Method and apparatus for transmitting first data streams via respective transmitters to multiple clients stations during a same period and successively transmitting second data streams

摘要

An access point including a first transmitter and a second transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to (i) during a first window, transmit a first data stream to a first client station, and (ii) during a second window, transmit a second data stream to a second client station. The second transmitter is configured to: during the first window and while the first transmitter transmits the first data stream to the first client station, transmit a third data stream to a third client station; during a first portion of the second window and while the first transmitter is transmitting the second data stream to the second client station, refrain from transmitting a fourth data stream to a fourth client station; and subsequent to the first transmitter completing the transmission of the second data stream and during a second portion of the second window, transmit the fourth data stream to the fourth client station.