公开(公告)号：US20240040531A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18211509

申请日：2023-06-19

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Oghenekome Oteri ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Rui Yang ,  Frank La Sita

IPC: H04W60/04 ,  H04W8/00

CPC classification number: H04W60/04 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for multiple AP coordination in wireless local area networks (WLANs). For example, a station (STA) may receive, from a first access points (APs), a probe response frame that includes one or more indicators indicating multiple AP operation capabilities of the first AP and a second AP. The STA may transmit, to at least one of the first AP or the second AP, a multiple AP association request frame that enables the first AP to be associated with the second AP for a multiple AP operation. The STA may receive, from the first AP, a first multiple AP association response frame indicating acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the first AP. The STA may receive, from the second AP, a second multiple AP association response frame indicating acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the second AP.

公开(公告)号：US11843428B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17667144

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Rui Yang ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Frank La Sita

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W80/08

CPC classification number: H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/0486 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/0684 ,  H04B7/088 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) channel access are provided herein. A method performed by a station may include receiving, from an access point (AP), a frame including information indicating a broadcast address. The frame may further include a control trailer including information indicating that a multi-user multiple input-multiple output (MU-MIMO) frame is to be transmitted by the AP and information indicative of a designation of a plurality of STAs, the plurality of STAs including the STA. The frame may solicit response frames from at least the designated plurality of STAs. The method may further include transmitting a response frame to the indicated broadcast address and receiving the MU-MIMO frame from the AP.

公开(公告)号：US20230388753A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18032383

申请日：2021-10-19

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Xiaofei Wang ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Li Hsiang Sun ,  Joseph Levy

IPC: H04W4/06 ,  H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04W4/06 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for broadcast service negotiation and non-simultaneous transmit-receive (STR) channel blindness recovery are provided herein. Some methods performed by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU), may comprise operating over a first link; operating over a second link; receiving a frame including a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) setting associated with the second link, the NAV setting indicating a time duration; and sending a transmission over the first link, wherein a duration of the transmission over the first link is shorter than or equal to the time duration indicated by the NAV setting. The frame including the NAV setting indicates that the time duration may not be extended or modified. The method may further comprise sending, by the WTRU, an indication that it the WTRU is capable of performing a multi-link restricted transmission. The WTRU may enter a sleep mode on the first link after sending the transmission over the first link.

公开(公告)号：US11792854B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17504698

申请日：2021-10-19

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Guodong Zhang ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Juan Fang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Pengfei Xia ,  Monisha Ghosh ,  Robert L. Olesen

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/1607 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04L1/1664 ,  H04L1/1685 ,  H04L1/1887 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04L1/1671 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A station may receive a frame transmitted to a plurality of stations (STAs). The frame may indicate a first frequency resource allocated for the STA and a second frequency resource allocated for another STA of the plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a data frame using the first frequency resource and receive an acknowledgement frame that acknowledges receipt of the data frame. The STA may receive a multiple user request to send (MU RTS) frame transmitted to the plurality of STAs and may subsequently transmit a clear to send (CTS) frame in response to receipt of the MU RTS frame. The RTS/CTS transmissions may occur prior to transmission of the data frame.

公开(公告)号：US20230319886A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18023515

申请日：2021-09-01

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Xiaofei Wang ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Li Hsiang Sun ,  Mahmoud Saad ,  Rui Yang ,  Ushasi Ghosh

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04L5/0035

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for multiple-access point (multi-AP) sounding procedures in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A coordinating AP (CAP) may receive, from one or more member APs in a multi-AP set (MAPS), one or more indications indicating that the one or more member APs are capable of multi-AP sounding during a transmission opportunity (TXOP). The CAP may transmit a CAP TXOP indication (CTI) frame indicating that the multi-AP sounding is to be performed during a TXOP acquired by the CAP. The CAP may receive a CAP TXOP request (CTR) frame indicating that the one or more member APs of the MAP are willing to perform multi-AP sounding during the TXOP. The CAP may transmit a CAP TXOP AP schedule (CTAS) frame indicating a transmission schedule for one or more sounding frames to be transmitted by the one or more member APs during the TXOP.

