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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 69/12 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04L 27/0008 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A format for a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) that can be transmitted over a network is disclosed. The PPDU includes a field having one or more bits identifying whether a vendor-specific signal field (VS-SIG) is present in the PPDU. When present, the VS-SIG includes one or more bits identifying a vendor-specific language in which vendor-specific data is presented. The VS-SIG also includes one or more bits representing the vendor-specific data in the vendor-specific language.