Patent ID: 11943087
Assignee: ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An access point (AP) for facilitating communication in a wireless network for multi-user transmission, the AP comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:
send a first request for buffer status to a non-AP station, wherein the first request for buffer status schedules a first uplink multi-user transmission and indicates a plurality of resources that indicates existence of data to be sent to the AP; and
receive, during the first uplink multi-user transmission from the non-AP station and in response to the first request for buffer status, a first uplink null data packet and that has a signal that indicates existence of data to be sent from the station to the AP, wherein the one or more processors receive the first uplink null data packet comprises the one or more processors configured to receive the signal on a first resource of the plurality of resources.