Samsung patents way for Wi-Fi routers to agree on how they share channels
Samsung describes a method where two Wi-Fi routers (access points) exchange data to agree on how they should coordinate their use of wireless channels. This process involves sending and receiving specific data packets to determine the best settings for their shared network.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatuses and methods for coordinated channel recommendation (Co-CR) capability update are provided. In one embodiment, a method for operating a includes generating a first multi-AP coordination (MAPC) element, the first MAPC element including a MAPC scheme info field including a field, transmitting the first MAPC element to a responding/coordinated AP, receiving a second MAPC element from the coordinated/responding AP, the second MAPC element including the field, and determining parameters for an MAPC scheme agreement between the requesting/coordinating AP and the responding/coordinated AP based on a value of the field in at least one of the first and second MAPC elements.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for operating a requesting/coordinating access point (AP), the method comprising: generating a first multi-AP coordination (MAPC) element, the first MAPC element including a MAPC scheme info field including a field; transmitting the first MAPC element to a responding/coordinated AP; receiving a second MAPC element from the coordinated/responding AP, the second MAPC element including the field; and determining parameters for an MAPC scheme agreement between the requesting/coordinating AP and the responding/coordinated AP based on a value of the field in at least one of the first and second MAPC elements.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- CO-CR CAPABILITY UPDATE
- Publication number
- US20260313466A1
- Application number
- 19633834
- Filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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