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公开(公告)号:US20170171833A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-15
申请号:US15373560
申请日:2016-12-09
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Santosh Vamaraju , Hoonki Lee , Carlos Horacio Aldana , Ravi Gidvani
Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for establishing and maintaining network connections based on ranging information. In one aspect, a wireless device is configured to identify one or more candidate access points (APs) within a vicinity of the wireless device, and exchange fine timing measurement (FTM) frames with candidate APs to determine respective distances between the wireless device and each of the candidate APs. In some aspects, the exchange of FTM frames may be performed when the wireless device is not associated with any AP. In some other aspects, the exchange of FTM frames may be performed when the wireless device is already associated with an existing AP, for example, to determine whether a roaming condition is satisfied. The wireless device then selects one of the candidate APs, based at least in part on the FTM frames, and associates with the selected candidate AP.
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公开(公告)号:US20160373955A1
公开(公告)日:2016-12-22
申请号:US14745343
申请日:2015-06-19
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Ravi Gidvani , Srinivasa Kumar Duvvuri
CPC classification number: H04L5/0055 , H04L47/266 , H04W28/0205 , H04W74/006 , H04W74/0816 , H04W84/12 , Y02D70/00 , Y02D70/1262 , Y02D70/142 , Y02D70/146 , Y02D70/22
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. An access point may use a protection mechanism to cause stations to defer from accessing the wireless medium during a quiet duration. During the quiet duration the access point may transmit data packets to stations. After the quiet duration, a contention period may be present to allow stations to monitor the medium to make sure the medium is continuously idle before attempting a transmission. The access point may determine a quiet duration based on a number of data packets pending transmission to at least one station. Furthermore, the access point may transmit data packets to a number of stations during the quiet duration. By determining the quiet duration based on a number of data packets, the access point may reduce the overall number of contention periods which may increase throughput and decrease power consumption.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于无线通信的方法,系统和设备。 接入点可以使用保护机制来在安静的持续时间期间导致站延迟接入无线介质。 在静音期间,接入点可以向站发送数据分组。 在平静的持续时间之后,可能存在竞争时段,以允许站监控介质,以确保介质在尝试传输之前连续空闲。 接入点可以基于待发送到至少一个站的数据分组的数量来确定安静的持续时间。 此外,接入点可以在安静持续时间期间将数据分组发送到多个站。 通过基于多个数据分组确定安静持续时间,接入点可以减少竞争周期的总数,这可能增加吞吐量并降低功耗。
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公开(公告)号:US12232059B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US18388928
申请日:2023-11-13
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Abhishek Pramod Patil , Yongchun Xiao , Ravi Gidvani , Sandip HomChaudhuri , Pradeep Kumar Yenganti , Arul Davidson Emmanuel , James Simon Cho , Padmanabhan Venkataraman Karthic , George Cherian , Alfred Asterjadhi , Jouni Kalevi Malinen
Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for analyzing management frames for multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In one aspect, a wireless node may obtain a first management frame from a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus operating multiple virtual access points (VAPs) respectively corresponding to multiple BSSs. The wireless node may determine whether the first management frame includes a BSS profile of a BSS associated with the wireless node based, at least in part, on an arrangement of a plurality of BSS profiles within one or more management frames. The wireless node may determine to further process the first management frame based, at least in part, on a determination that the first management frame includes the BSS profile of the BSS associated with the wireless node.
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公开(公告)号:US11856536B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US17814470
申请日:2022-07-22
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Abhishek Pramod Patil , Yongchun Xiao , Ravi Gidvani , Sandip HomChaudhuri , Pradeep Kumar Yenganti , Arul Davidson Emmanuel , James Simon Cho , Padmanabhan Venkataraman Karthic , George Cherian , Alfred Asterjadhi , Jouni Kalevi Malinen
CPC classification number: H04W56/0005 , H04L5/0096 , H04W56/0015 , H04W84/12
Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for analyzing management frames for multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In one aspect, a wireless node may obtain a first management frame from a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus, the WLAN apparatus operating multiple virtual access points (VAPs) respectively corresponding to multiple BSSs. The wireless node may determine whether the first management frame includes a BSS profile of a BSS associated with the wireless node based, at least in part, on an arrangement of a plurality of BSS profiles within one or more management frames. The wireless node may determine to further process the first management frame based, at least in part, on a determination that the first management frame includes the BSS profile of the BSS associated with the wireless node.
