Samsung patents Wi-Fi method for routers to agree on channel timing
Samsung has filed a patent for a way to improve how multiple Wi-Fi routers (access points) in a network coordinate their use of radio frequencies. The system involves one router sending specific timing instructions to another, including how long to use a recommended channel and when to stop.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatus and methods for windowed recommendation for coordinated channel recommendation (Co-CR) are provided. In one embodiment, a method for operating a requesting access point (AP) is provided. The method further includes generating a multi-AP coordination (MAPC) element, the MAPC element including a MAPC scheme info field including a coordinated channel recommendation (Co-CR) parameter set field including a Co-CR control field, a recommendation periods info field, and a recommendation timeout field. The method further includes transmitting the MAPC element to a coordinated AP, and determining parameters of a Co-CR agreement based on the Co-CR parameter set field.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for operating a requesting access point (AP), the method comprising: generating a multi-AP coordination (MAPC) element, the MAPC element including a MAPC scheme info field including a coordinated channel recommendation (Co-CR) parameter set field including: a Co-CR control field; a recommendation periods info field; and a recommendation timeout field; transmitting the MAPC element to a coordinated AP; and determining parameters of a Co-CR agreement based on the Co-CR parameter set field.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WINDOWED RECOMMENDATION FOR CO-CR
- Publication number
- US20260313690A1
- Application number
- 19633784
- Filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 74/0816 Electricity & electronicsH04W 74/0891 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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