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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Solaris, SG;

Inventor:

Gabor Bajko, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 36/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for announcing the expected delay period between when a wireless AP stops transmitting on a first channel and begins transmitting on a second channel. After the last beacon frame is send on an old channel, a delay is experienced between transmitting the last frame on the old channel and transmitting the first frame on the new channel, where the delay varies based on the implementation of the AP and any CAC that must be performed on the new channel before broadcasting. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention provide an expected channel switch time element, for example, in a beacon frame or probe response frame.


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