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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Vinay Sridhara, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, CA (US);

Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);

Srinivas Kandala, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vinay Sridhara, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, CA (US);

Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);

Srinivas Kandala, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/1854 (2013.01); H04W 74/06 (2013.01); H04L 1/1614 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus for extended reverse direction grant in a WLAN are provided. In one aspect, a method for communication using a channel that is common to a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes transmitting first data to the plurality of nodes using a first transmission resource. The first data is transmitted within a transmit opportunity time interval and comprises a first indicator. The method further includes receiving, in response to the first indicator, at least one data transmission from at least one of the nodes, respectively. The at least one data transmitted using at least one second transmission resource, respectively, and is received within the transmit opportunity time interval.


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