US 7,577,438 B2
Method and system for efficient addressing and power savings in wireless systems
Mohammed Sammour, Montreal (Canada); Sudheer A. Grandhi, Mamaroneck, N.Y. (US); and Arty Chandra, Manhasset Hills, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, Del. (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/406,877.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/674811, filed on Apr. 25, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0252443 A1, Nov. 09, 2006
Int. Cl. H04W 72/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—450  [370/329; 370/311] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for addressing groups of stations in wireless communications, comprising:
assigning the stations into a number of groups;
signaling a group identifier to each station; and
indicating the group identifier in a frame for each group that has data in the frame.