Device and method for wireless communication
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorMichail KOUNDOURAKIS
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Abstract
A method and electronic device for managing wireless communication using an abstinence announcement, including: a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to: associate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a non-access point (AP) station (STA); receive, from an AP included in the WLAN, a frame including an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the non-AP STA during an abstinence period; and based on receiving the abstinence announcement, modify at least one network behavior of the non-AP STA during a portion of the abstinence period.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory configured to store at least one instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to:
- associate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a non-access point (AP) station (STA);
- receive, from an AP included in the WLAN, a frame comprising an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the non-AP STA during an abstinence period;
- and
- based on receiving the abstinence announcement, modify at least one network behavior of the non-AP STA during a portion of the abstinence period.
A method of managing wireless communication, the method being performed by at least one processor included in an electronic device, and comprising:
- associating with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a non-access point (AP) station (STA);
- receiving, from an AP included in the WLAN, a frame comprising an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the non-AP STA during an abstinence period;
- and
- based on receiving the abstinence announcement, modifying at least one network behavior of the non-AP STA during a portion of the abstinence period.
An electronic device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory configured to store at least one instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to:
- associate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as an access point (AP);
- detect at least one performance limitation associated with the electronic device;
- based on the at least one performance limitation, select at least one non-AP STA included in the WLAN;
- generate an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the at least one non-AP STA during an abstinence period;
- transmit a frame comprising the abstinence announcement to the at least one non-AP STA;
- and
- initiate the TXOP with at least one other STA included in the WLAN during the abstinence period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.