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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 74/002 (2013.01); H04W 74/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for transmitting to an access point includes receiving a selection condition and a selection contention period from the access point, and comparing the selection condition to a selection parameter. The method also includes contending for use of a transmission medium during the selection contention period if the selection parameter meets the selection condition.