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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Bravo, Portland, OR (US);

Laurent Cariou, Portland, OR (US);

Thomas Kenney, Portland, OR (US);

Robert Stacey, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

The application relates to a preemption mechanism for wireless local area networks (WLANs), and in particular provides a method, including: broadcasting information about a Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) on a wireless channel, wherein the TXOP includes two or more transmission durations and a preemption period exists between any two neighboring transmission durations of the two or more transmission durations; and pausing communicating on the wireless channel during the preemption period to give opportunity for one or more stations (STAs) to preempt the wireless channel to transmit high priority traffic.


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