IP Library Granted Patent US 10,750,448
Granted Patent B2
US 10,750,448 · App. 16/144,884 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Wake-up radio advertisement channel

Inventors: Po-Kai Huang (San Jose, CA); Shahrnaz Azizi (Cupertino, CA); Noam Ginsburg (Portland, OR); Daniel F. Bravo (Portland, OR); Thomas J. Kenney (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
H04W52/0229H04W48/10H04W52/0216H04W52/0219H04W76/28
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,750,448
App. No.
16/144,884
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake-up radio (WUR) advertisement channels. A device may include a wake-up receiver (WURx) and a primary connectivity radio. The device may determine a wake-up radio (WUR) discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement. The WUR discovery subchannel may be associated with a channel of a frequency band. The device may generate a WUR discovery frame comprising a WUR advertisement. The device may transmit, by the WURx, the WUR discovery frame to a second device using the WUR discovery subchannel. The device may identify a response from the second device indicating an acknowledgment of the WUR discovery frame.

Claims (34)

1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:

determine a frequency band having one or more channels;

determine a wake-up radio (WUR) discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement, wherein the WUR discovery subchannel is associated with a channel of the one or more subchannels;

generate a WUR frame associated with discovery of the device;

transmit the WUR frame to a wake up receiver (WURx) of a second device using the WUR discovery subchannel; and

determine a time period negotiated by the device and a second device, the second device associated with the device during the time period, wherein the WURx of the second device is scheduled to be on during the time period, and wherein the WUR frame is transmitted at a first time, the second device unassociated with the device at the first time.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the frequency band comprises at least one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, a 5.9 GHz band, a 6 GHz band, a 60 GHz band, or a sub 1 GHz band.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the frequency band comprises the 5 GHz band and the WUR discovery subchannel is within channel 44 or channel 149 of the 5 GHz band.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the channel comprises 13 subcarriers and a 312.5 kHz subcarrier spacing.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the 13 subcarriers are associated with subcarrier indices from −6 to 6 and the WUR discovery subchannel comprises a center subcarrier having an index of 0.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the channel comprises 13 subcarriers and a 78.125 kHz subcarrier spacing.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the frequency band comprises the 2.4 GHz band and the WUR discovery subchannel is within channel 6 of the 2.4 GHz band.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the frequency band comprises the 5.9 GHz band and the WUR discovery subchannel is within channel 172 , channel 178 , or channel 184 of the 5.9 GHz band.

9. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:

identifying a wake-up radio (WUR) frame received by a station device from an access point device at a first time, the WUR frame associated with discovery of the access point device, and the station device unassociated with the access point device at the first time;

determining, based on the WUR frame a WUR discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement, wherein the WUR discovery subchannel is associated with a channel of a frequency band;

determining a time period negotiated by the station device and the access point device, wherein a wake up receiver (WURx) of the station device is scheduled to be on during the time period, and wherein the station device is associated with the access point device during the time period;

scanning the WUR discovery subchannel; and

identifying a WUR advertisement received by the station device from the access point device using the WUR discovery subchannel.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the frequency band comprises at least one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, a 5.9 GHz band, a 6 GHz band, a 60 GHz band, or a sub 1 GHz band.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the frequency band comprises the 5 GHz band and the WUR discovery subchannel is within channel 44 or channel 149 of the 5 GHz band.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the channel comprises 13 subcarriers and a 312.5 kHz subcarrier spacing.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the 13 subcarriers are associated with subcarrier indices from −6 to 6 and the WUR discovery subchannel comprises a center subcarrier having an index of 0.

16. A method comprising:

determining, by processing circuitry of a device, a frequency band having one or more channels;

determining a wake-up radio (WUR) discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement, wherein the WUR discovery subchannel is associated with a channel of the one or more subchannels;

generating a WUR frame associated with discovery of the device;

transmitting, the WUR frame to a wake up receiver (WURx) of a second device using the WUR discovery subchannel; and

determining a time period negotiated by the device and a second device, the second device associated with the device during the time period, wherein the WURx of the second device is scheduled to be on during the time period, and wherein the WUR frame is transmitted at a first time, the second device unassociated with the device at the first time.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the frequency band comprises at least one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, a 5.9 GHz band, a 6 GHz band, a 60 GHz band, or a sub 1 GHz band.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the frequency band comprises the 5 GHz band and the WUR discovery subchannel is within channel 44 or channel 149 of the 5 GHz band.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the channel comprises 13 subcarriers and a 312.5 kHz subcarrier spacing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2021
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056337/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: HUANG, PO-KAI; AZIZI, SHAHRNAZ; GINSBURG, NOAM; BRAVO, DANIEL F.; KENNEY, THOMAS J.
To: INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047000/0224 →
Cited By (1)
US 12,382,394