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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Qiang Zhou, Beijing, CN;

Jianpo Han, Beijing, CN;

Guangzhi Ran, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04L 12/1868 (2013.01); H04L 12/1881 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example a computer implemented method comprises receiving, at an access point of a wireless network, a multicast/broadcast frame which identifies one or more stations associated with the access point as a recipient for the multicast/broadcast frame, and in response to a determination that at least one station of the one or more stations identified as a recipient for the multicast/broadcast frame is in an inactive state, determining a beacon slot time for a transmission of the multicast/broadcast frame from the access point, in response to a determination that at least one of the one or more stations in an inactive state will miss the beacon signal, converting the multicast/broadcast frame to a unicast frame, and holding a copy of the unicast frame to be transmitted to the at least one of the one or more stations in an inactive state that will miss the beacon signal.


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