US 12,356,473 B2
Method and apparatus used in WLAN networks
Laurent Cariou, Milizac (FR); and Thomas Kenney, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,740.
Prior Publication US 2021/0243824 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04W 74/0825 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating identifying information at an access point (AP), the identifying information including information relating to an energy detection (ED) threshold to be used for a channel in a wireless network; and
broadcasting the identifying information via the channel,
wherein the identifying information is configured as an ED element, the ED element includes an encoding type field and an ED threshold field, and the ED threshold field has different formats based on the value of the encoding type field,
wherein the encoding type field includes coding type information indicating either a fixed ED threshold or a variable ED threshold is to be used for the channel,
the method further comprising:
determining an ED threshold to be used for the channel based on the ED threshold field when the encoding type information indicates that a variable ED threshold is to be used for the channel,
wherein the ED threshold field includes a ED threshold maximum value, a ED threshold minimum value, a transmission (TX) power threshold maximum value for a station (STA), a TX power threshold minimum value for the STA and a slope of the ED threshold varying with the TX power of the STA from which the ED threshold is determined.