US 12,170,631 B2
Method and apparatus for negotiating a block acknowledgement agreement
Xiaofei Wang, Cedar Grove, NJ (US); Hanging Lou, Syosset, NJ (US); Monisha Ghosh, Chicago, IL (US); and Sudheer A. Grandhi, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,933.
Application 17/392,933 is a continuation of application No. 17/008,756, filed on Sep. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,082,189.
Application 17/008,756 is a continuation of application No. 15/962,831, filed on Apr. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,764,014, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 15/962,831 is a continuation of application No. 15/430,656, filed on Feb. 13, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/430,656 is a continuation of application No. 13/890,833, filed on May 9, 2013, granted, now 9,608,789, issued on Mar. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/724,466, filed on Nov. 9, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/699,531, filed on Sep. 11, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/646,040, filed on May 11, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/669,390, filed on Jul. 9, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0367739 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Prior Publication US 2024/0154767 A9, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04L 1/1829 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0055 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1607 (2013.01); H04L 1/1671 (2013.01); H04L 1/1854 (2013.01); H04L 1/1864 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first station (STA), the method comprising:
receiving, from a second STA, one or more data frames;
receiving, from the second STA, a multi-user acknowledgement request frame configured to solicit a block acknowledgement frame associated with the one or more data frames, wherein the multi-user acknowledgement request frame is configured to indicate that a solicited response is a block acknowledgement frame, and wherein the multi-user acknowledgement request frame is configured for a plurality of STAs; and
in response to a determination that the multi-user acknowledgement request frame is directed to the first STA, transmitting the block acknowledgement frame, wherein the block acknowledgement frame is configured to acknowledge receipt of the one or more data frames received by the first STA.