US 12,225,506 B2
System and method for supporting operating stations on an extreme high throughput link
Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US); Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US); Tianyu Wu, Cupertino, CA (US); Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Lochan Verma, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,155.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,334, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132481 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 72/044 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access point, comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in communication with a plurality of stations distributed over a predefined bandwidth; and
one or more processors configured to:
define a plurality of contiguous frequency segments within the predefined bandwidth, each frequency segment configured to support parking of a subset of the plurality of stations;
define a hopping pattern between the contiguous frequency segments that includes a plurality of contiguous time windows within a beacon interval respectively corresponding to the plurality of contiguous frequency segments;
transmit, using the transceiver, a message to the plurality of stations indicating the plurality of contiguous time windows; and
receive signals from a corresponding subset of the plurality of stations according to the plurality of contiguous time windows and their respective corresponding contiguous frequency segments.