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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:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Malcolm M. Smith, Richardson, TX (US);

Sanjay K. Katabathuni, Fremont, CA (US);

Pooya Monajemi, San Jose, CA (US);

Venkataprasad Chirreddy, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01);
Abstract

A method includes determining whether a first access point of a plurality of access points and a second access point of the plurality of access points should communicate simultaneously over a shared channel in a first network and in response to determining that one of the plurality of access points won contention of a transmission opportunity for the shared channel, dividing the transmission opportunity into a plurality of time slots. The method also includes scheduling transmissions of the first and second access points into the plurality of time slots according to the determination whether the first and second access points should communicate simultaneously over the shared channel and communicating, to the second access point and over a wired network or a second network different from the first network, an indication of whether the second access point should communicate during a first time slot of the plurality of time slots.


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