Arranging SDMA poll groups by response length
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1. An apparatus, comprisinga first electronic device adapted to:
- receive a data transmission from each of multiple second electronic devices, each of the data transmissions including a predicted duration of a subsequent transmission from the respective second electronic device;
organize at least some of multiple second electronic devices into a group having similar predicted durations for the subsequent data transmissions; and
transmit polls substantially simultaneously to the second electronic devices within the group.
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Abstract
A base station may organize poll groups into groups having similar predicted durations of subsequent responses. In one embodiment predicted durations may be provided by the devices that are to be polled. In another embodiment the predicted durations may be based on past responses from the devices that are to be polled.
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1. An apparatus, comprising
a first electronic device adapted to: -
receive a data transmission from each of multiple second electronic devices, each of the data transmissions including a predicted duration of a subsequent transmission from the respective second electronic device; organize at least some of multiple second electronic devices into a group having similar predicted durations for the subsequent data transmissions; and transmit polls substantially simultaneously to the second electronic devices within the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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receiving indicators from multiple electronic devices indicating predicted durations of subsequent transmissions from the electronic devices; organizing, subsequent to said receiving, the multiple electronic devices into a first group having the indicators for the predicted durations of the subsequent transmissions within a particular range of a first value and into a second group having the indicators for the predicted durations of the subsequent transmissions within a particular range of a second value; transmitting data polls to the electronic devices in the first group substantially simultaneously; and transmitting data polls to the electronic devices in the second group substantially simultaneously, subsequent to said transmitting to the electronic devices in the first group. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a processing platform, cause said processing platform to perform operations comprising:
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receiving indicators for predicted durations of subsequent transmissions from multiple electronic devices; organizing the multiple electronic devices into a first group having the indicators for the predicted durations of the subsequent transmissions within a particular range of a first value and into a second group having the indicators for the predicted durations of the subsequent transmissions within a particular range of a second value; transmitting data polls to the electronic devices in the first group substantially simultaneously; and transmitting data polls to the electronic devices in the second group substantially simultaneously, subsequent to said transmitting to the electronic devices in the first group. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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