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公开(公告)号:US11329871B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-10
申请号:US16288037
申请日:2019-02-27
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Yongchun Xiao , Abhishek Pramod Patil , Sandip HomChaudhuri , Ravi Gidvani , Alfred Asterjadhi , George Cherian
IPC: H04L12/24 , H04L41/0806 , H04W40/24 , H04L12/28 , H04W76/15 , H04L45/24 , H04W24/02 , H04W48/16 , H04W72/04 , H04W88/08 , H04W74/00 , H04W48/12 , H04W88/16 , H04W84/12 , H04W28/06
Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing multi-link aggregation and conditional inheritance in a first basic service set (BSS). In one aspect, an apparatus may establish a first communication link with a first station (STA) of the first BSS using a first frequency band. The apparatus may determine a first link profile for a second communication link by customizing one or more management elements of management information associated with the first communication link. The apparatus may configure a first non-inheritance element of the first link profile associated with the second communication link to indicate usage of at least one management element of the management information by the second communication link is disabled. The apparatus may generate a management frame that comprises at least the first link profile, and may output the management frame for transmission.
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公开(公告)号:US11131743B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US15191493
申请日:2016-06-23
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Carlos Horacio Aldana , Jeff Smith , Xiaoxin Zhang , Chia-Hui Lin , Yen-Feng Lee , Ravi Gidvani , Alecsander Eitan , Rahul Malik
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, including ranging and direction finding, between wirelessly networked devices. In some embodiments. a method on a first station (STA) may comprise: transmitting a first NDPA frame to one or more second stations (STAs), the first NDPA frame comprising a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information; and transmitting, after a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval, a second frame. The second frame may be one of: a Null Data Packet az (NDP_az) frame with information about a time of transmission of the NDP_az frame, or a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame, or a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frame. The first NDPA frame may be unicast, multicast, or broadcast.
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公开(公告)号:US10912088B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-02
申请号:US15994798
申请日:2018-05-31
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Srinivas Katar , Amod Bodas , Ramaswamy Venkateshwaran , Farrukh Usmani , Ravi Gidvani , Hang Su
Abstract: Method, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. More particularly, a wireless station may connect to a wireless network using a first radio frequency (RF) band and detect a signal strength of the first RF band is greater than a roaming threshold. The wireless station may perform a plurality of scans for support by the wireless network of a second RF band in response to the detected signal strength. Each scan may occur when the signal strength of the first RF band is greater than the roaming threshold. The wireless station may selectively connect to the wireless network using the second RF band based at least in part on the scanning and a throughput supported by the wireless network over the second RF band. The first RF band may be a 2.4 GHz band and the second RF band may be a 5 GHz band.
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公开(公告)号:US10051558B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-14
申请号:US15148066
申请日:2016-05-06
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Vikram Phogat , Ravi Gidvani , Gerald Stanton , Dagbegnon Henri Bahini , Kumar Anand , Tushnim Bhattacharyya
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. An access point (AP) transmits instructions to quiet a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) home channel for a period of time. Instructions can include a quiet information element (IE) or a clear-to-send to self (CTS2Self) frame. The AP then allocates a first dedicated RF chain to a first media access control (MAC) component and a second dedicated RF chain, separate from the first dedicated RF chain, to a second MAC component of the access point. The allocation can include reducing the number of RF chains dedicated to the first MAC component. During the time period determined by the instructions, the first dedicated RF chain scans the home DFS channel and the second dedicated RF chain scans at least one other channel (e.g., based at least in part on the time period and channel scan priority) in the same band as the DFS home channel.
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公开(公告)号:US20180184365A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15849461
申请日:2017-12-20
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Ravi Gidvani , Alireza Raissinia , Ning Zhang , Ramaswamy Venkateshwaran
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Devices in a wireless network may be grouped into a basic service set (BSS), which may enable coordination of communications within the network. A BSS may have an associated coverage area. Some devices may be operable to communicate using extended range (ER) transmissions, which may increase the size of the coverage area associated with the BSS. In some cases, an access point (AP) may support multiple BSSs with equivalent security profiles. A first BSS may exclusively support ER transmissions, while a second BSS may support non-ER transmissions. Techniques are described for a wireless device to discover one or more of the BSSs associated with a given AP, associate with at least one of the discovered BSSs, and in some cases switch between the BSSs with equivalent security profiles. The discussed techniques may provide more efficient communications in the wireless network.
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公开(公告)号:US20170251332A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15191498
申请日:2016-06-23
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Carlos Horacio Aldana , Jeff Smith , Xiaoxin Zhang , Chia-Hui Lin , Yen-Feng Lee , Ravi Gidvani , Alecsander Eitan , Rahul Malik
CPC classification number: G01S5/0009 , G01S5/021 , G01S5/0226 , H04W4/029 , H04W24/10 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/02
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, ranging, and direction finding, between networked devices. A method on a first station (STA) may comprise: broadcasting, at a first time, a first NDPA frame to a plurality of second STAs. The first NDPA frame may include a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information. After a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval from the first time, a second frame may be broadcast. The second frame may be a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame. In response, a plurality of Compressed Beamforming (CBF) frames may be received at the first STA where each CBF frame may be received from a distinct corresponding second STA, and may include Channel Feedback Information field with information pertaining to communication channel between the first STA and the corresponding second STA. The communications may be encoded using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access.
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