Multi-link beaconing and discovery
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11647450B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-09

    申请号:US17334456

    申请日:2021-05-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W48/16 H04W48/10 H04W84/12

    Abstract: An electronic device may transmit beacons associated with multiple access points that are cohosted by the electronic device, and that provide concurrent links in different bands of frequencies. The electronic device may include an access-point multi-link device (AP MLD). Moreover, the beacons may include: a basic service set identifier (BSSID) associated with the access points in the AP MLD, a service set identifier (SSID) associated with the access points in the AP MLD, and a MLD media access control (MAC) address associated with the access points in the AP MLD. Furthermore, a given beacon may be associated with a given access point and may include: information specifying a channel of a given link, a reduced neighbor report (RNR) providing information about at least the access points in the AP MLD, and a field that indicates when the given access point is included in the AP MLD.

    Low-Latency Communication in a WLAN

    公开(公告)号:US20210410137A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17355438

    申请日:2021-06-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may receive a frame associated with a second electronic device. This frame may include a MAC header with information specifying a request for a trigger or a trigger frame, and the information may include a suggested time interval during which the trigger or the trigger frame is to be provided and a requested resource allocation. For example, the MAC header may include an A-control field, and the A-control field may include the information or may include multiple A-MPDUs and one or more of the A-MPDUs (such as a last A-MPDU or all of the A-MPDUs) may include the information. Moreover, the time interval may begin at a previous transmission associated with the second electronic device, and the requested resource allocation may include a capacity. In response to the request, the electronic device may provide the trigger or the trigger frame addressed to the second electronic device.

    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.

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