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Samsung patents Wi-Fi method to group devices for shared airtime

Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a way for a Wi-Fi router to assign a specific ID to a group of connected devices. The router uses this ID to manage how much time each group gets to send data over the network.

Why it mattersIt is a technical update to Wi-Fi standards that helps routers organize traffic more efficiently, though it is unlikely to be visible to everyday users.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and apparatuses for transmit opportunity (TXOP) sharing for a peer to peer (P2P) group (TXSPG) group identification information control procedure. A method performed by an access point (AP) includes receiving, from a non-AP station (STA), a stream classification service (SCS) request frame requesting a transmission opportunity (TXOP) allocation for a peer to peer (P2P) group of the non-AP STA, where the non-AP STA supports transmission opportunity sharing for peer to peer group (TXSPG). The method includes transmitting, to the non-AP STA, a SCS response frame indicating acceptance of the SCS request frame, the SCS response frame including an identifier for the P2P group assigned by the AP.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by an access point (AP), the method comprising: receiving, from a non-AP station (STA), a stream classification service (SCS) request frame requesting a transmission opportunity (TXOP) allocation for a peer to peer (P2P) group of the non-AP STA, wherein the non-AP STA supports transmission opportunity sharing for peer to peer group (TXSPG); and transmitting, to the non-AP STA, a SCS response frame indicating acceptance of the SCS request frame, the SCS response frame including an identifier for the P2P group assigned by the AP.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: TXSPG GROUP IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION CONTROL PROCEDURE
Publication number: US20260323699A1
Application number: 19632062
Filed: Mar 27, 2026
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 6
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 74/0816 Electricity & electronicsH04W 28/0268 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/14 Electricity & electronics

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