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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Veerendra Boodannavar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed for traffic engineering in support of real-time applications. A user equipment (UE) can detect a real-time application running on the UE, assess a link health corresponding to the real-time application, and transmit a payload including the link health to a peer device via WiFi communications. To detect the real-time application, the UE can receive traffic symptoms or application indications, and monitor corresponding traffic flows. To assess the link health, the UE can receive link quality metrics of a link corresponding to the link health, and determine an intra basic service set (BSS) clear channel assessment (CCA) percentage. The UE can initiate a Rapport session with the peer device, activate a keep-alive timer, and transmit updated information to the peer device according to the keep-alive timer.