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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2021
Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Getachew Redieteab, Chatillon Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A method for managing a wireless access point. The method includes: broadcasting, to a station or stations present in a coverage area of the access point, a downlink frame, the downlink frame carrying an indicator requiring the transmission, by a station receiving the downlink frame, of a received power level of the access point; receiving at least one uplink frame from at least one of the stations, in response to the downlink frame, an uplink frame transmitted by a station carrying information representative of the power level of the access point received by the station; and determining at least one power level of the access point received by at least one of the stations, based on the information representative of the power level carried by the uplink frame or frames.