公开(公告)号：US20240349126A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18647989

申请日：2024-04-26

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Yanjun SUN ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  George CHERIAN ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO

IPC: H04W28/20 ,  H04W80/00

CPC classification number: H04W28/20 ,  H04W80/00

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for enhanced bandwidth negotiation. Some implementations more specifically relate to request-to-transmit (RTS) and clear-to-send (CTS) frame designs that support bandwidth negotiations over a range of bandwidths achievable in accordance with the IEEE 802.11be amendment, and future generations, of the IEEE 802.11 standard. In some implementations, a bandwidth negotiation frame (such as a CTS or RTS frame) may be configurable to support bandwidths greater than 160 MHz. In some aspects, the bandwidth negotiation frame may conform to a legacy control frame format. More specifically, one or more bits of a service field associated with the legacy control frame format may be repurposed to carry enhanced bandwidth information. In some aspects, a recipient of a bandwidth negotiation frame may interpret one or more bits of the service field to carry enhanced bandwidth information when the frame is transmitted by a non-legacy transmitting device.

公开(公告)号：US20240340945A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18295813

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  Yanjun SUN ,  George CHERIAN ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Gaurang NAIK

IPC: H04W74/00 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04W74/002 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for channel access techniques in a multi-hop framework for ultra-high reliability (UHR). Some aspects more specifically relate to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing mechanism according to which wireless communication devices can relay data frames along multiple hops within a same TXOP, a coordinated medium access scheme associated with relaying data frames between a root access point (AP) and a wireless station (STA) via multiple service periods, and various signaling mechanisms and frame formats according to which wireless communication devices can exchange or negotiate information associated with a coordinated medium access scheme. In some implementations, a coordinated medium access scheme may be associated with multiple time epochs (each associated with a service period) and differentiated channel access across the multiple time epochs may facilitate the relay with or without TXOP sharing within the associated service periods.

公开(公告)号：US20240340788A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18748005

申请日：2024-06-19

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Gaurang NAIK ,  Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  George CHERIAN ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  Yanjun SUN

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W92/20

CPC classification number: H04W52/0206 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W92/20

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for protecting latency-sensitive communications among multi-link devices (MLDs). An access point (AP) MLD may establish multiple communication links with a non-AP MLD and schedule a restricted target wake time (r-TWT) service period (SP) on one of the links (the “r-TWT link”). In some aspects, when a transmit opportunity (TXOP) acquired on a non-r-TWT link overlaps the r-TWT SP, the TXOP may be extended to support an exchange of latency-sensitive traffic on the non-r-TWT link. In some other aspects, any TXOPs occurring on non-r-TWT links may be terminated prior to the start of the r-TWT SP so that latency-sensitive traffic can be exchanged on the r-TWT link during the SP. An AP MLD also may schedule SPs on multiple communication links. In some aspects, the AP MLD may transfer a TWT agreement between the communication links.

公开(公告)号：US20240259059A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18629582

申请日：2024-04-08

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  George CHERIAN ,  Yanjun SUN ,  Lin YANG ,  Gaurang NAIK ,  Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/0695 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W28/0278

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device (e.g., station (STA), access point (AP)) may transmit to a second wireless device during a service period, an initiating frame using a transmit beam that is based on a first beam training procedure performed between the devices prior to the service period. The first wireless device may perform a second beam training procedure during the service period based on an absence of a response frame from the second wireless device, based on an indication within the response frame received from the second wireless device, or based on identification of a change in a wireless channel relative to a previous beam training interval or previous service period. The first wireless device may then communicate one or more messages with the second wireless device using one or more beams that are based on the second beam training procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20240224257A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18602912

申请日：2024-03-12

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Yanjun SUN ,  George CHERIAN ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for sharing resources of a wireless medium. Particular implementations relate more specifically to coordinated AP (CAP) time-division-multiple-access (TDMA) and orthogonal-frequency-division-multiple access (OFDMA) techniques for sharing the time or frequency resources of a transmission opportunity (TXOP). According to such techniques, an AP that wins contention and gains access to the wireless medium for the duration of a TXOP may share its time or frequency resources with other selected APs. To share its resources, the winning AP may partition the TXOP into multiple time or frequency segments each including respective time or frequency resources representing a portion of the TXOP, and allocate each of the time or frequency segments to itself or to one of the selected APs.

