Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Method And Apparatus For Managing Channel Access By An Access Point (AP) In A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)' Filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441067670 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea, on Sept. 6, 2024, for 'method and apparatus for managing channel access by an access point (ap) in a wireless local area network (wlan).'

Inventor(s) include Aniruddh Rao Kabbinale; Anand Jee; Rishabh Roy; and Karthik Srinivasa Gopalan.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method (800) and apparatus (700) for managing channel access in a wireless local area network (WLAN) based on an Overlapping Basic Service Set (OBSS) Restricted Target Wake Time (R-TWT) schedule. The method includes detecting (802) an OBSS R-TWT schedule of a neighboring AP, and in response, switching (804) transmissions of the AP and its associated non-primary channel access (NPCA) enabled stations (STAs) from a primary channel to a non-primary channel (NPC) for at least a portion of a service period (SP). The switching may be triggered either at the start of the SP based on schedule information or after detecting OBSS transmission activity within a defined threshold. The AP may broadcast an enable/disable message with a trigger type to associated STAs, which may individually respond with acceptance or denial. Only STAs accepting the configuration participate in NPCA, improving coexistence and reducing interference."

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