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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Grouping of access points (ap) into multi-ap groups to enable coordination of downlink transmissions
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Po-Kai Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Leiderman, Ra'anana, IL;
Arik Klein, Givaat Shmuel, IL;
Laurent Cariou, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel F. Bravo, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Feng Jiang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Qinghua Li, San Ramon, CA (US);
Xiaogang Chen, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert J. Stacey, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be configurable to operate as a controlling AP of a multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group by: transmitting one or more messages to advertise the multi-AP group; and exchanging signaling with one or more of the other APs of the multi-AP group. The signaling may include at least one message related to one of the other APs joining the multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group to enable usage of AP Trigger Frames (AP TFs) for coordination of resources to be used for downlink transmissions of the APs of the multi-AP group.