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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2023
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Frank La Sita, Long Beach, NY (US);
Hanqing Lou, Syosset, NY (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Alphan Sahin, Westbury, NY (US);
Li-Hsiang Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaofei Wang, North Caldwell, NY (US);
Rui Yang, Greenlawn, NY (US);
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) channel access are provided herein. A method performed by a station (STA) may include receiving, from an initiating STA, a frame including information indicating a broadcast address and a control trailer. The control trailer may include information indicating that a multi-user multiple input-multiple output (MU-MIMO) frame is to be received from the initiating STA, and information indicative of a plurality of STAs, the plurality of STAs including the STA. The method may include transmitting a response frame to the indicated broadcast address based on the received frame and receiving the MU-MIMO frame from the initiating STA.