Patent SG-11201901870Q-A (SG)
Title: Single user switching timer per access category (ac)
Inventor: ZHOU YAN
IPC: H04W74/00
Filed: 2017-09-22
Abstract: NO cc O C () INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WI P0 I PC T IiiimmommionotiolooloilunioiliflovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/075196 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H04W 74/00 (2009.01) H04W 84/12 (2009.01) H04W 74/08 (2009.01) H04B 7/0452 (2017.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/052985 (22) International Filing Date: 22 September 2017 (22.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/409,249 17 October 2016 (17.10.2016) US 62/409,856 18 October 2016 (18.10.2016) US 15/711,846 21 September 2017 (21.09.2017) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: ZHOU, Yan; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). ASTERJADHI, Al- fred; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CHERIAN, George; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: READ, Randol W. et al.; Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P., 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77046-2472 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: SINGLE USER SWITCHING TIMER PER ACCESS CATEGORY (AC) 500 502 GENERATE A FRAME HAVING AN INDICATION OF MULTIPLE TIMER VALUES FOR ONE OR MORE WIRELESS DEVICES TO BE USED FOR TO SWITCHING FROM A MULTIPLE USER (MU) MODE TO A SINGLE USER (SU) MODE ( 504 OUTPUT THE FRAME FOR TRANSMISSION FIG. 5 (57) : Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to timers used to control switching from SU to MU transmission modes. In some examples, a frame is generated having an indication of multiple timer values for one or more wireless devices to be used for switching from a multiple user (MU) mode to a single user (SU) mode. In other examples, when to switch from a MU mode to a SU mode is determined based on multiple timer values obtained from a frame, and one or more second frames are generated for transmission via the SU mode or the MU mode based on the determination. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/075196 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIREEM1111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111 TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))