Coordinated target wake time (twt) service for localized wireless neighborhoods

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more network interfaces to communicate with a network;
• a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and configured to execute one or more processes;
• and
• a memory configured to store a process that is executable by the processor, the process, when executed, being configured to:
• receive, at a first wireless AP of a first BSS and from a second wireless AP of a second BSS, data indicative of an 802.11-based TWT schedule of one or more clients of the second BSS;
• determine, by the first wireless AP and based on the data indicative of the 802.11-based TWT schedule of the one or more clients of the second BSS, a TWT service schedule that defines TWT windows during which the first wireless AP provides services to the one or more clients of the second BSS;
• identify, by the first wireless AP, an IoT device among the one or more is clients of the second BSS;
• and
• service, by the first wireless AP and based on the TWT service schedule, the IoT device of the second BSS by impersonating a BSS identifier (BSSID) of the IoT device of the second BSS during at least one off-channel period of the first wireless AP.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores program instructions that cause a computer to execute a process comprising:

• receiving, at a first wireless AP of a first BSS and from a second wireless AP of a second BSS, data indicative of an 802.11-based TWT schedule of one or more clients of the second BSS;
• determining, by the first wireless AP and based on the data indicative of the 802.11-based TWT schedule of the one or more clients of the second BSS, a TWT service schedule that defines TWT windows during which the first wireless AP provides services to the one or more clients of the second BSS;
• identifying, by the first wireless AP, an IoT device among the one or more clients of the second BSS;
• and
• servicing, by the first wireless AP and based on the TWT service schedule, the IoT device of the second BSS by impersonating a BSS identifier (BSSID) of the IoT device of the second BSS during at least one off-channel period of the first wireless AP.