US 11,683,774 B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for multiple access point (multi-AP) coordination in wireless local area networks (WLANS)
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Alphan Sahin, Westbury, NY (US); Xiaofei Wang, Cedar Grove, NJ (US); Hanging Lou, Syosset, NY (US); Li-Hsiang Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Rui Yang, Greenlawn, NY (US); and Frank La Sita, Setauket, NY (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/292,154
Filed by INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/060508
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/097487, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,396, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/815,130, filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,738, filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,507, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385779 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use in an IEEE 802.11 station (STA), the method comprising:
receiving, from a first access point (AP), a probe response frame including one or more indicators indicating multiple AP operation capabilities of the first AP and a second AP, wherein the first AP and the second AP are included in a multiple AP service set comprising a plurality of APs that are able to support a multiple AP operation;
transmitting, to at least one of the first AP or the second AP, a multiple AP association request frame for the multiple AP operation with the IEEE 802.11 STA, wherein the multiple AP operation includes reception of signals by the IEEE 802.11 STA from the first AP and the second AP;
receiving, from the first AP, based on a predetermined order in the multiple AP service set, a first multiple AP association response frame that indicates acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the first AP; and
receiving, from the second AP, based on the predetermined order in the multiple AP service set, a second multiple AP association response frame that indicates acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the second AP.