United States Patent 10,045,385
Grandhi August 7, 2018
Method and apparatus for supporting management actions for very high throughput in wireless communications
Abstract
A method and apparatus may be used to establish a communication link between devices such as VHT access points (AP)s or VHT wireless transmit/receive units (WTRU)s. For example, an AP or a WTRU may transmit management action request frames such as Association, Direct Link Setup (DLS) or Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) request frames. The management action frame may include VHT Capability information of the AP or the WTRU. In response to the management action request frame, the receiving AP or WTRU may transmit management action response frames to establish a communication link. Existing 802.11 management action frames may be used to include the VHT Capability information. The VHT Capability information may be used to implement various VHT features such as channel configurations or Beamforming.
Inventors:
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:
1000003459231
Appl. No.:
15/454,851
Filed:
March 9, 2017
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20170181204 A1 Jun 22, 2017
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 76/12 (20180201); H04B 7/0617 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/06 (20060101)
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