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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 11910,240
- Publication Date: February 20, 2024
- Appl. No: 18/072048
- Application Filed: November 30, 2022
- Assignees: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG)
- Claim: 1. A method for providing information regarding a broadcast target wake time (TWT) schedule in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that provides multiple broadcast TWT schedules, the method comprising: generating, at an access point (AP) communication device, a beacon frame that includes i) parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and transmitting, by the AP communication device, the beacon frame to inform one or more other communication devices of i) the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule, the information regarding the quantity of client stations for assisting one or more other communication devices with choosing whether to join the broadcast TWT schedule rather than another one of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein: generating the beacon frame comprises generating the beacon frame to include a TWT information element that includes information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule; and the method further comprises generating the TWT information element to include the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the TWT information element comprises: generating the TWT information element to include i) one or more first fields that include information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule, and ii) a second field having the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the beacon frame that includes the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule comprises: generating the beacon frame to include an indication of a time period between TWT service periods of the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein: generating the beacon frame comprises generating the beacon frame to include, for each of multiple broadcast TWT schedules, i) respective parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) respective information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and transmitting the beacon frame comprises transmitting the beacon frame to inform the one or more other communication devices of i) the respective parameters of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules and ii) the respective quantities of client stations that have currently joined the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 6. A communication device, comprising: a wireless network interface device associated with an access point (AP), the wireless network interface device having one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices configured to: generate a beacon frame that includes i) parameters of a broadcast target wake time (TWT) schedule in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that provides multiple broadcast TWT schedules, and ii) information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule, and control the wireless network interface device to transmit the beacon frame to inform one or more other communication devices of i) the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule, the information regarding the quantity of client stations for assisting one or more other communication devices with choosing whether to join the broadcast TWT schedule rather than another one of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 7. The communication device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: generate the beacon frame to include a TWT information element that includes information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule; and generate the TWT information element to include the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 8. The communication device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: generate the TWT information element to include i) one or more first fields that include information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule, and ii) a second subfield having the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 9. The communication device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to, as part of generating the beacon frame that includes the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule: generate the beacon frame to include an indication of a time period between TWT service periods of the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 10. The communication device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: generate the beacon frame to include, for each of multiple broadcast TWT schedules, i) respective parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) respective information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and transmit the beacon frame to inform the one or more other communication devices of i) the respective parameters of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules and ii) the respective quantities of client stations that have currently joined the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 11. A method for communicating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that provides multiple broadcast target wake time (TWT) schedules, the method comprising: receiving, at a client station, a beacon frame from an access point (AP) communication device, the beacon frame including i) parameters of a broadcast TWT schedule and ii) information regarding a quantity of other client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and using, at the client station, the information within the beacon frame regarding the quantity of other client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule to determine whether the client station will join the TWT broadcast schedule rather than another one of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 12. The method of claim 11 , wherein: the beacon frame includes a TWT information element that includes information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule; and the TWT information element also includes the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 13. The method of claim 12 , wherein: the TWT information element includes i) one or more first fields that include information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule, and ii) a second field having the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule in the beacon frame comprise: an indication of a time period between TWT service periods of the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 15. The method of claim 11 , wherein: receiving the beacon frame comprises receiving a beacon frame that includes, for each of multiple broadcast TWT schedules, i) respective parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) respective information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and the method further comprises: using, at the client station, the information within the beacon frame regarding the respective quantities of other client stations that have currently joined the multiple broadcast TWT schedules to select one broadcast TWT schedule to join from among the multiple TWT broadcast schedules.
- Claim: 16. A communication device, comprising: a wireless network interface device associated with a client station, the wireless network interface device having one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices configured to: receive a beacon frame from an access point (AP) communication device of a wireless local area network (WLAN) that provides multiple broadcast target wake time (TWT) schedules, the beacon frame including i) parameters of a broadcast TWT schedule and ii) information regarding a quantity of other client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule, and use the information within the beacon frame regarding the quantity of other client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule to determine whether the client station will join the TWT broadcast schedule rather than another one of the multiple broadcast TWT schedules.
- Claim: 17. The communication device of claim 16 , wherein: the beacon frame includes a TWT information element that includes information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule; and the TWT information element also includes the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 18. The communication device of claim 17 , wherein: the TWT information element includes i) one or more first fields that include information regarding the broadcast TWT schedule, and ii) a second field having the information regarding the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 19. The communication device of claim 16 , wherein the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule in the beacon frame comprise: an indication of a time period between TWT service periods of the broadcast TWT schedule.
- Claim: 20. The communication device of claim 16 , wherein: the one or more IC devices are configured to: the beacon frame includes, for each of multiple broadcast TWT schedules, i) respective parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) respective information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule; and the one or more IC devices are configured to use the information within the beacon frame regarding the respective quantities of other client stations that have currently joined the multiple broadcast TWT schedules to select one broadcast TWT schedule to join from among the multiple TWT broadcast schedules.
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- Primary Examiner: Ali, Syed
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