US 12,114,302 B2
Method and apparatus for supporting sectorization coordination
Pengfei Xia, San Diego, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Hanqing Lou, Syosset, NY (US); Nirav B Shah, San Diego, CA (US); Monisha Ghosh, Chicago, IL (US); and Robert Olesen, Huntington, NY (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,776.
Application 18/208,776 is a continuation of application No. 17/179,023, filed on Feb. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,030,636.
Application 17/179,023 is a continuation of application No. 17/136,342, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 17/136,342 is a continuation of application No. 15/891,348, filed on Feb. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,880,894.
Application 15/891,348 is a continuation of application No. 14/904,227, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2014/046115, filed on Jul. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/845,056, filed on Jul. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325864 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/044 (2023.01); A63F 13/792 (2014.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0211 (2023.01); H04B 7/0417 (2017.01); H04B 7/0491 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/046 (2013.01) [A63F 13/792 (2014.09); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0209 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0211 (2013.01); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04B 7/0491 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for use in a station (STA), the method comprising:
receiving, from an access point (AP), an omni-beam transmission indicating subsequent sectorized operation anticipated by one or more STAs that receives the omni-beam transmission, wherein the one or more STAs are located in a sector of a plurality of sectors; and
transmitting, to the AP, in response to the omni-beam transmission, a response frame indicating that the STA is incapable of supporting the subsequent sectorized operation, wherein the response frame enables the AP to set up a network allocation vector (NAV) for the subsequent sectorized operation with the one or more STAs in the sector.