Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication

• US 10,158,462 B2
• Filed: 01/01/2018
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Communication Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Communication Systems LLC
• Inventors: Syed, Aitizaz Uddin, Atefi, Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): AGA, SORI A
• Application Number:
  US15/859,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20180145804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0697 using spatial multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication are provided. In an aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to receive a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and receive a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to transmit a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and transmit a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for communication, the apparatus comprising a processing system configured to:

receive a data packet comprising a plurality of space-time streams, wherein the plurality of space-time streams comprise one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus and one or more space-time stream(s) destined to one or more other apparatus;

determine a position information assigned to the apparatus;

if the position information assigned to the apparatus does not have a lowest possible value and a field indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, consider a sum of one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus to determine which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus, wherein the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that is lower than a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus, wherein a value of each of the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus is equal to or greater than a value of the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus; and

process the one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

if the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value, determine that the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

if at least the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value or the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, determine which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus without considering the one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to determine how many space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet are destined to the apparatus based on the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data packet is associated with an identifier, and wherein the identifier is associated with the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that never exceeds a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus never exceeds any of the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

8. A method of communication by an apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a data packet comprising a plurality of space-time streams, wherein the plurality of space-time streams comprise one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus and one or more space-time stream(s) destined to one or more other apparatus;

determining a position information assigned to the apparatus;

if the position information assigned to the apparatus does not have a lowest possible value and a field indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, considering a sum of one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus to determine which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus, wherein the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that is lower than a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus, wherein a value of each of the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus is equal to or greater than a value of the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus; and

processing the one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

if the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value, determining that the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

if at least the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value or the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, determining which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus without considering the one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining how many space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet are destined to the apparatus based on the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data packet is associated with an identifier, and wherein the identifier is associated with the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that never exceeds a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus never exceeds any of the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processing system of an apparatus, cause the processing system to:

receive a data packet comprising a plurality of space-time streams, wherein the plurality of space-time streams comprise one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus and one or more space-time stream(s) destined to one or more other apparatus;

determine a position information assigned to the apparatus;

if the position information assigned to the apparatus does not have a lowest possible value and a field indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, consider a sum of one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus to determine which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus, wherein the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that is lower than a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus, wherein a value of each of the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus is equal to or greater than a value of the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus; and

process the one or more space-time stream(s) destined to the apparatus.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, which, when executed by the processing system of the apparatus, further cause the processing system to:

if the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value, determine that the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, which, when executed by the processing system of the apparatus, further cause the processing system to:

if at least the position information assigned to the apparatus has the lowest possible value or the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus is not preceded by one or more other field(s) indicating a number of space-time stream(s) associated with one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus, determine which space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet is destined to the apparatus without considering the one or more value(s) in the one or more other field(s) indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, which, when executed by the processing system of the apparatus, further cause the processing system to determine how many space-time stream(s) of the plurality of space-time streams in the data packet are destined to the apparatus based on the field indicating the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the data packet is associated with an identifier, and wherein the identifier is associated with the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of:

each of the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus comprises a value that never exceeds a value of the position information assigned to the apparatus;

or

the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the position information assigned to the apparatus never exceeds any of the number of space-time stream(s) associated with the one or more other position information different from the position information assigned to the apparatus.