Abstract:
This document discloses a solution where a wireless device may allow another wireless device to transmit an overlapping transmission. According to an embodiment, upon determining that a channel is idle in a clear channel assessment procedure, the wireless device causes transmission of a frame during a transmission interval, wherein the frame comprises an information element indicating that the apparatus allows another apparatus to carry out transmission overlapping with the transmission interval.
Abstract:
A method comprises composing, by a wireless device in a wireless network, a service ID indicating support for providing proxy service discovery for other wireless devices operating in the wireless network; and transmitting, by the wireless device, a wireless service discovery frame to the wireless network, the service discovery frame including the composed service ID.
Abstract:
Embodiments enable communication between access point devices operating in a neighbor awareness network cluster. A method comprises composing, by an access point device responsible for coordinating communication in a first wireless network, a service ID indicating support for communication with other access point devices operating in a second neighbor awareness network, wherein the access point device is capable of concurrently operating as an access point in the first wireless network and participating in the second neighbor awareness network; and transmitting, by the access point device, a wireless service discovery frame to the second neighbor awareness network, the service discovery frame including the composed service ID.
Abstract:
Method for channel contention and data frame transmission in a wireless network. Said method for an apparatus of a first wireless network comprises: operating the apparatus on at least a first channel and a second channel of the first wireless network; while performing said operating in a first operating mode to transmit a first data frame to a receiver apparatus of the first wireless network, contending (202) simultaneously on both the first channel and the second channel and transmitting (206, 208) the first data frame on the one of the first channel and second channel where said contending is first successful; switching from the first operating mode to a second operating mode; while operating in the second operating mode to transmit a second data frame to the receiver apparatus, contending (212) simultaneously on both the first channel and the second channel and transmitting (216, 218, 220) the second data frame to the receiver apparatus according to the following conditions: in response to successful contention on the first channel before successful contention on the second channel, transmitting the second data frame to the receiver apparatus on the first channel; and in response to successful contention on the second channel before successful contention on the first channel, transmitting the second data frame on the second channel if the contention becomes successful also on the first channel or if the first channel is reserved to an apparatus of a second wireless network different from the first wireless network while the second data frame is transmitted.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method comprising measuring a first power value in a first channel before transmitting a first signal in a second channel A first transmit power value is then determined for transmitting the first signal in the second channel. In addition, a second power value in the first channel is estimated, while transmitting the first signal in the second channel, wherein the second power value is estimated based on at least the measured first power value and the first transmit power value. Further, a third power value is measured in the first channel, while transmitting the first signal in the second channel.
Abstract:
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: occupying a first channel for data transmission between a first multi-link device (MLD) and a second MLD for a first channel occupation period (COP), transmitting a measurement request to a subset of MLDs to perform channel measurements on at least two channels during the first COP, transmitting at least one data message to the second MLD during the first COP, receiving, after transmission of the at least one data message, at least one channel status report comprising channel status information from at least one MLD of the subset of MLDs during the first COP, and selecting a channel, among the at least two channels, for data transmission between the first MLD and an MLD for a second COP, wherein the selection is based at least partly on the channel status report.
Abstract:
This document discloses a solution for sharing a transmission opportunity in a wireless network. According to an aspect, a method for an apparatus of a first wireless network: includes determining a plurality of devices of a second wireless network for null steering; transmitting a trigger frame, the trigger frame indicating a transmission period for data frame transfer between the apparatus and another apparatus of the first wireless network, a spatial reuse opportunity for the second wireless network during the transmission period, and an additional period preceding the transmission period; receiving, from at least one device of the second wireless network during the additional period, a channel state frame; and performing, based on the channel state frame, null steering towards the at least one device during the transmission period.
Abstract:
This document discloses a solution for enabling spatial cooperation in a hidden node scenario. According to an aspect, a method comprises: detecting, by a station of a first wireless network managed by a first access node, that a second access node of a second wireless network is hidden to the first access node; in response to the detecting, transmitting by the station a spatial cooperation request message to the second access node; receiving, by the station from the second access node as a response to the spatial cooperation request message, a spatial cooperation response message comprising at least one information element acknowledging spatial cooperation; after receiving the spatial cooperation response message, receiving by the station a frame from the first access node while the second access node is transmitting another frame and while null steering is performed between the apparatus and the second access node.
Abstract:
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: establishing, via a main radio, a data link schedule comprising a plurality of communication resource periods for a data link between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, wherein at least a sub-set of the plurality of communication resource periods are scheduled to start periodically, pausing data transmission by transferring, via the main radio, a control message during a communication resource period of the data link schedule, entering the power save mode in response to transferring the control message, maintaining the power save mode over at least one further communication resource period of the data link schedule, and transmitting a wake-up frame, via a wake-up radio different from the main radio, in response to detecting need for further data transmission during the data link schedule.
Abstract:
This document discloses a solution for simultaneous operation of multiple radio technologies. According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising: determining, by an access node of a wireless network, to transmit frames on a frequency channel; determining, by the access node, a first sub-band of the frequency channel for wake-up radio transmissions according to a wake-up radio access technology and a second sub-band of the frequency channel, different from the first sub-band, for main radio transmissions according to another radio access technology; performing, by the access node, an allocation of the first sub-band for the wake-up radio transmissions and a simultaneous allocation of the second sub-band for the main radio transmissions; transmitting, by the access node by using a main radio interface of the access node operating according to said another radio access technology, a frame comprising a header indicating said allocations, and transmitting, by the access node after transmitting the header, a wake-up signal on the first sub-band by using a wake-up radio interface of the access node operating according to the wake-up radio access technology and, simultaneously, transmitting another radio signal on the second sub-band by using the main radio interface of the access node.