Patent ID: 10524269

Abstract:
Embodiments for an access point (AP) and method for communication in a basic service set (BSS) of a management domain are generally described herein. The AP may be configured to maintain a list of BSSs that belong to the management domain and retrieve, for a station (STA) configured to perform spatial reuse over overlapping basic service set (OBSS) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data units (OBSS PPDUs) belonging to OBSSs from the management domain, at least one parameter for a spatial reuse rule that proportions overlapping basic service set packet detection levels (OBSS_PD) and transmit power (TxPower) levels for the STA. In an embodiment, the AP may retrieve, for a STA configured to perform spatial reuse over OBSS PPDUs not belonging to OBSSs from the management domain, default parameters for a spatial reuse rule that proportions OBSS_PD and TxPower levels for the STA and encode, for transmission to the STA belonging to the OBSSs from the management domain, an indication of the at least one parameters, and encode, for transmission to the STA not belonging to OBSSs from the management domain, an indication of the default parameters.