US 2024/0196423 A1 · PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION

Abstract

An access point (AP) device that serves a wireless local area network (WLAN) determines that a coverage area of the AP device is partitioned into a plurality of sectors, the coverage area corresponding to the WLAN. The AP device determines that a first transmission is occurring within a first sector among the plurality of sectors, and determines that a client station is located in a second sector among the plurality of sectors, the second sector different than the first sector. In response to determining that the first transmission is occurring within the first sector, the AP device selects the client station for a directional second transmission in a direction i) within the second sector and ii) outside of the first sector, and transmits the directional second transmission to the client station in the second sector while the first transmission in the first sector is occurring.

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Dependent claims

A method for communicating in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

determining, at an access point (AP) device that serves the WLAN, that a coverage area of the AP device is partitioned into a plurality of sectors, the coverage area corresponding to the WLAN;
determining, at the AP device, that a first transmission is occurring within a first sector among the plurality of sectors;
determining, at the AP device, that a client station is located in a second sector among the plurality of sectors, the second sector different than the first sector;
in response to determining that the first transmission is occurring within the first sector, selecting, at the AP device, the client station for a directional second transmission in a direction i) within the second sector and ii) outside of the first sector;
and
transmitting, by the AP device, the directional second transmission to the client station in the second sector while the first transmission in the first sector is occurring.

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A wireless communication device for communicating in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the wireless communication device comprising:

a wireless network interface associated with an access point (AP) device that serves the WLAN, the wireless network interface having circuitry configured to:
determine that a coverage area of the AP device is partitioned into a plurality of sectors, the coverage area corresponding to the WLAN,
determine that a first transmission is occurring within a first sector among the plurality of sectors,
determine that a client station is located in a second sector among the plurality of sectors, the second sector different than the first sector,
in response to determining that the first transmission is occurring within the first sector, select the client station for a directional second transmission in a direction i) within the second sector and ii) outside of the first sector, and
control the wireless network interface to transmit the directional second transmission to the client station in the second sector while the first transmission in the first sector is occurring.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Physical layer protocol data unit directional transmission

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Physical layer protocol data unit directional transmission

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Abstract

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