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ADDRESSING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

  • US 20140334368A1
  • Filed: 11/09/2012
  • Published: 11/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication device of a wireless communication network, the communication device comprising:

  • a message generator configured to generate a beacon message having a traffic indication map (TIM) information element (IE), wherein the TIM IE comprises a partial virtual bitmap field comprising at least one cluster, and a bitmap control field indicating the number of clusters in the partial virtual bitmap field;

    a determiner configured to determine for the at least one cluster information indicating whether data is available in the communication device to be transmitted to a plurality of communication terminals of the wireless communication network;

    an encoder configured to determine an encoding mode for the information depending on the information and to encode the information based on the encoding mode, wherein the at least one cluster comprises the encoded information and indicates the encoding mode; and

    a transmitter configured to broadcast the beacon message to the plurality of communication terminals corresponding to the at least one cluster.

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