US 11,812,472 B2
Methods and systems for improved resource unit utilization
Abhishek Pramod Patil, San Diego, CA (US); Alfred Asterjadhi, San Diego, CA (US); George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US); and Guido Robert Frederiks, Watsonville, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/061,120.
Application 17/061,120 is a continuation of application No. 15/954,383, filed on Apr. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,798,743.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/488,582, filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0029747 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 74/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/0825 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 74/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
transmitting, from an access point, a frame, the frame comprising:
one or more first info fields assigning a first set of one or more resource units to a first set of one or more devices participating in a multi-user transmission with the access point during a transmission opportunity, each of the one or more first info fields including an association identifier of a first set of one or more association identifiers, and each resource unit of the first set of one or more resource units being associated with an association identifier of the first set of one or more association identifiers, wherein each association identifier of the first set of one or more association identifiers corresponds to at least one device of the first set of one or more devices; and
one or more second info fields indicating a second set of one or more resource units in one or more resource allocation fields of the one or more second info fields, each of the one or more second info fields including a second association identifier, and each resource unit of the second set of one or more resource units being associated with the second association identifier, wherein the second association identifier indicates that the second set of one or more resource units are unassigned for transmission to the access point during the transmission opportunity; and
receiving, at the access point, the multi-user transmission from at least one of the first set of one or more devices according to the first set of one or more resource units assigned in the frame.