Enhanced signaling to enable wi-fi peer-to-peer transmissions within a fully scheduled basic service set

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause processing circuitry of a device for facilitating Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) communications in a scheduled basic service set, upon execution of the instructions by the processing circuitry, to:

• identify a service period for station devices in a basic service set, the service period comprising a polling portion, a resource allocation portion, and a data transmission portion comprising transmit opportunities (TXOPs);
• cause the device to transmit, during the polling portion, a traffic indication map (TIM) to the station devices;
• cause the device to transmit, during the polling portion, a null data packet (NDP) feedback report (NFRP) trigger frame associated with requesting the station devices to request transmissions based on the TIM;
• identify, during the polling portion, NDP responses received from the station devices based on the NFRP trigger frame, the NDP responses indicative of requested transmissions;
• cause the device to transmit, during the resource allocation portion, an opportunistic power save (OPS) frame to the station devices, the OPS frame indicating that the station devices are to be awake during the data transmission portion;
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• cause the device to transmit an indication associated with at least one of the station devices applying multi-user (MU) enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) following a trigger-based channel access opportunity during the service period or with using a TXOP of the TXOPs for Wi-Fi P2P communications.

A method for facilitating Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) communications in a scheduled basic service set, the method comprising:

• identifying, by processing circuitry of an access point device, a service period for station devices in a basic service set, the service period comprising a polling portion, a resource allocation portion, and a data transmission portion comprising transmit opportunities (TXOPs);
• causing, by the processing circuitry, the access point device to transmit, during the polling portion, a traffic indication map (TIM) to the station devices;
• causing, by the processing circuitry, the access point device to transmit, during the polling portion, a null data packet (NDP) feedback report (NFRP) trigger frame associated with requesting the station devices to request transmissions based on the TIM;
• identifying, by the processing circuitry, during the polling portion, NDP responses received from the station devices based on the NFRP trigger frame, the NDP responses indicative of requested transmissions;
• causing, by the processing circuitry, the access point device to transmit, during the resource allocation portion, an opportunistic power save (OPS) frame to the station devices, the OPS frame indicating that the station devices are to be awake during the data transmission portion;
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• causing, by the processing circuitry, the access point device to transmit an indication associated with at least one of the station devices applying multi-user (MU) enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) following a trigger-based channel access opportunity during the service period or with using a TXOP of the TXOPs for Wi-Fi P2P communications.