United States Patent 9,793,975
Zhang , et al. October 17, 2017
Range extension in wireless local area networks
Abstract
A method for associating a new end-station (end-STA) with a relay access point (R-AP) in a relay transmission. An assignment of a new identifier is transmitted to the new end-STA, wherein traffic indication map indications for the new end-STA in a beacon from the R-AP follows the transmission of the new identifier assignment. A message is sent to a root access point (AP), the message including an indication of a number of information fields in the message and at least one information field, each of the at least one information fields including an identifier of one end-STA associated with the R-AP. An acknowledgement is received from the root AP on a condition that the root AP correctly receives the message and associates an identifier of the end-STA with an identifier of the R-AP.
Inventors:
Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Wang; Xiaofei (Cedar Grove, NJ), Lou; Hanqing (Syosset, NY), Grandhi; Sudheer A. (Pleasanton, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002895174
Appl. No.:
14/760,103
Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 10, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011031
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 09, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110361
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150358067 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61751646 Jan 11, 2013
61774310 Mar 7, 2013
61832102 Jun 6, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04B 7/15507 (20130101); H04W 40/244 (20130101); H04W 52/0216 (20130101); H04W 52/0229 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101); Y02B 60/50 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04J 1/10 (20060101); H04W 40/24 (20090101); H04B 7/155 (20060101); H04W 52/02 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101)
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