US 2026/0304295 A1 · COORDINATION BETWEEN APS TO PERFORM SELECTIVE CHANNEL SOUNDINGS

Abstract

Methods and systems for coordination between access points to perform selective channel soundings. A method includes transmitting a first frame to a second AP device, the first frame indicating that at least one of a first cross-basic service set (BSS) sounding of the first AP device and a second cross-BSS sounding of the second AP device is requested by the first AP device. The method also includes receiving a second frame from the second AP device, the second frame indicating acceptance of at least one of the first cross-BSS sounding and the second cross-BSS sounding requested in the first frame.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method performed by a first access point (AP) device, the method comprising:

transmitting a first frame to a second AP device, the first frame indicating that at least one of a first cross-basic service set (BSS) sounding of the first AP device and a second cross-BSS sounding of the second AP device is requested by the first AP device;
and
receiving a second frame from the second AP device, the second frame indicating acceptance of at least one of the first cross-BSS sounding and the second cross-BSS sounding requested in the first frame.

A first access point (AP) device comprising:

at least one processor including processing circuitry;
and
memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the first AP device to:
transmit a first frame to a second AP device, the first frame indicating that at least one of a first cross-basic service set (BSS) sounding of the first AP device and a second cross-BSS sounding of the second AP device is requested by the first AP device;
and
receive a second frame from the second AP device, the second frame indicating acceptance of at least one of the first cross-BSS sounding and the second cross-BSS sounding requested in the first frame.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/560,977Filed 9 Mar 2026

Priority

26 Mar 2025

Published

1 Oct 2026

Term ends

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Classification4 codes

H04W 48/08
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery
H04W 16/14
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: spectrum sharing…
H04W 72/27
Control channels or signalling for resource management: between access points
H04W
Wireless communication networks

Coordination between aps to perform selective channel soundings

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Coordination between aps to perform selective channel soundings

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Abstract

Claims20