METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSIGNED ACCESS SLOT GROUP INDICATION

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving at a device from an access node via an information element:

an encode of a block portion of a start association identifier and an encode of a block portion of an end association identifier, wherein said association identifiers correspond to a segment; and

a first indication and a second indication;

calculating, at the device, a middle of the segment, wherein said calculation takes into account an end of the segment and a start of the segment;

decoding, at the device in view of said first indication, the encode of the block portion of the start association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment; and

decoding, at the device in view of said second indication, the encode of the block portion of the end association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at the device from the access node via the information element an encode of a sub-block portion of the start association identifier and an encode of a sub-block portion of the end association identifier; and

decoding, at the device in view of a reference value and an offset value, the encode of the sub-block portion of the start association identifier and the encode of the sub-block portion of the end association identifier, wherein said offset value provides access node data buffering information with respect to sub-block.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at the device from the access node via the information element an encode of an address location portion of the start association identifier and an encode of an address location portion of the end association identifier; and

decoding, at the device in view of a reference value and an offset value, the encode of the address location portion of the start association identifier and the encode of the address location portion of the end association identifier, wherein said offset value provides access node data buffering information with respect to sub-block.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of:

said start association identifier and said end association identifier correspond to a restricted access window; and

said information element is a restricted access window parameter set information element.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, at the device from the access node via a second information element, said offset value.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second information element is a segment count information element.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said segment is a page segment served by a traffic indication map segment.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the block portion of the start association identifier and the block portion of the end association identifier are with respect to a page.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the device from the access node, indication of a target wake time group, wherein said target wake time group expresses periodic restricted access window group membership.

10 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

receive at the apparatus from an access node via an information element:

an encode of a block portion of a start association identifier and an encode of a block portion of an end association identifier, wherein said association identifiers correspond to a segment; and

a first indication and a second indication;

calculate, at the apparatus, a middle of the segment, wherein said calculation takes into account an end of the segment and a start of the segment;

decode at the apparatus in view of said first indication, the encode of the block portion of the start association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment; and

decode, at the apparatus in view of said second indication, the encode of the block portion of the end association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive at the apparatus from the access node via the information element an encode of a sub-block portion of the start association identifier and an encode of a sub-block portion of the end association identifier; and

decode, at the apparatus in view of a reference value and an offset value, the encode of the sub-block portion of the start association identifier and the encode of the sub-block portion of the end association identifier, wherein said offset value provides access node data buffering information with respect to sub-block.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive at the apparatus from the access node via the information element an encode of an address location portion of the start association identifier and an encode of an address location portion of the end association identifier; and

decode, at the apparatus in view of a reference value and an offset value, the encode of the address location portion of the start association identifier and the encode of the address location portion of the end association identifier, wherein said offset value provides access node data buffering information with respect to sub-block.

13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein one or more of:

said start association identifier and said end association identifier correspond to a restricted access window; and

said information element is a restricted access window parameter set information element.

14 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive, at the apparatus from the access node via a second information element, said offset value.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second information element is a segment count information element.

16 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said segment is a page segment served by a traffic indication map segment.

17 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the block portion of the start association identifier and the block portion of the end association identifier are with respect to a page.

18 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive, at the apparatus from the access node, indication of a target wake time group, wherein said target wake time group expresses periodic restricted access window group membership.

19 . A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code for causing receipt at a device from an access node via an information element of:

an encode of a block portion of a start association identifier and an encode of a block portion of an end association identifier, wherein said association identifiers correspond to a segment; and

a first indication and a second indication;

code for causing calculation, at the device, of a middle of the segment, wherein said calculation takes into account an end of the segment and a start of the segment;

code for causing decode, at the device in view of said first indication, of the encode of the block portion of the start association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment; and

code for causing decode, at the device in view of said second indication, of the encode of the block portion of the end association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment.

20 . An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving from an access node via an information element:

an encode of a block portion of a start association identifier and an encode of a block portion of an end association identifier, wherein said association identifiers correspond to a segment; and

a first indication and a second indication;

means for calculating a middle of the segment, wherein said calculation takes into account an end of the segment and a start of the segment;

means for decoding, in view of said first indication, the encode of the block portion of the start association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment; and

means for decoding, in view of said second indication, the encode of the block portion of the end association identifier based at least partly on said middle of the segment.