System and method for providing a synchronized mode for wlan operation in a wlan band
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsRavi Gidvani, Ashok Ranganath, Wook Bong Lee, Sharan Naribole, Shailender Karmuchi
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Abstract
A method for providing a mode of wireless local area network (WLAN) operation is disclosed. The method includes: sending an association request from a wireless station (STA) over a discovery channel; receiving an association response at the STA over the discovery channel in response to the association request; and associating the STA to provide a multi-user (MU) enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mode using a scheduled access channel.
Claims13
A method for providing a mode of wireless local area network (WLAN) operation comprising:
- sending an association request from a wireless station (STA) over a discovery channel;
- receiving an association response at the STA over the discovery channel in response to the association request;
- and
- associating the STA to provide a multi-user (MU) enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mode using a scheduled access channel.
A method for providing a mode of wireless local area network (WLAN) operation comprising:
- receiving an association response at a wireless station (STA) over a discovery channel in response to an association request;
- associating the STA on a discovery channel to provide a multi-user (MU) enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mode using a scheduled access channel;
- sending a buffer status report (BSR) including a bandwidth requirement from the STA in the scheduled access channel;
- receiving an acknowledgement at the STA in response to the BSR;
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- starting a timer at the STA in response to the acknowledgement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.