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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Lochan Verma, Seoul, KR;
Hakirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Julan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Seong-wook Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Lochan Verma, Seoul, KR;
Hakirat Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Julan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Seong-Wook Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a packet in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method including determining whether a packet, which does not expire during the current transmission opportunity (TXOP) but will expire before a next TXOP is secured, exists or not based on a time-to-live (TTL) of the packet; if it is determined that the packet does not expire during an expansion of the current TXOP, expanding the current TXOP; and transmitting the packet to a receiving station.