Patent ID: 8462763

Claim:
A method comprising: mapping, by a device and into a management message, a first pair of information elements, the first pair of information elements including: a first identifier identifying a first network device of a plurality of network devices, and a first offset corresponding to a starting offset for transmission opportunities; mapping, by the device and into the management message, a second pair of information elements, the second pair of information elements including: a second identifier that is different from the first identifier, and a second offset that is based on the first offset; mapping, by the device and into the management message, a third pair of information elements, the third pair of information elements including: a third identifier identifying a second network device, of the plurality of network devices, different from the first network device, and a third offset corresponding to the starting offset for transmission opportunities; and scheduling, by the device, bandwidth for the plurality of network devices based on the management message.