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US 2021/0345320 A1Published application
Apparatuses and methods for acquiring and reporting resource needs of shared access points (aps) for multi-ap coordination
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsYing-You LIN, Ping-Chen LIN
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Abstract
A method for acquiring and reporting resource needs of shared Access Points (APs) for multi-AP coordination is provided. A sharing AP transmits a control frame for Multi-AP coordination to a shared AP. The sharing AP receives a report on resource needs from the shared AP in response to the transmission of the control frame. The sharing AP allocates time-frequency resources of a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to the shared AP based on the report on resource needs.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a control frame for Multi-Access Point (AP) coordination to a shared AP by a sharing AP;
- receiving a report on resource needs from the shared AP by the sharing AP in response to the transmission of the control frame;
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- allocating time-frequency resources of a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to the shared AP by the sharing AP based on the report on resource needs.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a control frame for Multi-Access Point (AP) coordination from a sharing AP by a shared AP;
- transmitting a report on resource needs to the sharing AP by the shared AP in response to receiving the control frame;
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- receiving allocation of time-frequency resources of a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) from the sharing AP by the shared AP in response to the transmission of the report on resource needs.
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A sharing Access Point (AP), comprising:
- a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a shared AP;
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- a controller, configured to transmit a control frame for Multi-AP coordination to a shared AP via the wireless transceiver, receive a report on resource needs from the shared AP via the wireless transceiver in response to the transmission of the control frame, and allocate time-frequency resources of a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to the shared AP via the wireless transceiver based on the report on resource needs.
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