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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Shih-Chang Su, Hsinchu County, TW;
Ching-Hwa Yu, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of period allocation for a medium to be utilized by a first wireless communication device comprising at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) module includes while the first wireless communication device occupies the medium, detecting a termination period of a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) of the medium; and the first wireless communication device extending the termination period of the NAV of the medium if the termination period of the NAV is earlier than an expected period.