US 12,193,037 B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting wireless medium sharing
Ahmad Reza Hedayat, Carlsbad, CA (US); Maulik Vaidya, Escondido, CA (US); and Amitav Mukherjee, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,019.
Application 18/432,019 is a continuation of application No. 17/681,835, filed on Feb. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,895,682.
Application 17/681,835 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,072, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,265,882, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237041 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a first wireless station, the method comprising:
receiving a first trigger frame from another wireless station;
determining that a first trigger based frame corresponding to the first trigger frame includes one or more sets of shared resource units that are available for use by the first wireless station; and
operating the first wireless station to act as a guest station, wherein operating the first wireless station to act as a guest station includes:
transmitting data to a first access point in at least one of the one or more sets of shared resource units included in the first trigger based frame.