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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:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yaniv Dvory, Kfar Saba, IL;

Hay Lev, Modi'in, IL;

Yoel Boger, Shoham, IL;

Oren Shani, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/04 (2013.01); H04W 74/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An access point transmits a trigger frame to a set of electronic devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The access point receives, from one or more electronic devices in a set of electronic devices, one or more requests to send data. In response, the access point transmits the trigger frame, which includes information specifying an ordered list of electronic devices in the set of electronic devices that are allowed to transmit. Subsequently, the access point sequentially receives one or more frames from the ordered list of electronic devices. After receiving a frame from the last electronic device in the ordered list of electronic devices or after an unused transmit opportunity of the last electronic device in the ordered list of electronic devices, the access point transmits a block acknowledgment to the ordered list of electronic devices.


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