Link-specific block acknowledgment for multi-link communication

    公开(公告)号:US11984984B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US18084130

    申请日:2022-12-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L1/1621 H04L5/0044

    Abstract: An electronic device that communicates frames is described. During operation, the electronic device may transmit the frames addressed to a recipient electronic device and associated with multiple links between the electronic device and the recipient electronic device. Then, the electronic device may receive block acknowledgments for at least a subset of the frames, where a given block acknowledgment is associated with the recipient electronic device and indicates received frames on a given link in the links. Moreover, the electronic device may control an amount of traffic conveyed on the links based at least in part on the block acknowledgments. Next, the electronic device may store a remainder of the frames based at least in part on the block acknowledgments, where the frames include the subset of the frames and the remainder of the frames. Note that the frames may have a common traffic identifier.

    Device Discovery, Session Setup, and Maintenance in IEEE 802.15.4ab Communications

    公开(公告)号:US20240106495A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18472934

    申请日:2023-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/7163 H04W8/005 H04W76/14

    Abstract: In order to eliminate the reliance of ultra-high bandwidth (UWB) standalone transceivers and narrow-band-assisted (NB-assisted) UWB transceivers on BLUETOOTH™ (BLE) usage, an NB radio may be used. The NB radio may be tightly coupled with the UWB radio, for example driven by the same time source, to enable leveraged use of ACP (Acquisition Packet) for discovery, session setup, and maintenance over UWB and/or NB-assisted UWB without the use of BLE. Rules for advertising ACP and scanning for ACP may be defined for two modes of operation. An ad-hoc discovery may be based on external acquisition triggers, while a managed discovery may be based on an ongoing discovery advertisement process. ACPs may thereby be transmitted over UWB and/or NB.

    Bandwidth puncture and response rules

    公开(公告)号:US11784746B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17194782

    申请日:2021-03-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L1/0013 H04L5/0055 H04W84/12

    Abstract: An electronic device (such as an access point) that receives one or more block acknowledgments is described. This electronic device may transmit an extremely high-throughput (EHT) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to a recipient electronic device, where the EHT PPDU is transmitted in multiple non-contiguous sub-bands that are separated by a punctured sub-band. Moreover, the electronic may receive the one or more block acknowledgments from the recipient electronic device, where the one or more block acknowledgments exclude the punctured sub-band. Note that the EHT PPDU may exclude transmitted energy in the punctured sub-band. Moreover, the punctured sub-band may have a bandwidth of at least 20 MHz and may be different from a primary sub-band.

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