Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for providing wireless messages according to various tone plans can include a system including a memory that stores instructions. The system further includes a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to generate a message for wireless communication according to at least one of a set of 52 tones, for allocation to an individual device, including 48 data tones and 4 pilot tones, and a set of 106 tones, for allocation to an individual device, including 102 data tones and 4 pilot tones. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions to provide the message for transmission.
Abstract:
Methods, devices, and computer program products for improving training field design in packets with increased symbol durations are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of transmitting a packet on a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a preamble of the packet over one or more space-time-streams, the preamble including one or more training fields configured to be used for channel estimation, the one or more training fields each comprising one or more symbols of a first symbol duration. The method further includes transmitting a payload of the packet over the one or more space-time-streams, the payload comprising one or more symbols of a second symbol duration, the second symbol duration greater than the first symbol duration.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and/or devices are provided that permit data transmissions over unused television channels. A method operational in a receiver device, includes monitoring one or more repurposed channels within a television broadcast frequency spectrum for data waveforms, wherein waveforms of different bandwidths coexist within the one or more repurposed channels, and at least a larger waveform has a first bandwidth larger than a channel bandwidth for each repurposed channel. The method also includes receiving a waveform over a repurposed channel from among the one or more repurposed channels, wherein the received waveform has a second bandwidth smaller than the channel bandwidth. The method further includes processing the received waveform by applying a downclocking factor to a clock of the receiver device that causes the receiver device to process the received waveform according to the second bandwidth to obtain a data payload from the received waveform.
Abstract:
In one aspect, a method of high efficiency wireless (HEW) communication comprises generating a packet comprising one of a first value, a second value, a third value and a fourth value in a packet type field, the first value indicating a single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) packet, the second value indicating a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) packet, the third value indicating an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) packet, and the fourth value indicating a multi-portion packet comprising at least a first MU-MIMO or OFDMA portion and a second MU-MIMO or OFDMA portion. The method further comprises allocating a plurality of bits of a first portion of the packet to each of a plurality of subsequent fields based at least in part on the value in the packet type field, wherein a second portion of the packet is the same for all of the first, second, third and fourth values.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for concurrently allowing station-to-station transmissions and access point-to-station transmissions are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises transmitting, to an access point, a request for an available channel frequency. The method further comprises receiving a coordination message from the access point. The coordination message may indicate that a first frequency channel is allocated for transmissions between a first device and a second device and that a second frequency channel is allocated for transmissions between a third device and a fourth device. The method further comprises transmitting a first data packet to the fourth device using the second frequency channel concurrently with a transmission of a second data packet between the first device and the second device using the first frequency channel.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for aggregation of multiple physical protocol data units are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of transmitting a physical layer packet to a plurality of wireless devices is disclosed. The method includes generating a physical layer packet, the packet including a plurality of payloads, wherein at least one of the payloads comprises first data addressed to a first device and second data addressed to a second device, and wherein each payload is preceded by at least a signal field in the physical layer packet, and transmitting the physical layer packet.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first packet. The first packet may comprise a physical layer and a media access control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer may allocate a first station to a primary frequency channel and a second station to a secondary frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first packet to the first station and the second station. The method further comprises transmitting a second packet to the first station using the primary frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting a third packet to the second station using the secondary frequency channel.
Abstract:
Systems and method for concurrent communication using high efficiency wifi are disclosed. One aspect is a method of transmitting a wireless message on a medium utilizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA). The method includes receiving, via a first wireless device, at least a portion of a first wireless message from a second wireless device, the message including an indication of a basic service set of the second wireless device. The method also includes determining whether to defer transmission of a second wireless message based, at least in part, on the basic service set of the second wireless device.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication are disclosed herein. One aspect of the disclosure provides a method of transmitting to two or more wireless communication devices. The method includes transmitting a first section of a preamble according to a first format, the first section of the preamble containing information informing devices compatible with the first format to defer to the transmission, transmitting a second section of the preamble according to a second format, the second section of the preamble containing tone allocation information, the tone allocation information identifying two or more wireless communication devices; and transmitting data to the two or more wireless communication devices simultaneously, the data contained on two or more sub-bands.