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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhou Lan, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamed Abouelseoud, Burlingame, CA (US);
Anuj Batra, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Akira Yamanaka, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oren Shani, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods for transmitting and receiving multi-user request-to-send and clear-to-send frames in a wireless communication system. An access point wireless device may establish wireless connections with multiple wireless devices. The access point wireless device may transmit a multi-user request-to-send frame to the wireless devices. The multi-user request-to-send frame may indicate a transmit opportunity duration and allocate frequency resource units on which to transmit clear-to-send frames to the wireless devices. The wireless devices may transmit the clear-to-send frames on the allocated frequency resource units. The clear-to-send frames can include an indication of partial or full availability for the transmit opportunity.