US 11,895,538 B2
Improving Wi-Fi spectrum efficiency
Alexander Sirotkin, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Zhaohua Yi, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/287,062
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/062172
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106698, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/770,005, filed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360483 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/26 (2013.01) [H04L 27/2607 (2013.01); H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An device of a User Equipment (UE), the device including processing circuitry and a radio frequency (RF) interface coupled to the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry to:
decode a signal sent in a cellular network from a base station (BS), the signal including a network allocation vector (NAV) information update regarding a NAV corresponding to a Wi-Fi network, the NAV to be set by a Wi-Fi station (STA) that is in the Wi-Fi network, and wherein the STA is to be coupled to the UE via a connection; and
send the NAV information update to the STA by way of the connection to allow the STA to set the NAV in the Wi-Fi network based on the NAV information update.