US 12,445,953 B2
Restricted TWT enhanced information advertisement procedure for next generation WLAN
Rubayet Shafin, Allen, TX (US); Boon Loong Ng, Plano, TX (US); Peshal Nayak, Plano, TX (US); Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim, Plano, TX (US); and Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,971.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,899, filed on Feb. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,357, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,859, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,292, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,501, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059237 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless station (STA) device comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from an access point (AP), a broadcast target wake time (TWT) element associated with a restricted TWT schedule, the broadcast TWT element including a negotiation type subfield and a restricted TWT schedule full subfield associated with the restricted TWT schedule; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
determine, based on the negotiation type subfield, whether the restricted TWT schedule full subfield is valid, and
based on a determination that the restricted TWT schedule full subfield is valid, determine, based on the restricted TWT schedule full subfield, whether to request to become a member of the restricted TWT schedule.