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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Espoo, FI;
Klaus Franz Doppler, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mika Petri Olavi Rinne, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Espoo, FI;
Klaus Franz Doppler, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mika Petri Olavi Rinne, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises identifying at least one beacon opportunity at a wireless network device; selecting a beacon channel from a beacon slot that is a flexibly allocated frequency resource; and transmitting at least one beacon signal in the selected beacon channel multiplexed in a beacon frame during the identified beacon opportunity.