Abstract:
A plurality of different OFDM tone blocks for a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication channel are assigned to a plurality of devices. An OFDMA data unit is generated, the OFDMA unit including a preamble portion and a data portion, the preamble portion having at least i) a first legacy portion that corresponds to at least a first OFDM tone block, ii) a second legacy portion that corresponds to a second OFDM tone block, iii) a first non-legacy portion that corresponds to the first OFDM tone block, iv) a second non-legacy portion that corresponds to the second OFDM tone block, and v) a third non-legacy portion that corresponds to a third OFDM tone block. The first OFDM tone block and the second OFDM tone block are separated in frequency by at least the third OFDM tone block.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein provide a method for resource unit signaling with reduced data bits in a wireless local area network. At a wireless transceiver, a data frame may be obtained for transmission. The data frame includes a first preamble portion and a second preamble portion compliant with a wireless local area network communication protocol. When an available resource unit for transmitting the data frame is less than an allowed bandwidth, the first preamble portion and the second preamble portion may be configured with resource unit signaling bits. When the available resource unit is greater than or equal to the allowed bandwidth, the resource unit may be virtually divided into a plurality of channels. At least one of the first preamble portion and the second preamble portion may be configured with a first number of bits representing a number of users spatially multiplexed on a channel from the plurality of channels.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to interference measurement pilot tones in communication systems. In some implementations, a method includes identifying, by a transmitting device, a pilot pattern for transmission in a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols over a wireless local area network (WLAN) channel, the pilot pattern including an interference measurement pilot tone, wherein the interference measurement pilot tone is located at a specified frequency and time location in the plurality of OFDM symbols, the interference measurement pilot tone including a null tone that facilitates a receiving device to measure interference; and transmitting, by the transmitting device, the pilot pattern in the plurality of OFDM symbols over the WLAN channel. The pilot pattern can further include a regular, nonzero pilot tone that facilitates the receiving device to measure a frequency drift or a phase noise.
Abstract:
A first communication device transmits a first control frame to multiple second communication devices via a wireless communication medium, wherein the first control frame i) indicates to other communication devices that the wireless communication medium is reserved for a first time period, and ii) indicates that the second communication devices are requested to simultaneously transmit respective second control frames to the first communication device via the wireless communication medium, wherein the second control frames are to include information indicating to other communication devices that the wireless communication medium is reserved for a second time period that is a subset of the first time period.
Abstract:
A presence of interference between a first wireless network and a second wireless network is determined. Transmissions in the first wireless network are coordinated with transmissions in the second wireless network to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network. Transmissions in the first wireless network are scheduled based on the coordinating to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for mitigating known interference at a receiving device are provided. A signal from a transmission source is received by a receiving device that is affected by an interference source. At least one of a first pilot signal associated with the transmission source and a second pilot signal associated with the interfering source is determined. The first pilot signal includes information broadcast from the transmission source and the second pilot signal includes information broadcast from the interference source. Interference caused by the interference source is mitigated from the received signal using at least one of the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed herein for aligning HE-LTFs corresponding to a plurality of users by determining a respective number of spatial streams corresponding to each user, determining a highest respective number of spatial streams of the spatial streams, and setting an alignment number of HE-LTF symbols to be equal to or larger than the highest respective number of spatial streams. For each respective user, a respective matrix of HE-LTF symbols corresponding to the respective number of spatial streams of the respective user is selected, and it is determined whether the respective matrix of HE-LTF symbols has fewer symbols than the alignment number. In response to determining that the respective matrix of HE-LTF symbols has fewer symbols than the alignment number, padding symbols may be added to the respective matrix to yield a number of HE-LTF symbols in the respective matrix that corresponds to the alignment number.
Abstract:
A physical layer (PHY) preamble of a multi-user (MU) PHY data unit is generated. The PHY preamble is generated to include formatting information regarding the MU PHY data unit, including a field to be transmitted within a first individual communication channel among a plurality of individual communication channels that collectively span a bandwidth of a composite channel, each individual communication channel including a plurality of basic resource allocation (RA) units that collectively span a bandwidth of the individual communication channel. The field is generated to indicate one or more groupings of basic RA units, wherein at least one of the one or more groupings of basic RA which includes basic RA units of one or more other individual communication channels. A data portion of the MU PHY data unit is generated according to the formatting information in the PHY preamble, and the MU PHY data unit is generated to include the PHY preamble and the data portion.
Abstract:
A method includes calculating a set of first metrics using channel information and one or more precoders, where each of the first metrics corresponds to a respective set of a plurality of sets of codebook precoders, and selecting, based on the set of first metrics and a first selection criteria, a set of codebook precoders from the plurality of sets of codebook precoders. The method also includes, in response to selecting the set of codebook precoders, calculating a set of second metrics and selecting, based on (i) the set of second metrics and (ii) a second selection criteria, a codebook precoder from the selected set of codebook precoders. Each of the second metrics is calculated using a respective codebook precoder in the selected set of codebook precoders. The method also includes causing the selected codebook precoder to be applied to a signal to be transmitted to a communication device.
Abstract:
In a method of operating a communication device that includes at least (i) a first network interface configured to operate according to a first communication protocol and (ii) a second network interface configured to operate according to a second communication protocol, the first communication interface is operated according to the first communication protocol. The first communication protocol defines a periodically repeating set of time intervals. One or more time intervals, from the set of time intervals, that meet a selection criteria are determined. The selection criteria is based on level of interference experienced by the first network interface. During the determined one or more time intervals, operation of the first network interface according to the first communication protocol is suspended, and operation of the second network interface according to the second communication protocol is enabled.