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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:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jarkko L. Kneckt, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christiaan A. Hartman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Guoqing Li, Campbell, CA (US);

Joonsuk Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);

Matthew L. Semersky, Cupertino, CA (US);

Oren Shani, Cupertino, CA (US);

Syed A. Mujtaba, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Yong Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04B 7/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Passive and active scanning for extended range wireless networking. The choice between legacy and extended range signaling can depend on one or more factors. For passive scanning, an electronic device may transmit a combination of legacy beacons and extended range beacons for network discovery by receiving electronic devices. For active scanning, an electronic device may transmit extended range probe requests in addition to legacy probe requests to discover all of the access points within its transmission range. Responses to probe requests can use extended range, legacy, single user, and/or multi user protocols.


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