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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04W 74/085 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/146 (2018.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a technique of supporting access to a wireless medium of a wireless communication network. A method embodiment comprises: when access of a station () to the wireless medium is delayed, determining (S; S), by the station, a back-off period indicating the period of time the access of the station to the wireless medium is delayed, and entering (S; S), by the station (), into a sleep mode for a sleep period based on the determined back-off period.