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公开(公告)号:US10575268B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US15969712
申请日:2018-05-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yong Liu , Christiaan A. Hartman , Guoqing Li , Lawrie Kurian , Peter N. Heerboth , Su Khiong Yong
Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to request synchronization assistance from one or more neighboring peer devices.
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公开(公告)号:US10575242B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US15653825
申请日:2017-07-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jarkko L. Kneckt , Christiaan A. Hartman , Guoqing Li , Joonsuk Kim , Matthew L. Semersky , Oren Shani , Syed A. Mujtaba , Yong Liu
Abstract: Passive and active scanning for extended range wireless networking. The choice between legacy and extended range signaling can depend on one or more factors. For passive scanning, an electronic device may transmit a combination of legacy beacons and extended range beacons for network discovery by receiving electronic devices. For active scanning, an electronic device may transmit extended range probe requests in addition to legacy probe requests to discover all of the access points within its transmission range. Responses to probe requests can use extended range, legacy, single user, and/or multi user protocols.
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公开(公告)号:US20200029198A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16587332
申请日:2019-09-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yong Liu , Christiaan A. Hartman , Daniel R. Borges , Peter N. Heerboth , Lawrie Kurian , Su Khiong Yong , Anand Rajagopalan , Saravanan Balasubramaniyan , Tashbeeb Haque , Andreas Wolf , Guoqing Li , Lilach Zukerman
Abstract: One or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reciprocating service between two or more wireless stations. The reciprocating service embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can participate in a same service instant.
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公开(公告)号:US20190289603A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16433198
申请日:2019-06-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Su Khiong Yong , Christiaan A. Hartman , Yong Liu , Lawrie Kurian , Peter N. Heerboth , Guoqing Li , Daniel R. Borges , Chiu Ngok E. Wong , Saravanan Balasubramaniyan , Tashbeeb Haque , Anand Rajagopalan
Abstract: One or more wireless stations may operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., without utilizing an intermediate access point. Scheduling of NAN ranging procedures may include a first wireless station sending first information, including first scheduling preferences and a first ranging role, to a second wireless station. The first wireless station receives second information, including second scheduling preferences and a second ranging role, from the second wireless station. The first wireless station may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters. Alternatively, the second wireless station and may initiate the ranging procedure based on the scheduling preferences and ranging parameters.
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公开(公告)号:US20190273553A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-05
申请号:US16161470
申请日:2018-10-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Guoqing Li , Ping Wang , Rajneesh Kumar , Veerendra Boodannavar
IPC: H04B7/08 , H04B7/0452 , H04W72/04 , H04W72/08 , H04B17/318
Abstract: An interface circuit in a recipient electronic device (such as a cellular telephone) may provide preference-indication information for an electronic device (such as an access point). Notably, the recipient electronic device may compute preference-indication information associated with the recipient electronic device, where the preference-indication information indicates whether the recipient electronic device prefers that the electronic device use downlink (DL) multi-user (MU) MIMO transmissions when communicating with the recipient electronic device. Then, the recipient electronic device may provide the preference-indication information in a packet or a frame associated with the electronic device. In some embodiments, the recipient electronic device determines a trigger event (such as measuring a motion indication), and the computing may be selectively performed based at least in part on the trigger event. Moreover, the preference-indication information may include additional information that was used by the recipient electronic device to compute the preference indication of the recipient electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10375179B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15851335
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Su Khiong Yong , Christiaan A. Hartman , Guoqing Li , Jarkko L. S. Kneckt , Yong Liu
Abstract: In some embodiments, a wireless station may be configured to transmit a request to one or more access points and receive from at least one access point of the one or more access points, a response. The request may be a GAS or probe request and the response may be a GAS or probe response. The request may include an indication of one or more services sought by the wireless station and the response may include information regarding at least one service of the one or more services sought. In addition, the response may be an indication that the at least one access point has determined a match between a provided service and at least one service sought. The wireless station may be further configured to determine, based, at least in part, on the information, to associate with the access point in order to consume the at least one service.
