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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Simone Merlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Vincent Knowles Jones, San Diego, CA (US);
Maarten Menzo Wentink, Naarden, NL;
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);
Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, De Meern, NL;
Simone Merlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Vincent Knowles Jones, San Diego, CA (US);
Maarten Menzo Wentink, Naarden, NL;
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);
Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, De Meern, NL;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for medium reservation in the case of multi-user (MU) communications. Multiple mechanisms are supported for protecting MU transmissions, wherein appropriate control messages can be exchanged between an access point and served user stations before transmitting downlink data packets.