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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Huayan Amy Wang, Hauppauge, NY (US);
William Sakoda, East Setauket, NY (US);
Huayan Amy Wang, Hauppauge, NY (US);
William Sakoda, East Setauket, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method that enables the power saving frame transmission comprising an AP informing a plurality of stations within its range in a WLAN about a plurality of scheduled service periods during which the AP has access to a channel in a scheduled service time, receiving the information about the plurality of scheduled service periods by the plurality of stations and deciding about initiating or not initiating a frame transmission, whether or not an acknowledgement and an immediate response expected from other APs pertaining to said WLAN are received prior to a subsequent scheduled service time, wherein the frame is transmitted in a cooperative frame transmission scenario.