US 12,075,335 B2
Switching scheme for opting in and out of multi-user orthogonal frequency-division multiple access
Ahmed Ibrahim ElArabawy, San Diego, CA (US); Ning Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); and Kai Shi, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,958.
Application 18/219,958 is a division of application No. 17/657,459, filed on Mar. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,743,765.
Application 17/657,459 is a division of application No. 16/713,956, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,310,693, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354094 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/06 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/0037 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04L 27/2602 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
when connected to a wireless network using a multi-user orthogonal frequency multiple access (MU-OFDMA) mode, indicating to an access point of the wireless network that the electronic device has uplink data to transmit;
receiving one or more triggers from the access point for transmitting the uplink data, the one or more triggers including a mandated modulation and coding scheme (MCS);
measuring a signal strength of a transmit channel;
estimating an MCS based on the measured signal strength; and
comparing a first data rate associated with the estimated MCS to a second data rate associated with the mandated MCS to determine whether to opt out of the MU-OFDMA mode.