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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);

Christiaan A. Hartman, San Jose, CA (US);

Lawrie Kurian, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter N. Heerboth, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08306 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments relate to wireless stations that operate to configure direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In embodiments, a wireless station may establish a peer-to-peer communication schedule with at least one neighboring peer wireless station, announce, to the at least one neighboring peer wireless station, a schedule transition (or migration), wherein the schedule transition includes an effective time of a new schedule, and announce, to the at least one neighboring peer wireless station, the new schedule at the effective time.


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