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US 9,807,790 B2Granted
Maximum away duration
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorAmin Jafarian
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Abstract
Systems and methods for establishing associations on a wireless network, where the associations require a device to be available to the requesting device for a portion of time within a maximum time away period, are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes determining, by the apparatus, of a time period during which the access point can be accessible to the apparatus, the generating of a message identifying the time period, and the transmitting of the generated message to another apparatus.
Claims24
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a processing system executing instructions stored in memory, configured to:
- generate a first message including at least one bit indicating a request that a second apparatus guarantee to be accessible to the apparatus for at least a portion of a first time period,
- process a second message from the second apparatus, the second message including at least one bit indicating whether the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and
- determine, based on the at least one bit in the second message, whether the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, wherein a first value of the at least one bit indicates that the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and wherein a second value of the at least one bit indicates that the second apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and wherein if the second apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible for at least the portion of the first time period, the second message indicates a second time period during which the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least a portion of the second time period;
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- an interface configured to:
- output the first message for transmission to the second apparatus, wherein the first message is output to the second apparatus before the apparatus establishes an association with the second apparatus, and
- receive the second message.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- an interface for receiving a first message from a second apparatus, the first message including at least one bit indicating a request that the apparatus guarantee to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least a portion of a first time period, the first message being received before the second apparatus establishes an association with the apparatus;
- a processing system configured to:
- determine whether the apparatus can be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period;
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- generate a second message, based on the determination, including at least one bit indicating whether the apparatus guarantees be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, wherein a first value of the at least one bit indicates that the apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period and wherein a second value of the at least one bit indicates that the apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and wherein the processing system is further configured to, if the apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible for at least the portion of the first time period, determine a second time period during which the apparatus can be accessible to the second apparatus for at least a portion of the second time period, the second message indicating the second time period;
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- an interface for outputting the second message for transmission to the second apparatus.
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A method for an apparatus to establish an association with a second apparatus on a wireless network, comprising:
- generating a first message including at least one bit indicating a request that the second apparatus guarantee to be accessible to the apparatus for at least a portion of a first time period;
- processing a second message received from the second apparatus, the second message including at least one bit indicating that the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period;
- outputting the first message for transmission to the second apparatus, wherein the first message is output to the second apparatus before the apparatus establishes an association with the second apparatus;
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- determining, based on the at least one bit in the second message, whether the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, wherein a first value of the at least one bit indicates that the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period and wherein a second value of the at least one bit indicates that the second apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible to the apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and wherein if the second apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible for at least the portion of the first time period, the second message indicates a second time period during which the second apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the apparatus for at least a portion of the second time period.
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A method for an apparatus to establish an association with a second apparatus on a wireless network, comprising:
- receiving a message from the second apparatus, the first message including at least one bit indicating a request that the apparatus to guarantee to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least a portion of a first time period, the first message being received before the second apparatus establishes an association with the apparatus;
- determining whether the apparatus can be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period;
- generating a second message, based on the determination, said second message including at least one bit indicating whether the apparatus guarantees be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, wherein a first value of the at least one bit indicates that the apparatus guarantees to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period and wherein a second value of the at least one bit indicates that the apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible to the second apparatus for at least the portion of the first time period, and wherein if the apparatus does not guarantee to be accessible for at least the portion of the first time period, the method further comprises determining a second time period during which the apparatus can be accessible to the second apparatus for at least a portion of the second time period, the second message indicating the second time period;
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- outputting the second message for transmission to the second apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.