Apparatus, system, and method of transmit (tx) unavailability (tx-unavailability) mode
OwnerLaurent Cariou, Thomas Kenneyinventors
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Abstract
For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a non Access Point (AP) (non-AP) station (STA) to identify one or more Transmit (Tx) unavailability (Tx-unavailability) time periods during which the non-AP STA is to be at a Tx-unavailability mode at which the non-AP STA is to be unavailable to transmit to an AP and to be available to receive transmissions from the AP. For example, the non-AP STA may be configured to transmit a frame including Tx-unavailability information to the AP. For example, the Tx-unavailability information may be configured to indicate the one or more Tx-unavailability time periods.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a non Access Point (AP) (non-AP) station (STA) to:
- identify one or more Transmit (Tx) unavailability (Tx-unavailability) time periods during which the non-AP STA is to be at a Tx-unavailability mode at which the non-AP STA is to be unavailable to transmit to an AP and to be available to receive transmissions from the AP;
- transmit a frame comprising Tx-unavailability information to the AP, the Tx-unavailability information configured to indicate the one or more Tx-unavailability time periods.
An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause an Access Point (AP) to:
- process a frame from a non-AP station (STA) to identify Transmit (Tx) unavailability (Tx-unavailability) information corresponding to the non-AP STA;
- process the Tx-unavailability information to identify one or more Tx-unavailability time periods during which the non-AP STA is to be at a Tx-unavailability mode at which the non-AP STA is to be unavailable to transmit to an AP and to be available to receive transmissions from the AP;
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- prohibit the AP from transmitting to the non-AP STA transmissions, which require an acknowledgement from the non-AP STA, during the one or more Tx-unavailability time periods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.