CPC H04W 52/0229 (2013.01) [H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
configuring a target wake time (TWT) process for delivery of one or more multicast packets to a group of electronic devices to provide a multicast communication, wherein the configuring the TWT process comprises:
determining a TWT schedule in response to the TWT process being an individual TWT agreement with at least one electronic device of the group of electronic devices for the multicast communication; and
determining a broadcast TWT schedule in response to the TWT process being for the group of electronic devices for the multicast communication;
determining that a service period associated with the TWT process has started; and
transmitting, in accordance with the TWT process, the one or more multicast packets during the service period, wherein the one or more transmitted multicast packets are addressed to the group of electronic devices or are addressed to the at least one electronic device.
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