US 11,943,039 B2
Range extension in wireless local area networks
Guodong Zhang, Woodbury, NY (US); Xiaofei Wang, Cedar Grove, NJ (US); Hanqing Lou, Syosset, NY (US); and Sudheer A. Grandhi, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/092,624.
Application 18/092,624 is a continuation of application No. 16/934,320, filed on Jul. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,575,428.
Application 16/934,320 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,651, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,720,984, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 16/356,651 is a continuation of application No. 15/784,992, filed on Oct. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,236,967, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/784,992 is a continuation of application No. 14/760,103, granted, now 9,793,975, issued on Oct. 17, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2014/011031, filed on Jan. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/832,102, filed on Jun. 6, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/774,310, filed on Mar. 7, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/751,646, filed on Jan. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141309 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/15 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/15507 (2013.01) [H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a station (STA), the method comprising:
receiving, from an access point (AP), a first message comprising a first information element, wherein the first information element indicates a maximum number of STAs with which the STA is capable of associating;
associating with at least one non-AP STA; and
transmitting, to the AP after performing the association with the at least one non-AP STA, a second message comprising a second information element, wherein the second information element comprises a current list of addresses of STAs with which the AP is capable of communicating through the STA.