# US 2026/0089751 A1 · Target wake time (twt) session adaptation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0089751 A1 - Document ID: US20260089751A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/898,576 - Filed: 2024-09-26 - Published: 2026-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2024-09-26 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Arpit BHATNAGAR; Rahul BHARTARI; Abhishek RANKA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260089751A1 ## CPC - H04W 36/06: Reselecting a communication resource in the serving access point - H04W 74/04: Scheduled access (hybrid access H04W74/02) - H04W 52/0216: {using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for target wake time (TWT) session adaptation. Some aspects more specifically relate to TWT session establishment and adaptation that is based on data stream communication parameters and objective parameters associated with TWT operation. In some examples, a wireless communication device may determine a set of TWT sessions based on a respective set of communication parameters associated with each of multiple data streams such that a set of objective parameters associated with the set of TWT sessions satisfies one or more constraints of the wireless communication device. Additionally, or alternatively, the wireless communication device may manage the set of TWT sessions to reduce the losses associated with the set of TWT sessions or continue to satisfy the data stream communication parameters, or both, based on a channel switch, a change in a network condition, or a change in a user experience (UX) score. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless communication device, comprising: a processing system that includes processor circuitry and memory circuitry that stores code, the processing system configured to cause the wireless communication device to: obtain information indicative of a respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of a plurality of data streams, wherein the plurality of data streams is associated with an application at the wireless communication device; and perform wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams in accordance with a set of target wake time sessions, wherein the set of target wake time sessions is based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of the plurality of data streams, and wherein a set of objective parameters associated with the set of target wake time sessions satisfies one or more constraints of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: switch from performing the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams via a first frequency channel to performing the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams via a second frequency channel; and update the set of target wake time sessions in association with switching from the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wireless communication device of claim 2, wherein, to update the set of target wake time sessions, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless communication device to: increase one or more target wake time window durations associated with the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with the second frequency channel being a lower frequency channel than the first frequency channel; or decrease the one or more target wake time window durations associated with the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with the second frequency channel being a higher frequency channel than the first frequency channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: obtain information indicative of one or both of a roundtrip time or a streaming latency corresponding to the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams; and update the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with one or both of the roundtrip time or the streaming latency. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: set a state associated with a usage of the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with a score pertaining to the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams; and perform additional wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams in accordance with the set of target wake time sessions or without the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with the state associated with the usage of the set of target wake time sessions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The wireless communication device of claim 5, wherein, to set the state associated with the usage of the set of target wake time sessions, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless communication device to: set the set of target wake time sessions to an OFF state in accordance with the score failing to satisfy a first threshold score; or set the set of target wake time sessions to an ON state in accordance with the score satisfying a second threshold score. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The wireless communication device of claim 5, wherein: the score is a user experience score pertaining to the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams, and the user experience score is based at least in part on one or more of: a network condition; a motion-to-render-to-photon (M2R2P) latency at the wireless communication device; a central processing unit (CPU) resource utilization at the wireless communication device; a graphics processing unit (GPU) resource utilization at the wireless communication device; a power metric of the wireless communication device; and a thermal metric of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to cause the wireless communication device to: assign a respective independent target wake time session to each data stream of the plurality of data streams based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with that data stream of the plurality of data streams, and wherein, for each data stream of the plurality of data streams and based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with that data stream and the set of objective parameters, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless communication device to: create the respective independent target wake time session for that data stream, or merge the respective independent target wake time session for that data stream with one or more other target wake time sessions for one or more other data streams of the plurality of data streams. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: create a first independent target wake time session for a first data stream of the plurality of data streams in accordance with a first set of communication parameters associated with the first data stream and a first set of objective parameters associated with the first independent target wake time session. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wireless communication device of claim 9, wherein the first independent target wake time session is created for the first data stream in accordance with: other target wake time sessions failing to satisfy the first set of communication parameters; and the first set of objective parameters associated with the first independent target wake time session satisfying the one or more constraints of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: merge a first independent target wake time session for a first data stream of the plurality of data streams with a second independent target wake time session for a second data stream of the plurality of data streams in accordance with a first set of communication parameters associated with the first data stream and a first set of objective parameters associated with the first independent target wake time session. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the first independent target wake time session for the first data stream is merged with the second independent target wake time session for the second data stream in accordance with: the second independent target wake time session satisfying the first set of communication parameters; or the first set of objective parameters associated with the first independent target wake time session failing to satisfy the one or more constraints of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: create a merged target wake time session in association with merging the first independent target wake time session with the second independent target wake time session, wherein a periodicity of the merged target wake time session is: a greater periodicity between a first periodicity associated with the first independent target wake time session and a second periodicity associated with the second independent target wake time session, or is an effective periodicity between the first periodicity associated with the first independent target wake time session and the second periodicity associated with the second independent target wake time session. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is configured to cause the wireless communication device to: create an initial set of target wake time sessions based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of the plurality of data streams and the set of objective parameters; and create an updated set of target wake time sessions in accordance with a respective set of updated communication parameters associated with each data stream of the plurality of data streams or an updated set of objective parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless communication device to: transmit an indication of the set of target wake time sessions, wherein performing the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams is in association with transmitting the indication of the set of target wake time sessions. ### Claim 16 A method for wireless communications by a wireless communication device, comprising: obtaining information indicative of a respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of a plurality of data streams, wherein the plurality of data streams is associated with an application at the wireless communication device; and performing wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams in accordance with a set of target wake time sessions, wherein the set of target wake time sessions is based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of the plurality of data streams, and wherein a set of objective parameters associated with the set of target wake time sessions satisfies one or more constraints of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: switching from performing the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams via a first frequency channel to performing the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams via a second frequency channel; and updating the set of target wake time sessions in association with switching from the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: obtaining information indicative of one or both of a roundtrip time or a streaming latency corresponding to the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams; and updating the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with one or both of the roundtrip time or the streaming latency. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: setting a state associated with a usage of the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with a score pertaining to the wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams; and performing additional wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams in accordance with the set of target wake time sessions or without the set of target wake time sessions in accordance with the state associated with the usage of the set of target wake time sessions. ### Claim 20 A wireless communication device for wireless communications, comprising: means for obtaining information indicative of a respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of a plurality of data streams, wherein the plurality of data streams is associated with an application at the wireless communication device; and means for performing wireless communication associated with the plurality of data streams in accordance with a set of target wake time sessions, wherein the set of target wake time sessions is based at least in part on the respective set of communication parameters associated with each data stream of the plurality of data streams, and wherein a set of objective parameters associated with the set of target wake time sessions satisfies one or more constraints of the wireless communication device.