Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided to send new or modified measurement requests and measurement reports during an announcement transmission interval (ATI). The measurement requests and measurement reports are used to determine the feasibility of spatial sharing in wireless local area networks (WLANs). New or modified measurement requests and measurement reports eliminate fields in the measurement request elements and measurement configuration information to lower or limit the overhead used in the ATI. These changes ensure the ATI does not become too long in duration and allows sharing measurement data during the ATI, even in dense WLAN environments.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a wireless network include receiving full and differential System Information Blocks (SIBs) and updating a parameter that has changed based on the differential SIB. Further apparatuses include control circuitry to generate a first SIB and second SIB, the second SIB indicating information that has changed. Further, a method includes generating a full SIB and generating a differential SIB based on updated parameters.