CPC H04W 72/046 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
1. A communications method, the method comprising:
receiving, at an access point, advertisements of maximum supported number of spatial streams from a plurality of stations, said advertisements including a first advertisement from a first station in said plurality of stations, said first advertisement indicating a first maximum supported number of spatial streams supported by the first station;
operating the access point to determine channel utilization;
comparing, at the access point, the determined channel utilization to a channel utilization threshold; and
determining, at the access point, based on the result of comparing the determined channel utilization to the channel utilization threshold, to reduce the maximum supported number of spatial streams one or more stations advertises, said one or more stations being stations in said plurality of stations.
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