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Samsung patents Wi-Fi signal that tells devices to stop waiting

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a method where a Wi-Fi router sends a specific signal to connected devices. This signal tells the devices that the router will not be sending them data for a short period, allowing the devices to adjust their activity accordingly.

Why it mattersThis could help reduce unnecessary power usage in Wi-Fi networks by letting devices know exactly when they can stop listening for data.

In the filing’s own words

A method and electronic device for managing wireless communication using an abstinence announcement, including: a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to: associate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a non-access point (AP) station (STA); receive, from an AP included in the WLAN, a frame including an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the non-AP STA during an abstinence period; and based on receiving the abstinence announcement, modify at least one network behavior of the non-AP STA during a portion of the abstinence period.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to: associate with a wireless local area network (WLAN) as a non-access point (AP) station (STA); receive, from an AP included in the WLAN, a frame comprising an abstinence announcement indicating that the AP intends to refrain from initiating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with the non-AP STA during an abstinence period; and based on receiving the abstinence announcement, modify at least one network behavior of the non-AP STA during a portion of the abstinence period.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Publication number
US20260313688A1
Application number
19559240
Filed
Mar 6, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 74/0816 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0053 Electricity & electronicsH04W 28/24 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/12 Electricity & electronics
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