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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:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

May. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Christiaan A. Hartman, San Jose, CA (US);

Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a target wake time (TWT) technique for multicast communication. For example, some embodiments relate to a method including configuring a target wake time (TWT) process for delivering one or more multicast packets to a group of electronic devices. The method further includes determining that a service period associated with the TWT process has started and transmitting, in accordance with the TWT process, the one or more multicast packets during the service period, where the one or more transmitted multicast packets are addressed to the group of electronic devices.


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