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Meta patents Wi-Fi signal method to share bandwidth with other tech

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Meta describes a way for devices to tell Wi-Fi routers when they might be busy with other wireless tasks, like cellular data, instead of being completely offline. The device sends a specific signal indicating a probability of being unavailable during certain times, allowing the router to manage traffic more efficiently. This helps different wireless technologies share the same airwaves without interfering with each other.

Why it mattersThis improves how phones and laptops handle mixed wireless connections, potentially leading to smoother internet speeds when using multiple networks at once.

In the filing’s own words

A device may include one or processors. The one or more processors may generate a first frame including a first indication to an access point (AP) that the device has a probability of being unavailable, rather than being completely unavailable, during a particular time interval. The one or more processors may wirelessly transmit, via a transceiver to the AP in a wireless local area network, the first frame.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A device comprising: one or more processors configured to: generate a first frame including a first indication to an access point (AP) that the device has a probability of being unavailable, rather than being completely unavailable, during a particular time interval; and wirelessly transmit, via a transceiver to the AP in a wireless local area network, the first frame.

Facts

Company: Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title: SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR WI-FI/NARROWBAND (NB) COEXISTENCE (COEX) ACTIVITY INDICATION FOR PARTIAL BANDWIDTHS
Publication number: US20260333317A1
Application number: 19648726
Filed: Apr 15, 2026
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 72/0446 Electricity & electronics

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