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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. 04, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Maxlinear Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ying Lu, Eastwood, AU;

Richard Kinder, Eastwood, AU;

Assignee:

MAXLINEAR INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods relate to avoiding beacon collisions between a repeater and a root AP, optimizing traffic flows based on buffers queued within hardware, and/or optimizing transmissions through a trigger-based mechanism. An example method includes determining loads on buffers within a repeater configured to communicate according to a DBVC protocol. The loads on the buffers correspond to data to be transmitted within upstream and downstream networks. The method includes determining whether to adjust a DBVC duty cycle of the repeater based on the loads. The DBVC duty cycle includes: an on channel duty cycle comprising a ratio of time on an on channel to total time on both the on and off channels; or an off channel duty cycle comprising a ratio of time on the off channel to total time on both the on and off channels. The method includes adjusting the DBVC duty cycle of the repeater.


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