IP Library Granted Patent US 10,834,671
Granted Patent B2
US 10,834,671 · App. 16/198,436 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Group identification indication signaling

Inventors: Po-Kai Huang (San Jose, CA); Daniel Bravo (Portland, OR); Noam Ginsburg (Portland, OR); Robert Stacey (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
H04W52/0219H04W4/06H04W52/0229
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,834,671
App. No.
16/198,436
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes methods, apparatuses, and wireless stations related to waking up low power radios. In particular, a wireless station is disclosed that may identify a first management frame from a first wireless station a first management frame from a first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to allocate one or more group identifications (IDs) to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to generate a bitmap corresponding to the allocation of the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station. The wireless station may cause to send a second management frame to the first wireless station of one or more wireless stations, wherein the second management frame comprises the bitmap.

Claims (17)

1. A device, the device comprising memory and processing circuitry configured to:

identify a first management frame from a first wireless station, wherein the first management frame comprises a capability element associated with the first wireless station, wherein the capability element comprises a minimum number of group IDs that the first wireless station stores;

allocate one or more group identifications (IDs) to the first wireless station;

generate a bitmap corresponding to the allocation of the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station; and

send a second management frame to the first wireless station of one or more wireless stations, wherein the second management frame comprises the bitmap.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the capability element comprises a maximum number of group IDs that the first wireless station stores.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the memory and the processing circuitry are further configured to allocate the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station based at least in part on the maximum number of group IDs that the first wireless station stores.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the memory and the processing circuitry are further configured to allocate the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station based at least in part on the minimum number of group IDs that the first wireless station stores.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a size of the bitmap corresponds to the number of bits in the bitmap.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second management frame comprises the group IDs indicated by a first bit of the bitmap.

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

8. The device of claim 7 , further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

9. A method comprising:

identifying a first management frame from a first wireless station, wherein the first management frame comprises a capability element associated with the first wireless station, wherein the capability element comprises a minimum number of group IDs that the first wireless station stores;

allocating one or more group identifications (IDs) to the first wireless station;

generating a bitmap corresponding to the allocation of the one or more group IDs to the first wireless station; and

sending a second management frame to the first wireless station of one or more wireless stations, wherein the second management frame comprises the bitmap.

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 Nov 6, 2019
From: STACEY, ROBERT; BRAVO, DANIEL; GINSBURG, NOAM; HUANG, PO-KAI
To: INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050931/0135 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62609977 · Dec 22, 2017
Related Publication 20190098574A1 · Mar 28, 2019