Apple patents Wi-Fi signal to reduce lag for connected devices
Apple describes a method where a device asks a Wi-Fi router to enable a specific low-latency mode. The router then sends a response to confirm the setting, allowing the two to communicate with less delay. This process helps manage how data is sent between the device and the network.
In the filing’s own words
Embodiments herein describe methods, systems, and apparatuses for low latency indication operation and signaling. A non-Access Point station (non-AP STA) may generate a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request frame including a request to enable use of a low latency indication, send the SCS request frame to an Access Point (AP), and receive a SCS response from the AP. An Access Point station (AP STA) may receive an SCS request frame from a STA including a request to enable use of a low latency indication, and send an SCS response to the STA.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for a non-Access Point station (non-AP STA), the method comprising: generating a Stream Classification Service (SCS) request frame comprising a request to enable use of a low latency indication; sending, to an Access Point (AP), the SCS request frame; and receiving a SCS response from the AP.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (APPLE INC.)
- Official title
- LOW LATENCY INDICATION OPERATION AND SIGNALING
- Publication number
- US20260270766A1
- Application number
- 19434953
- Filed
- Dec 29, 2025
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 28/0268 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/1621 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/12 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Networks & wireless
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