公开(公告)号：US20230300879A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18323061

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Guodong Zhang ,  Robert Olesen ,  Xiaofei Wang

IPC: H04W74/00 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04B7/0452

CPC classification number: H04W74/006 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04B7/0452

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are provided for performing for multi-user (MU) transmission. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive a frame, decode the received frame and determine whether the received frame is a null data packet (NDP) multi-user (MU) media access control (MAC) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (NDP MU MAC PPDU) based on meeting an NDP condition. The NDP MU MAC PPDU may correspond to an MU transmission and may include a PLCP header which includes an NDP signal (SIG) field having MU control information. Based on the received frame meeting the NDP condition, the WTRU may be further configured to process the NDP SIG field, generate a response based on the NDP SIG field and the MU control information, and transmit the response.

公开(公告)号：US11758584B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17222546

申请日：2021-04-05

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Rui Yang

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/541 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04W72/541 ,  H04W74/006 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protection of multi-user (MU) transmission are described herein. An apparatus includes a receiver, a transmitter and a processor. The receiver and the processor detect a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission. The processor and the transmitter generate and send a frame in response to the trigger frame and transmit channel availability information for a plurality of channels in response to the trigger frame. The receiver and the processor detect data in a resource unit (RU) of a downlink (DL) MU physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) on one of the plurality of channels. The one of the plurality of channels is based on the transmitted channel availability information.

公开(公告)号：US11736158B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17953004

申请日：2022-09-26

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Rui Yang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Li-Hsiang Sun

IPC: H04B7/0452 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04B7/0452 ,  H04B7/0619 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: An AP/PCP may perform user selection/pairing/grouping based on a measurement of an analog transmission (e.g., signal to noise ratio (SNR) or signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR)). The SNRs may be used, for example by the station, to determine best beams and/or beam pairs and/or worst beams and/or beam pairs. A station may feed back the best few beams and/or beam pairs for a Tx and Rx virtual antenna pair. A station may feed back the worst few beams for the Tx and Rx virtual antenna pair. The AP/PCP may receive the indication(s) and/or use the indication(s) to group the stations.

公开(公告)号：US11659496B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17335734

申请日：2021-06-01

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Oghenekome Oteri ,  Pengfei Xia ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Monisha Ghosh ,  Robert L. Olesen ,  Nirav B. Shah ,  Frank La Sita

IPC: H04W52/24 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W52/12 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W52/243 ,  H04W52/12 ,  H04W74/0808 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for adapting clear channel assessment (CCA) thresholds with or without Transmit Power Control (TPC) are disclosed. An IEEE 802.11 station (STA) may dynamically calculate a STA specific transmit power control (TPC) value and a STA specific clear channel assessment (CCA) value based on a target TPC parameter and a target CCA parameter. The target TPC parameter and the target CCA parameter may be received from an IEEE 802.11 cluster head configured to control TPC and CCA for a plurality of STAs associated with the BSS. The target TPC parameter and the target CCA parameter also may be related. The STA may then determine whether a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) wireless medium of a wireless local area network (WLAN) basic service set (BSS) is occupied or idle based on the STA specific CCA value.

公开(公告)号：US20230114857A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17911310

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Li Hsiang Sun ,  Rui Yang ,  Xiaofei Wang

IPC: H04W28/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed physical layer signaling in a wireless local area network system are provided. Among the methods is a method that may include any of generating an extremely high throughput (EHT) physical (PHY) layer protocol data unit (PDU) (PPDU) based on a PPDU format defining a preamble comprising (i) a fixed duration universal signaling (U-SIG) field, (ii) an EHT signaling (EHT-SIG) field, and (iii) an EHT short training field (EHT-STF), wherein the U-SIG and EHT-SIG fields respectively comprise an extra signaling indicator and extra signaling to support a third feature; and transmitting the U-SIG and EHT-SIG fields on a first bandwidth segment, followed by the EHT-STF on any of the first bandwidth segment and a second bandwidth segment, followed by (iii) an EHT data field on any of the first and second bandwidth segments.