公开(公告)号：US20240196457A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18063005

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  George CHERIAN ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Yanjun SUN ,  Gaurang NAIK

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/18

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/18

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for multiple access point (AP) association with a single station (STA) to provide a seamless transition (e.g., little to no service interruption during an active link transfer). Some aspects more specifically relate to a multi-link entity (MLE) and multiple AP members of the MLE, and their communications with the STA.

公开(公告)号：US20240073792A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17897114

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Gaurang NAIK ,  George CHERIAN ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Yanjun SUN ,  Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/08

CPC classification number: H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/08

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at an access point (AP) device, generally including generating a first frame that indicates updated roles associated with at least two basic service set IDs (BSSIDs) of a multi-BSSID set, wherein the updated roles relate to whether a BSSID is a transmitted BSSID (TxBSSID) or a nontransmitted BSSID (nonTxBSSID) and outputting the first frame for transmission.

公开(公告)号：US20240064832A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US17821452

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  George CHERIAN ,  Yanjun SUN ,  Abdel Karim AJAMI ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  Gaurang NAIK

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W52/0235 ,  H04W74/0816

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for communicating cross-link multi-link signaling (MLS) control signaling in wireless local area networks (WLANs). In various aspects, an apparatus may generate a frame that includes a header including an MLS subfield that includes a set of bits associated with a respective link of a set of links between the first MLD and a second MLD. The apparatus may configure a signaling type (s-type) of the MLS subfield with a value indicating a type of MLS control signaling associated with the MLS subfield, and may configure each bit of a first subset of bits of the MLS subfield with a value indicating that the type of MLS control signaling is applicable to the respective link associated with the bit. Further, the apparatus may output the first frame for transmission to the second MLD on a first link of the set of links.

公开(公告)号：US20230403753A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US17839818

申请日：2022-06-14

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Xiaolong HUANG ,  Rajkumar VENKADASAMY MANOHARAN ,  Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  Vasanthakumar THIAGARAJAN

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/11

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: This disclosure includes a multi-link device (MLD) transmitting a frame on a first communication link associated with a first device of the MLD, the frame carrying a plurality of addresses of a respective plurality of peer devices associated with a mesh basis service set (MBSS), each of the plurality of addresses associated with one of a per-link address of the first communication link of the MLD or a medium access control (MAC) address of the MLD. In some instances, the addresses include first and second addresses indicating respective receiver and transmitter addressees of a peering instance, and include third and fourth addresses indicating respective MBSS egress and MBSS ingress points of the peering instance. The first and second addresses are associated with the per-link address of the first communication link, and the third and fourth addresses are associated with the MLD MAC address.

公开(公告)号：US20230403545A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18343222

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Abhishek Pramod PATIL ,  Sai Yiu Duncan HO ,  George CHERIAN ,  Alfred ASTERJADHI ,  Yanjun SUN

IPC: H04W8/00 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W76/15

CPC classification number: H04W8/005 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: A first access point (AP) of an AP multi-link device (MLD) is associated with a first communication link, and one or more secondary APs of the AP MLD are associated with one or more respective secondary communication links of the AP MLD. The first AP of the AP MLD generates a frame including a first change sequence field and one or more secondary change sequence fields. The first change sequence field indicates a presence or absence of a critical update associated with the first communication link, and each of the one or more secondary change sequence fields indicates a presence or absence of a critical update associated with a corresponding secondary communication link of the AP MLD. The first AP of the AP MLD transmits the frame over the first communication link of the AP MLD to a station (STA) of a STA MLD.