US 11,706,710 B2
Optimizing service period negotiations in WLAN networks
Gaurav Patwardhan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Nitin A. Changlani, Santa Clara, CA (US); Eldad Perahia, Park City, UT (US); Sachin Ganu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Mohd Shahnawaz Siraj, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Abhiruchi Dakshinkar, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,533.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013861 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, a first request to schedule a Time To Wake (TWT) service period (SP) for a first station, wherein the first request is based on individual TWT protocol;
determining, by the computing system, that the TWT SP satisfies a threshold level of similarity with an existing TWT SP maintained for a group of at least one station scheduled to communicate over the existing TWT SP, wherein the group includes a second station;
assigning, by the computing system, the first station to the group; and
transmitting, by the computing system, a first packet to the first station and a second packet to the second station over the existing TWT SP.