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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Genadiy Tsodik, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Shimon Shilo, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Oded Redlich, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Arik Klein, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Avner Epstein, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a network device for announcing a multi-access point (M-AP), joint channel sounding procedure in a WiFi network for acquiring channel state information between multiple access points (APs), which belong to a same M-AP set, and multiple stations associated with at least one of those multiple APs, wherein the network device is an access point of a subset of the M-AP set which subset includes APs that are configured to transmit an announcement frame, the network device comprising: a processor configured to provide the announcement frame of the M-AP joint channel sounding procedure, wherein the announcement frame comprises an identification of the M-AP set and identifications of the APs, associated to the subset of the M-AP set which subset of APs is configured to transmit the announcement frame; and a transceiver configured to transmit the announcement frame.