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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

May. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Leonardo William Estevez, Rockwall, TX (US);

Ariton Xhafa, Plano, TX (US);

Ramanuja Vedantham, Allen, TX (US);

Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08);
Abstract

An emulated wireless access point (AP) at a first PMC device (PMC) establishes a first tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) session between a first station module (STA) incorporated into the PMCand a second station module (STA) incorporated into a second PMC device (PMC). Following establishment of the TDLS session, the wireless AP is allowed to sleep; and most infrastructure management duties are handled by the STAduring the session. PMC device battery charge may be conserved as a result. The emulated wireless AP may also establish a second TDLS link to a third station module (STA) incorporated into a third PMC device (PMC). The STAmay then bridge data traffic flow between the STAand the STA. Such bridging operation may enable communication between two PMC devices otherwise unable to decode data received from the other.


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