US 12,470,337 B2
Method and apparatus for coordinated communication between multiple access points, and storage medium
Bowen Yang, Nanjing (CN); Chenhe Ji, Nanjing (CN); and Yungui Wang, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,674.
Application 18/171,674 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/114783, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010893950.7 (CN), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208577 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 5/0035 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 16/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for coordinated communication between multiple access points, the method comprising:
determining, by a first access point (AP) in a transmit opportunity (TXOP), an effective time period based on status information of the plurality of APs operating on a channel in a coordinated group, wherein the first AP is an AP that obtains an access opportunity for the channel in the coordinated group, wherein the TXOP is the same time as a time at which the first AP obtains the access opportunity for the channel, wherein the status information of the plurality of APs is used to describe respective resources required by the plurality of APs; and
sending, by the first AP, a coordinated frame to one or more APs in the coordinated group, wherein the coordinated frame indicates at least one AP in the coordinated group and the first AP to perform a coordinated operation within the effective time period.