US 12,279,250 B2
Network time sectoring
Nicholas Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US); Ahmed Ragab Elsherif, San Jose, CA (US); Simon Jan Brand, Pleasanton, CA (US); Srinivas Katar, Fremont, CA (US); Xiaolong Huang, San Jose, CA (US); Sandip Homchaudhuri, San Jose, CA (US); and Harinder Singh, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,641.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337217 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 7/0491 (2017.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/0491 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device, comprising:
receiving network information indicating one or more attributes associated with a basic service set (BSS) that includes a plurality of wireless stations (STAs);
mapping the plurality of STAs to a number (N) of time sectors based on the received network information so that at least one STA of the plurality of STAs is mapped to each of the N time sectors and each STA of the plurality of STAs is mapped to one or more of the N time sectors, each of the N time sectors representing a respective interval of time that occurs periodically and does not overlap any of a remaining N−1 time sectors; and
provisioning resources for communications with each STA of the plurality of STAs so that any communications with each STA occur within the respective one or more time sectors to which it is mapped and not outside the respective one or more time sectors.