Patent ID: 11871348
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A communication device, comprising:
one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices;
a wireless network interface device associated with a first client station, the wireless network interface device implemented on the one or more IC devices and being configured to:
negotiate with an access point a first component channel of an operating channel via which the first client station is to receive wakeup frames from the access point, the operating channel comprising at least four component channels; and

a wakeup radio coupled to the wireless network interface device, the wakeup radio associated with the first client station, the wakeup radio implemented on the one or more IC devices, wherein the wakeup radio is configured to:
receive a wakeup packet from the access point, the wakeup packet spanning the operating channel, wherein one or more of the component channels within the operating channel are punctured so that the access point does not transmit the wakeup packet in the one or more component channels of the operating channel that are punctured, and wherein the wakeup packet includes a first wakeup frame for the first client station in the first component channel and one or more respective second wakeup frames for one or more second client stations in one or more respective second component channels, and
process the first wakeup frame received in the first component channel.