US 11,870,578 B2
Forward-compatible puncturing indications
Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Bin Tian, San Diego, CA (US); Alfred Asterjadhi, San Diego, CA (US); George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US); and Youhan Kim, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,188.
Application 18/052,188 is a continuation of application No. 17/328,464, filed on May 24, 2021, granted, now 11,528,093.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120347 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 1/0069 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1614 (2013.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication performed by a wireless station (STA), comprising:
receiving an indication of a first puncturing pattern to be used for transmitting or receiving data over a wireless channel, the first puncturing pattern being defined by a first wireless communication protocol;
selecting a second puncturing pattern from a set of puncturing patterns defined by a second wireless communication protocol, the second puncturing pattern including one or more non-punctured subchannels that are subsets of one or more corresponding non-punctured subchannels of the first puncturing pattern; and
transmitting or receiving one or more packets over the wireless channel based on the second puncturing pattern.