公开(公告)号：US10484309B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15610046

申请日：2017-05-31

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Guoqing Li ,  Yoel Boger ,  Christiaan A. Hartman ,  Yong Liu ,  Oren Shani ,  Maksim Shmukler

IPC分类号： H04L12/861 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/00

摘要： An access point may receive, from a set of electronic devices, one or more buffer status reports that indicate that at least a subset of the electronic devices have uplink data associated with one or more access categories. In response, the access point may create a group of uplink virtual queues for one or more electronic devices in the subset based on the one or more buffer status reports, where a given uplink virtual queue corresponds to a particular access category and a given electronic device. The access point may start one or more backoff counters with a one-to-one correspondence to uplink virtual queues in the group of uplink virtual queues. When a backoff counter for the given uplink virtual queue reaches zero, the access point may transmit a trigger frame to an electronic device in the subset that corresponds to the given uplink virtual queue.

公开(公告)号：US10750436B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US16155908

申请日：2018-10-10

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/23 ,  H04W72/04

摘要： One or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, NAN devices may operate to establish a datapath and multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Portions of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices, having established a datapath, may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.

公开(公告)号：US10123260B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US15097180

申请日：2016-04-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/23

摘要： In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.

公开(公告)号：US20160309493A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15097180

申请日：2016-04-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W72/12 ,  H04W48/16

CPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/1205 ,  H04W76/23

摘要： In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.

摘要翻译： 在一些实施例中，一个或多个无线站根据邻居意识网络（NAN）直接与相邻无线站通信，例如无线站之间的直接通信而不使用中间接入点。 在NAN系统中，多个NAN设备可以以NAN簇的形式彼此操作以促进通信过程。 本公开的一些实施例涉及用于一个或多个无线设备（例如，NAN设备）转换到集群（例如，NAN集群）的系统和方法。 特别地，无线设备可以被进一步组织到集群内的数据集群（例如，NAN数据集群）中，其可以用于促进集群之间的一组连接的无线设备（例如，数据集群）的转换。

公开(公告)号：US20190045431A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16155908

申请日：2018-10-10

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/23

摘要： In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.

公开(公告)号：US10123200B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US15097123

申请日：2016-04-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Yoel Boger ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W4/20 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W76/16

摘要： In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate in conjunction in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes, and may be further organized into “NAN data clusters” within NAN clusters. NAN data clusters may use a common base channel to convey communications among member NAN devices. Embodiments herein provide mechanism by which a base channel may be determined, modified, and/or distributed among NAN devices operating in a NAN data cluster.

公开(公告)号：US20160309315A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15097123

申请日：2016-04-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Maksim Shmukler ,  Lilach Zukerman ,  Yoel Boger ,  Oren Shani

IPC分类号： H04W8/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W4/20

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04L67/1068 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate in conjunction in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes, and may be further organized into “NAN data clusters” within NAN clusters. NAN data clusters may use a common base channel to convey communications among member NAN devices. Embodiments herein provide mechanism by which a base channel may be determined, modified, and/or distributed among NAN devices operating in a NAN data cluster.

摘要翻译： 在一些实施例中，一个或多个无线站根据邻居意识网络（NAN）直接与相邻无线站通信，例如无线站之间的直接通信而不使用中间接入点。 在NAN系统中，多个NAN设备可以以NAN簇的形式结合起来，以促进通信过程，并且可以进一步被组织到NAN簇内的“NAN数据簇”中。 NAN数据集群可以使用公共基本信道来传送成员NAN设备之间的通信。 本文的实施例提供了可以在NAN数据集群中操作的NAN设备之间确定，修改和/或分发基本信道的机制。