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Method and apparatus for efficient association procedure

  • US 8,780,869 B2
  • Filed: 09/08/2009
  • Issued: 07/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

  • receiving, at a first apparatus, an association request transmitted from a second apparatus;

    allocating, as a response to the received association request, an association channel time allocation (CTA) to the second apparatus;

    transmitting, in response to the received association request, an association response message in the association CTA;

    receiving, from the second apparatus, another association request sent as a response to the association response message detected at the second apparatus; and

    allocating, as a response to the received other association request, another CTA to the second apparatus for beam training and data transmission.

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