US Patent Application 17722641. NETWORK TIME SECTORING simplified abstract
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NETWORK TIME SECTORING
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Inventor(s)
Nicholas Kucharewski of San Jose CA (US)
Ahmed Ragab Elsherif of San Jose CA (US)
Simon Jan Brand of Pleasanton CA (US)
Srinivas Katar of Fremont CA (US)
Xiaolong Huang of San Jose CA (US)
Sandip Homchaudhuri of San Jose CA (US)
Harinder Singh of Saratoga CA (US)
NETWORK TIME SECTORING - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17722641 Titled 'NETWORK TIME SECTORING'
Simplified Explanation
This disclosure presents methods, devices, and systems for allocating resources for wireless communications. It focuses on mapping wireless communication devices to specific time sectors that occur periodically and do not overlap with other time sectors. In one scenario, each wireless station in a basic service set is assigned to a time sector based on the attributes of the set. This ensures that communication between a station and its access point can only happen within the assigned time sector(s). In another scenario, each access point in a multi-AP environment is mapped to a time sector based on the attributes of the environment. This restricts communication between an access point and its associated stations to the assigned time sector(s).
Original Abstract Submitted
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for provisioning resources for wireless communications. Some implementations more specifically relate to provisioning such resources based on a mapping of wireless communication devices to a number of time sectors that occur periodically and do not overlap other time sectors. In some aspects, each wireless stations (STAs) in a basic service set (BSS) may be mapped to a respective time sector based on attributes associated with the BSS so that communications between a STA and its associated access point (AP) can only occur within the respective time sector(s) to which the STA is mapped. In some other aspects, each AP in a multi-AP environment may be mapped to a respective time sector based on attributes associated with the multi-AP environment so that communications between an AP and its associated STAs can only occur within the respective time sector(s) to which the AP is mapped.
