US 12,452,895 B2
Adapting transmission schedules for a radio frequency (RF) environment
Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Maik Guenter Seewald, Nuremberg (DE); and Malcolm Muir Smith, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,421.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064788 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/50 (2023.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/535 (2023.01) [H04W 28/0983 (2020.05); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
determining, by a Central Network Controller (CNC) of a Time Sensitive Network (TSN), that a data path to a client device comprises a wireless link;
generating, by the CNC of the TSN in response to determining that the data path to the client device comprises the wireless link, a proposed transmission schedule for a time sensitive traffic to the client device through the wireless link;
providing, by the CNC, the proposed transmission schedule to a Wireless Network Controller (WLC) of the wireless link, wherein providing, by the CNC, the proposed transmission schedule to the WLC of the wireless link comprises providing, by the CNC, the proposed transmission schedule to the WLC of the wireless link as a request and not as a configuration;
receiving, by the CNC from the WLC, a confirmation that the proposed transmission schedule can be met; and
configuring, in response to receiving the confirmation, the proposed transmission schedule.