Patent ID: 9414408
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus of a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising: wireless local area network (WLAN) interface circuitry to communicate over a WLAN channel; cellular interface circuitry to communicate with cellular network and maintain an LTE connection with the cellular network; and controller circuitry, coupled to the WLAN interface circuitry and cellular interface circuitry, the controller circuitry to: determine a next traffic-free communication period associated with the LTE connection; during the next traffic-free communication period, obtain contention-free access to the WLAN channel in accordance with a transmission opportunity (TXOP) that extends up to an end of the next traffic-free communication period; and configure the WLAN interface circuitry to: generate a reverse direction grant (RDG) frame for transmission over the WLAN channel during the TXOP, the RDG frame including a RUG flag set to indicate that a reverse direction grant is provided; and receive a frame over the WLAN channel during the TXOP, in response to transmission of the RDG frame.