Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for radio frequency (RF) sensing in the millimeter-wave frequency spectrum that can be performed over multiple phases. During a session setup phase, a radar initiator identifies one or more wireless stations (STAs) that are capable of radar ranging and sets up a radar measurement session that includes at least one of the identified STAs. During a measurement negotiation phase, the radar initiator performs a respective beamforming training operation with each STA and indicates, to each STA, one or more parameters associated with the radar measurement session. During a radar measurement phase, the radar initiator transmits radar setup information to, and receives ranging information from, each STA. In some aspects, the radar initiator may perform an object detection operation that indicates a location of an object associated with the ranging information received from each radar STA.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for generating a secure long training field (LTF). In some implementations, the secure LTF may include a randomized bit sequence that is difficult, if not impossible, to replicate by any device other than the transmitting device and the intended receiving device. For example, the transmitting device may use a block cipher or stream cipher to generate a pseudorandom bit sequence and may select a subset of bits of the pseudorandom bit sequence to be mapped to a sequence of modulation symbols representing an LTF symbol of the secure LTF. More specifically, each of the modulation symbols is mapped to a respective one of a number of subcarriers spanning a bandwidth of the secure LTF. The transmitting device may further transmit a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes the secure LTF to the receiving device.
Abstract:
Generally, the described techniques provide for protection mechanisms for sounding training signals transmitted between wireless devices when performing ranging sounding estimation. For example, sounding training signals may be encoded to include a sequence of phase rotations or cyclic shifts to protect the sounding training signal from peer devices. In some cases, encoding information associated with a long training field (LTF) may be transmitted either before or after the LTF is transmitted. Additionally or alternatively, a time delay may be introduced to the sounding training signal, where timing information may be removed from one or more fields of the sounding training signal and the time delay may be appended to an interframe spacing. Alternatively, a frame may be split into multiple frames with the sounding training signal in a first frame, and timing information in a second frame that is offset in time from the first frame.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus may be configured to determine a many-to-many multicast schedule for an NDL of a service associated with a NAN network and to communicate with a plurality of wireless devices subscribed to the service based on the determined many-to-many multicast schedule. The apparatus may be a schedule owner of the many-to-many multicast schedule.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine to initiate a security negotiation with a publishing device to establish a secure NDP in which the publishing device is an authenticator in the security negotiation and the subscribing device is a supplicant. The apparatus is configured to transmit an initiation message to the publishing device, which is providing a NAN service, to initiate the security negotiation for establishing the secure NDP. The initiation message may indicate that the publishing device will be the authenticator in the security negotiation.
Abstract:
A method includes generating, at a first device, a paging message. The method includes, during a first transmission window of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN), sending the paging message from the first device to one or more devices of the data link group. The method further includes, during a second transmission window of the data link group and prior to a data window of the second transmission window, sending data traffic to a particular device of the one or more devices without sending a traffic announcement to the particular device during a second paging window of the second transmission window.
Abstract:
A method of communication includes transmitting a message from a first electronic device of a neighbor aware network (NAN) to a second electronic device of the NAN via a first communication channel of a plurality of communication channels during a discovery window. The message indicates that the first electronic device is available to communicate. The method also includes monitoring a second communication channel of the plurality of communication channels during a first paging window of a transmission window. The first paging window includes a beginning portion of the transmission window, and electronic devices of the NAN are in an active state during the first paging window.
Abstract:
A method includes generating a first traffic announcement message at a first electronic device of a data link. The first traffic announcement message indicates first data is to be transmitted from the first electronic device to a second electronic device of the data link. The method also includes transmitting the first traffic announcement message to one or more electronic devices of the data link during a first paging window.
Abstract:
A method includes transmitting, at an electronic device in a neighbor aware network (NAN), a discovery beacon at a designated discovery beacon transmission time. The designated discovery beacon transmission time is determined based on an internal clock of the electronic device. The method further includes synchronizing the internal clock to a clock reference that is external to the electronic device.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for sounding for trigger-based ranging. Some aspects more specifically relate to a first wireless device dividing a frequency bandwidth available for ranging procedures into a plurality of subbands in accordance with orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) techniques. In some implementations, the first wireless device may transmit a trigger frame that assigns a subband to a respective neighbor wireless device. Each respective neighbor wireless device may transmit, during a same time occasion, a respective sounding signal via each respective subband allocated to the respective neighbor wireless device. In some implementations, the first wireless device may perform sounding procedures using combined multiple input multiple output (MIMO) and OFDMA techniques, where each neighbor wireless device may be assigned a respective spatial stream. Accordingly, the first wireless device may support sounding procedures for larger quantities of neighbor wireless devices.