAPs of the plurality of VAPs;
- and
- transmitting, by the stations to the VAPs, respective block acknowledgements.
An Access Point (AP) configured to operate based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO), the AP comprising:
- a transmission controller configured to control the AP with communication with Virtual Access Points (VAPs);
- and
- an acknowledgement controller configured to transmit acknowledgement control signals via the transceiver to the plurality of VAPs to control the plurality of VAPs to:
- transmit respective acknowledgement requests to stations, wherein at least two of the stations are associated with different VAPs of the plurality of VAPs;
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- receive, from the stations, respective block acknowledgements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.