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Apparatus and method for scheduled uplink multi-user access with concurrent peer-to-peer communications

US11700603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Guoqing Li · Campbell, US
Lawrie Kurian · San Jose, US
Yong Liu · Campbell, US
Tashbeeb Haque · San Francisco, US
Anand Rajagopalan · Saratoga, US
Dagbegnon Henri Bahini · San Diego, US
Rajneesh Kumar · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments include an apparatus and method for enabling concurrent peer-to-peer (P2P) communications via a scheduled resource unit (RU) allocated by an access point (AP). For example, the AP may use a trigger frame to schedule uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) access for a first station of a plurality of stations by allocating an RU to the first station. Instead of using the allocated RU for UL infrastructure communications with the AP, the first station may utilize the allocated RU for a P2P communications with a second station. In some embodiments the AP facilitates RU utilization for P2P communications between stations. In some embodiments, the first station uses the allocated RU and the AP may be unaware of the P2P communications.

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