Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure enable a docking procedure where a dockee, when docking with a docking host that manages a docking environment, can become directly paired with the peripherals in the docking environment in a straightforward fashion. Furthermore, a persistent direct pairing may be established such that after a first docking session, subsequent docking sessions where the dockee is directly paired with the same peripherals can further be expedited. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to generate a message comprising coordination information, wherein the apparatus is associated with a first AP, the message to be used for coordinated communications by the first AP and a second AP, wherein the first AP and the second AP are associated with different basic service sets (BSSs), and an interface configured to output the message for transmission during a networking coordination window of a networking cluster.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides techniques that enable a network entity to indicate recommendations, to a wireless station (STA), for seamless roaming. For example, a single mobility domain (SMD) entity with knowledge of various access points (APs), for example regarding loading and capability, may be able to recommend a set of one or more APs that may be most suitable as targets for the STA to transition to.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for semi-static switching for dynamic subchannel operation (DSO). Some aspects more specifically relate to trigger-based switching for DSO sessions. In some implementations, an access point (AP) may transmit a control frame indicating one or more frequency resources for a DSO session at a wireless station (STA), the indicated frequency resources included in one or more secondary subchannels. The control frame may be an example of a DSO announcement frame, a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame, an enhanced multi-STA block acknowledgment (eMBA) frame, or a block acknowledgment request (BAR) frame. The STA may switch to the one or more secondary subchannels for communications during the DSO session and may remain communicating via the secondary subchannels until detecting a trigger (for example, a time-based or frame-based trigger) to deactivate the DSO session and switch back to the primary subchannel for communications.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for multi-link probing enhancements for more seamless roaming. Some aspects more specifically relate to various formats of multi-link elements via which a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) may request the profile information associated with multiple AP MLDs and via which an AP MLD (or an AP affiliated with the AP MLD) may provide the requested profile information. In some examples, profile information associated with multiple AP MLDs may be requested or provided, or both, via a single multi-link element in accordance with one or more of the various formats. A non-AP MLD or an AP MLD may use such a single multi-link element to request or provide MLD-level information associated with the multiple AP MLDs or to request or provide link-level information associated with the multiple AP MLDs, or any combination thereof.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for ambient power energizer control. Some aspects more specifically relate to utilizing silent periods during which an energy providing device does not transmit radio frequency (RF) energizing waveform to avoid interference. In some implementations, a reader may transmit a message to an energizer, indicating the time period during which the energizer is to refrain from transmitting the energizing waveform. The reader also may transmit a similar message to one or more tags indicating when the tags should harvest energy and monitor for wakeup signaling. A master device may send coordination information to multiple readers such that each reader and each energizer coordinates silent periods. An energizer may combine multiple patterns of silent time periods to ensure that silent time periods for different readers are aligned. The reader may dynamically trigger energizer waveform transmission.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for transmitting and receiving, between an access point (AP) and one or more stations (STAs) in a basic service set (BSS), an indication of a puncturing event. In some examples, the transmitting and receiving may use non-legacy elements configured to provide information about the puncturing event. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides methods for transmitting and receiving, between the AP and one or more STAs, an indication of an operating band switch. In some examples, the transmitting and receiving may use non-legacy elements configured to provide information about the operating band switch.
Abstract:
Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communications at a first wireless node. The method generally includes: outputting, for transmission to a second wireless node, a first frame indicating one or more candidate nodes with which a TXOP may be shared, the one or more candidate nodes including the second wireless node; performing a frame exchange with one or more third wireless nodes that shares a first BSS with the first wireless node; outputting, for transmission to the second wireless node, a second frame indicating a portion of the TXOP to be shared with the second wireless node, the second frame being outputted for transmission after the frame exchange; and obtaining, from the second wireless node, a third frame indicating that the TXOP is being returned back to the first wireless node.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for reconfiguration signaling for seamless roaming. Some aspects more specifically relate to reconfiguration signaling to facilitate link addition and link deletion operations for roaming, such as seamless roaming. Either a wireless station (STA) or an access point (AP) device may initiate the roaming. In some examples, a first device, such as the STA, a serving AP device, or a target AP device, may transmit a reconfiguration request to a second device, requesting to perform a link addition operation on links of the target AP device or to perform a link deletion operation on links of the serving AP device. The second device, which may be the STA, the serving AP device, or the target AP device, may transmit a reconfiguration response to indicate which links are to be deleted or added.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for coordinated scheduling of service periods (SPs). In some aspects, an access point (AP) may receive timing information indicating an SP associated with an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) and may transmit, to its associated STAs, coordinated timing information indicating the timing of the SP in relation to its timing synchronization function (TSF) timer. In some aspects, the AP may adjust the timing information to account for an offset between its TSF timer and a TSF timer associated with the OBSS. In some other aspects, the AP may synchronize its TSF timer with the TSF timer associated with the OBSS. The AP may further communicate with the STAs based on the coordinated timing information. For example, the AP may schedule communications with the STAs to be orthogonal to communications in the OBSS during the SP.