US 12,207,241 B2
Wireless communications device
Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); Sudhir Srinivasa, Los Gatos, CA (US); Ken Kinwah Ho, San Jose, CA (US); Timothy J. Donovan, Carmel, CA (US); Foo Keong Tang, San Jose, CA (US); and Liwen Chu, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,979.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309068 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless Access Point (AP) device, within a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
a controller configured to generate a reserve slot time trigger frame to a selected set of user station devices (STAs);
wherein the controller is configured to be coupled to an antenna;
wherein the antenna is configured to transmit the reserve slot time trigger frame over a physical media to the selected STAs and exchange traffic with the selected STAs over the physical media;
wherein the reserve slot time trigger frame is configured to reserve a slot time on the physical media;
wherein the selected STAs include a first STA and a second STA;
wherein the controller configured to transmit a configuration frame to configure the selected STAs;
wherein the configuration frame assigns a first time for transmitting uplink (UL) traffic to the first STA and a second time for transmitting UL traffic to the second STA; and
wherein the first and second times are calculated based on a trigger event received from one of the selected STAs.