IP Library Granted Patent US 11,082,989
Granted Patent B2
US 11,082,989 · App. 16/619,582 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Communication apparatus and method

Inventors: Rojan Chitrakar (Singapore, SG); Lei Huang (Singapore, SG); Yoshio Urabe (Nara, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04W72/12H04L5/0007H04W48/12H04W52/0229H04W72/0446H04L27/2601H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,082,989
App. No.
16/619,582
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a transmission apparatus that comprises a first payload generator configured to generate payload of a packet of a first signal type; a second payload generator configured to generate payload of a packet of a second signal type; a packet scheduler that controls the transmission timings of the first and the second packet; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits, under the timing control of the packet scheduler, the packet of the first signal type followed by the packet of the second signal type.

Claims (26)

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry which, in operation, schedules a 802.11 Beacon frame and a WUR Beacon frame wherein the circuitry schedules a transmission of the 802.11 Beacon frame followed by a transmission of the WUR Beacon frame, and

a transmitter which in operation, transmits the 802.11 Beacon frame and the WUR Beacon frame.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the WUR Beacon frame includes a duration field which indicates a time period, and sets a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) for the time period.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry schedules the transmission of the WUR Beacon frame a determined time after the transmission of the 802.11 Beacon frame.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the determined time is a Short Interframe Space (SIFS).

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the determined time is less than a Short Interframe Space (SIFS).

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry does not schedule a transmission of any other frames between the transmission of the 802.11 Beacon frame and the transmission of the WUR Beacon frame.

7. A communication method for wireless station comprising:

scheduling a 802.11 Beacon frame and a WUR Beacon frame wherein a transmission of the 802.11 Beacon frame is followed by a transmission of the WUR Beacon frame, and

transmitting the 802.11 Beacon frame and the WUR Beacon frame.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the WUR Beacon frame includes a duration field which indicates a time period, and sets a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) for the time period.

9. The communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the transmission of the WUR Beacon frame is scheduled a determined time after the transmission of the 802.11 Beacon frame.

10. The communication method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the determined time is a Short Interframe Space (SIFS).

11. The communication method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the determined time is less than a Short Interframe Space (SIFS).

12. The communication method according to claim 7 ,

wherein a transmission of any other frames are not scheduled between the transmission of the 802.11 Beacon and the transmission of the WUR Beacon frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2020
From: CHITRAKAR, ROJAN; HUANG, LEI; URABE, YOSHIO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 052074/0715 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-133120 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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