MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418079948 A) filed by Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc. on October 21, 2024, for Multi-Ru Multi-Ap Transmissions In Wlan Systems.

Inventors include Wang, Xiaofei; Lou, Hanqing; Sun, Li Hsiang Number; and Yang, Rui.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating in multi-access point (AP) wireless networks are described herein. A method performed by an AP may include transmitting, using a set of resources, a multi-AP ready-to-send (RTS) frame to at least one other AP and a plurality of stations (STAs). The method may include transmitting another frame using a portion of the set of resources. The method may include receiving, using the portion of the set of resources, a clear-to-send (CTS) frame from at least one STA of the plurality of STAs in response to the another frame. The method may include transmitting, using the portion of the set of resources, a data frame to the at least one STA. The multi-AP RTS frame may include resource allocation information for the at least one other AP and the plurality of STAs.

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