MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418078564 A) filed by Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc. on October 16, 2024, for Multi-Ap Setup And Transmission Procedures For Wlan Systems.
Inventors include Wang, Xiaofei; Lou, Hanqing; Sun, Li Hsiang Number; Saad, Mahmoud; Yang, Rui; and Ghosh, Ushasi Filed On.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for multiple-access point (multi-AP) sounding procedures in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A coordinating AP (CAP) may receive, from one or more member APs in a multiAP set (MAPS), one or more indications indicating that the one or more member APs are capable of multi-AP sounding during a transmission opportunity (TXOP). The CAP may transmit a CAP TXOP indication (CTI) frame indicating that the multi-AP sounding is to be performed during a TXOP acquired by the CAP. The CAP may receive a CAP TXOP request (CTR) frame indicating that the one or more member APs of the MAP are willing to perform multi-AP sounding during the TXOP. The CAP may transmit a CAP TXOP AP schedule (CTAS) frame indicating a transmission schedule for one or more sounding frames to be transmitted by the one or more member APs during the TXOP.
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