| CPC H04W 52/0206 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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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.
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