ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. RE50,750, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Tahoe Research Ltd. (Dublin).
"Signaling a synchronization frame transmission request" was invented by Minyoung Park (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the invention describe a format and procedure for a wireless communication device to request a network controller to transmit a synchronization frame so that the device may synchronize its communication activities with the network controller. This operation may be used in various types of wireless networks, such as but not limited to those conforming to IEEE standard 802.11ah."
The patent was filed on Nov. 27, 2...