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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xuanning Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
Yash Kharia, San Diego, CA (US);
Sheikh Hafiz, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/38 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wireless communication are described. A wireless station (STA) may receive a frame from an access point (AP) reserving a channel for a time period. The frame may include an information field associated with a tune away procedure performed by the AP during the time period. The STA may perform, based on the information field, direct communications with a neighboring device on the channel during the time period.