Patent ID: 9554396
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) device to provide dual band (DB) operation of the WLAN device, the DB operation including communication in a first frequency band with a first device and communication in a second frequency band with a second device, the WLAN device comprising: network interface circuitry configured to support communication in the first frequency band with the first device and communication in the second frequency band with the second device; and a processor configured to: generate at least one action frame that includes information regarding a duration of time during which the WLAN device will be unavailable for communication, wherein the information further includes a given start time from which the WLAN device will be unavailable for communication that is a time associated with transmission of a future communication from the WLAN device; enable transmission of the at least one action frame to the first device or to the second device using the network interface circuitry; and generate the future communication and enable transmission of the future communication to the first device or to the second device using the network interface circuitry.