Awake window protection
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsSolomon Trainin, Carlos Cordeiro
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to awake window (AW) protection. A device may identify a beacon frame received from a first device. The device may identify an information element associated with a first awake window (AW) within the beacon frame. The device may suspend one or more first backoff timers for a duration of the first AW. The device may associate a second backoff timer with a management frame.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry being configured to:
- determine a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) access category associated with accessing a medium;
- determine a suspension of a first backoff timer associated with a first station device for a duration of an awake window (AW) based on the first EDCA access category;
- cause to send a beacon frame comprising an indication of the AW and the suspension of the first backoff timer;
- and
- identify a frame received from a second station device during the first AW based on a second backoff timer.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- determining a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) access category associated with accessing a medium;
- determining a suspension of a first backoff timer associated with a first station device for a duration of an awake window (AW) based on the first EDCA access category;
- causing to send a beacon frame comprising an indication of the AW and the suspension of the first backoff timer;
- and
- identifying a frame received from a second station device during the first AW based on a second backoff timer.
A method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) access category associated with accessing a medium;
- determining a suspension of a first backoff timer associated with a first station device for a duration of an awake window (AW) based on the first EDCA access category;
- causing to send a beacon frame comprising an indication of the AW and the suspension of the first backoff timer;
- and
- identifying a frame received from a second station device during the first AW based on a second backoff timer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.