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Samsung patents Wi-Fi tweak that adjusts noise limits based on performance

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This patent describes a method for Wi-Fi devices to automatically adjust how sensitive they are to nearby signals. When a device changes this sensitivity setting, it checks its own performance data to see if the change helped or hurt, then updates the setting accordingly.

Why it mattersIt offers a technical improvement for how Wi-Fi networks manage interference, potentially leading to more stable connections in crowded areas.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and apparatuses for Overlapping Basic Service Set (OBSS) preamble detection (PD) threshold adaptation. A method of wireless communication performed by a station (STA) comprises: determining whether the STA changed an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) packet detection (PD) threshold for spatial reuse (SR); obtaining, based on determining that the STA changed the OBSS PD threshold for SR, feedback information for performance indicators associated with the STA; and updating the OBSS PD threshold for SR based on the feedback information.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a station (STA), the method comprising: determining whether the STA changed an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) packet detection (PD) threshold for spatial reuse (SR); obtaining, based on determining that the STA changed the OBSS PD threshold for SR, feedback information for performance indicators associated with the STA; measuring an impact that changing the OBSS PD threshold has on the performance indicators associated with the STA; and updating the OBSS PD threshold for SR based on the feedback information and the measured impact.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
OBSS PD threshold adaptation based on environmental context and feedback
Patent number
US12764674B2
Application number
18531598
Filed
Dec 6, 2023
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 52/243 Electricity & electronicsH04W 16/14 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/12 Electricity & electronics
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