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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Laurent Cariou, Milizac, FR;
Thomas J. Kenney, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An access point (AP) configured for multi-AP operation within a group of two or more other APs of a multi-AP group including at least a second AP uses restricted target wake time (r-TWT) service periods (SPs) for coordinating communications within the multi-AP group. The AP may be configured to encode a management frame for transmission to stations (STA) associated with the AP. The management frame may include a r-TWT element that includes a r-TWT schedule for communicating within one or more r-TWT SPs. The APs of the multi-AP group and their associated STAs may be configured to end any transmission opportunities (TXOPs) before a start of the r-TWT SPs and initiate a time-aligned contention period for the r-TWT SPs.