US 12,193,082 B2
Power efficient tunneled direct link setup apparatus, systems and methods
Leonardo William Estevez, Rockwall, TX (US); Ariton Xhafa, Plano, TX (US); Ramanuja Vedantham, Allen, TX (US); and Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,913.
Application 14/171,993 is a division of application No. 13/109,974, filed on May 17, 2011, granted, now 8,675,529, issued on Mar. 18, 2014.
Application 18/198,913 is a continuation of application No. 17/467,526, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,696,350.
Application 17/467,526 is a continuation of application No. 16/897,107, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,116,020, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/897,107 is a continuation of application No. 15/289,837, filed on Oct. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,721,782, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 15/289,837 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/171,993, filed on Feb. 4, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/379,635, filed on Sep. 2, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300916 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/12 (2018.02) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless access point, a tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) bridge request from a first station;
in response to receiving the TDLS bridge request, issuing, by the wireless access point, a wake-up message to a second station;
after issuing the wake-up message to the second station, receiving, by the wireless access point from the second station, a first TDLS setup request message;
in response to receiving the first TDLS setup request message from the second station, forwarding, by the wireless access point, the first TDLS setup request message to the first station;
after forwarding the first TDLS setup request message to the first station, receiving, by the wireless access point from the first station, a first TDLS setup response message from the first station;
in response to receiving the first TDLS setup response message from the first station, forwarding, by the wireless access point, the first TDLS setup response message to the second station;
receiving, by the wireless access point from the second station, a second TDLS setup request message;
in response to receiving the second TDLS setup request message from the second station, forwarding, by the wireless access point, the second TDLS setup request message to a third station;
after forwarding the second TDLS setup request message to the third station, receiving, by the wireless access point from the third station, a second TDLS setup response message from the first station; and
in response to receiving the second TDLS setup response message from the first station, forwarding, by the wireless access point, the second TDLS setup response message to the third station to allow TDLS session traffic between the first station and the third station.