COMMUNICATION LINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC H04W52/02 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: method of operating an access point includes steps of: identifying one or more stations for receiving a transmission from an access point, and generating a traffic indicator map (TIM) for one or more identified stations, wherein the TIM is generated according to a TIM generation rule. The TIM identifies at least an offset length and a number of entries. The method further includes a step of broadcasting a beacon carrying the TIM to the one or more identified stations, the one or more stations configured to decode the beacon according to the TIM generating rule.

EFFECT: low power consumption of stations and high overall efficiency of the communication system.

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