US 12,114,379 B2
Multiple pairing
Sylvain Le Roux, Rueil Malmaison (FR)
Assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Bois-Colombes (FR)
Filed by SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Rueil-Malmaison (FR)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,889.
Claims priority of application No. 2013133 (FR), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191954 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multiple-pairing method for pairing a plurality of stations with a wireless access point of a wireless local area network, the wireless access point broadcasting beacon frames relating to the wireless local area network, the method being implemented by the wireless access point and comprising:
including, by the access point, in the broadcast beacon frames, a notification of triggering of multiple pairing including a multiple-pairing session identifier, during a declaration period of predefined maximum duration;
receiving, by the access point, requests for participation in the multiple pairing coming from the stations, the requests including the multiple-pairing session identifier, and creating, from the requests received, a list of stations to be paired; and
when the declaration period expires, making, by the access point, individual pairings in turn with each of the stations in the list.