Patent Granted for Cooperative Communication System
Summary
The USPTO has granted a new patent (US12587327B2) to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. for a cooperative communication method, apparatus, and system. The patent details a specific process for managing communication frames and responses between access points and associated stations.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent US12587327B2 to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. for a cooperative communication system. The patent covers a method for receiving an announcement frame with a specific duration field and subsequently sending and receiving trigger frames and physical layer protocol data units (PPDU) between master and slave access points and associated stations.
This patent grant is primarily of interest to entities involved in wireless networking technology development and intellectual property management. While it does not impose direct compliance obligations on businesses, it represents a new piece of intellectual property in the field of cooperative communication systems, which may impact future product development and licensing strategies for competitors in the telecommunications sector.
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Cooperative communication method, apparatus, and system
Grant US12587327B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026
Assignee
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Inventors
Yunbo Li, Ming Gan
Abstract
A cooperative communication method receives an announcement frame from a master access point. The announcement frame includes a duration field, a value of the duration field is set to a first duration, an end time of the first duration is not later than an end time of a target trigger frame or is not later than a start time of a target trigger based (TB) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), the target trigger frame is a next radio frame of the announcement frame, the target TB PPDU is a response frame for the target trigger frame, the target trigger frame comprises a second trigger frame, and the target TB PPDU comprises a second TB PPDU. The slave access point sends the second trigger frame to a second station associated with the slave access point, and receives the second TB PPDU from the second station.
CPC Classifications
H04L 27/2603 H04W 74/002 H04W 52/0216 H04W 72/1268 H04W 74/0816 H04W 74/0808 H04W 52/0229 H04W 72/0446 H04W 84/12 Y02D 30/70
Filing Date
2024-05-13
Application No.
18662904
Claims
20
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