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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Abhishek Pramod Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described that implement techniques and protocols to enable a station to receive a neighbor query request from a first associated access point that is associated with the station. The station may wirelessly communicate a neighbor report of a second access point to the first access point while the station is unassociated with the second access point.