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公开(公告)号:US20190238285A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-01
申请号:US16378718
申请日:2019-04-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Joonsuk Kim , Guoqing Li
CPC classification number: H04L5/0007 , H04L1/0003 , H04L1/0031 , H04L1/0061 , H04L1/0083 , H04L5/0053 , H04L5/0091 , H04L5/0094 , H04W4/08 , H04W28/20 , H04W72/042 , H04W80/00 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/02 , H04W88/08
Abstract: A wireless access point transmits a protocol data unit (PDU) that includes data and signaling for a plurality of user devices. The PDU spans a channel in frequency and an interval in time, and includes a first signaling section, a second signaling section and a traffic action. For each of a plurality of subchannels of the channel: the first signaling section includes (within the subchannel) a corresponding redundant copy of common signaling information for the user devices associated with the access point; the second signaling section includes (within the subchannel) a corresponding set of user-specific signaling information for a corresponding group of one or more of the user devices; and the traffic section includes (within the subchannel) a corresponding set of traffic data for the corresponding group of one or more user devices. Subchannels sizes may be configurable. A signaling set CRC may be included per subchannel.
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公开(公告)号:US20190200295A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US16113659
申请日:2018-08-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christiaan A. Hartman , Guoqing Li , Yong Liu , Su Khiong Yong , Jarkko L. Kneckt
IPC: H04W52/02
CPC classification number: H04W52/0229 , H04W52/0219 , H04W52/0222 , H04W52/0235 , H04W84/12
Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may receive a setup request associated with the recipient electronic device. The setup request may specify a group address for which the recipient electronic device wants to receive associated frames and a proposed transmission interval. Based at least in part on the proposed transmission interval, the electronic device may determine a transmission schedule and/or may assign, based at least in part on the group address, the recipient electronic device to an aggregated group having a flexible multicast service identifier (FMSID). Then, the electronic device may provide a wake-up frame for the recipient electronic device, where the wake-up frame includes an identifier of the aggregated group for which a group-addressed frame will subsequently be transmitted by the electronic device. Moreover, the wake-up frame may be provided at a transmission time based at least in part on the transmission schedule.
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公开(公告)号:US10313226B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-04
申请号:US15256013
申请日:2016-09-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Guoqing Li , Yong Liu , Joonsuk Kim , Christiaan A. Hartman , Su Khiong Yong , Syed A. Mujtaba , Matthew L. Semersky
IPC: H04L12/18 , H04W76/40 , H04L12/761 , H04L29/12 , H04W4/06
Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for selectively decoding a multicast subframe in a multi-user frame for a wireless communications protocol. Embodiments include transmitting a request frame including a multicast group address for a multicast group to an access point (AP). The AP can determine a multicast identifier for the multicast group based on the multicast group address in the request frame. The AP can also transmit a response frame including the determined multicast identifier to a station (STA). The STA can receive a multi-user frame containing a multicast subframe from the AP. The STA can determine whether the multicast subframe is destined for the STA based on the determined multicast identifier and a multicast identifier stored in a preamble of the multi-user frame. The STA can determine whether to decode the multicast subframe based on the determination of whether the multicast subframe is destined for the STA.
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公开(公告)号:US10306640B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-28
申请号:US15783784
申请日:2017-10-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Guoqing Li , Jarkko L. Kneckt , Christiaan A. Hartman , Yong Liu , Su Khiong Yong
Abstract: A basic bandwidth wireless local area network (WLAN) device or station (STA) is assigned to a secondary channel. The basic bandwidth STA may be a 20 MHz STA. On the secondary channel, the basic bandwidth STA operates in a wideband mode recovering received data transmitted from an access point (AP) as part of a high bandwidth physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The STA and the AP can be members of a basic service set (BSS). The high bandwidth PPDU may be, for example, a 40 MHz, 60 MHz, or 80 MHz PPDU. Once on the secondary channel, the STA relies on the AP to perform channel sensing and scheduling activities, thus reducing power consumption at the STA and increasing the efficiency of the BSS. Several signaling formats are provided for indicating the secondary channel that the STA is assigned to or requests to move to.
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