公开(公告)号：US20250106627A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18899976

申请日：2024-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Yong Liu ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan ,  Daniel R. Borges ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Lochan Verma ,  Qi Wang ,  Tianyu Wu

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/0433

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and/or sub-combinations thereof, for implementing multi-credential mapping mechanisms in wireless communication networks, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN). The multi-credential mapping mechanisms can use pointer schemes for communicating multiple credentials (e.g., Authentication and Key Managements (AKMs) and ciphers) in the wireless communication networks. The multi-credential mapping mechanisms can reduce congestion in the communication medium and improve the communications between an access point (AP) and stations (STAs).

公开(公告)号：US20240306089A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18587649

申请日：2024-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Yong Liu ,  Qi Wang ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Lochan Verma ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W74/0816

CPC classification number: H04W52/0206 ,  H04W74/0816

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (AP) power save enhancements. AP power save enhancements reduce power consumption for APs including multi-link device (MLD) APs, mobile APs and mobile AP stations. Some embodiments include an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU)-Request to Send (RTS) power save feature, that allows an AP to be available while operating in a low power receive (LPR) state (e.g., low power mode) and transition to a full power mode to receive data using a bandwidth greater than 20 MHz. Some embodiments include a Target Wake Time (TWT) UL MU-RTS AP power enhancement feature that allows an AP to operate in the LPR during a TWT service period (SP). Some embodiments allow mobile devices (e.g., a smart phone) to operate in as an AP (e.g., a mobile AP, a mobile AP station) and reduce power consumption.

公开(公告)号：US20240305409A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18587772

申请日：2024-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Lochan Verma ,  Yong Liu ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Qi Wang ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat

IPC: H04L1/1607 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04L1/1642 ,  H04L1/1874 ,  H04W28/0263

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (AP)-assisted AP transition. Using AP-assisted AP transitions, when the STA is associated with a first access point (AP) and is transitioning to a second AP, a station (STA) can transmit to the second AP a control signal including a first indication for sequence number (SN) maintenance. The STA can receive from the second AP responsive to the first indication for SN maintenance, a first downlink (DL) transmission including a next SN. The next SN can be a continuation of an SN sequence utilized by the first AP for one or more previous DL transmissions.

公开(公告)号：US20240090056A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18453898

申请日：2023-08-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Yong Liu ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Lochan Verma ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Qi Wang ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Sidharth R. Thakur

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W60/04

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W52/0216 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W84/22

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for multi-access point association in a wireless local area network. Multiple access point wireless devices may establish a multi-access point system. Other access point wireless devices may subsequently join the multi-access point system. Non-access point wireless devices may form an association with the multi-access point system, which may include links with multiple different access point wireless devices in the multi-access point system.

公开(公告)号：US20250113184A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18897176

申请日：2024-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Lochan Verma ,  Pooya Monajemi ,  Yong Liu

IPC: H04W12/04 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including encrypting association data, by a station in a mobility domain of a wireless communication network, wherein the encrypting is performed using a pairwise transient key (PTK) and transmitting the encrypted association data to an AP to establish a wireless communication link.

公开(公告)号：US20250088949A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18813471

申请日：2024-08-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jarkko L Kneckt ,  Yong Liu ,  Lochan Verma ,  Sidharth R Thakur ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Qi Wang ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Su Khiong Yong

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A station may use information from a reduced neighbor report to determine which neighboring access points (APs) to scan. A station may receive the reduced neighbor report from an AP. The reduced neighbor report may include one or more parameters related to security, verification status, or capabilities of neighbor APs. The station may scan channels of the one or more of the neighbor APs based on the security, the verification status, or the capabilities of the neighbor APs.

公开(公告)号：US20240305430A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18600572

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tianyu Wu ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Anuj Batra ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Lochan Verma ,  Oren Shani ,  Qi Wang ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Wook Bong Lee ,  Yong Liu

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W80/02

CPC classification number: H04L5/0053 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including detecting a reception opportunity of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) scheduled to be transmitted by a transmitter, where the PPDU includes a preamble and one or more media access control (MAC) PDUs (MPDUs); decoding the preamble of the PPDU; detecting that reception of the one or more MPDUs has failed; and in response to the detecting, preparing a Negative Acknowledgment (NACK) message for transmission to the transmitter.

公开(公告)号：US20240129952A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18465448

申请日：2023-09-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Lochan Verma ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Su Khiong Yong

IPC: H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04W74/0866

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for transmission preemption in a wireless local area network. An access point wireless device may establish a wireless association with another wireless device. A first data transmission may be initiated. The transmitting wireless device may determine to preempt the first data transmission prior to its completion. The transmitting wireless device may transmit signaling indicating that the first data transmission is preempted.

公开(公告)号：US20240107504A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18472612

申请日：2023-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lochan Verma ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Tianyu Wu

IPC: H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/232 ,  H04W72/542 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/232 ,  H04W72/542 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Multiuser (MU) Multi-TID (multi-traffic-identifier) transmission may be enabled in a resource unit (RU). To transmit an urgent payload as soon as possible, the urgent payload may be injected/included into the ongoing MU physical protocol data unit (MU PPDU), if possible. This may be accomplished by indicating to the latency-sensitive wireless station (STA) the ID of a companion (or buddy) station that has an assigned resource unit (RU) on which the STA may expect to receive the urgent payload, also referred to as the “overloaded RU.” Alternatively, an extra user field in the preamble of the MU PPDU may be used to indicate to the STA its station ID as well as the location of the overloaded RU. A receiver operating on an A-MPDU may select the RU it receives, and may identify (or determine) a wrong transmission based on the transmitter address.

公开(公告)号：US20250113295A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18894822

申请日：2024-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Veerendra Boodannavar ,  Qi Wang ,  Oren Shani ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Debashis Dash ,  Yong Liu ,  Lochan Verma ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat

IPC: H04W48/20 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for non-access point (non-AP) and access point (AP) multi-link devices (MLDs) are described. A non-AP MLD can transmit, to an AP MLD, a query for information comprising at least one of one or more sets of parameters or identities associated with one or more target AP MLDs. The non-AP MLD can receive, from the AP MLD, a message comprising the information and select, based at least in part on the information, a target AP MLD of the one or more target AP MLDs. The non-AP MLD can transmit a roaming request to the target AP MLD and further receive a roaming response from the target AP MLD.