Video transmission over SDMA

• US 10,236,950 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2010
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Wentink, Maarten Menzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Mattis, Jason E
• Application Number:
  US12/711,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20100220654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,310 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1685 the supervisory signal being transmitted in response to a specific request, e.g. to a polling signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to communication, and more specifically, to techniques for transmitting data in parallel, such as spatial division multiple access (SDMA) techniques.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data to multiple wireless apparatuses, comprising:

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a first transmission comprising data frames for each wireless apparatus during a first transmit opportunity, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frames to be received from the wireless apparatuses;

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a second transmission comprising a frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations for one or more second transmit opportunities, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

receiving, during the one or more second transmit opportunities, acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames from the wireless apparatuses in response to the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame indicating the one or more frequency resources allocations further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein receiving the acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames is in response to the BAR.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission is transmitted via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames comprises receiving multiple acknowledgements simultaneously via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data frames comprise streaming video data.

7. A method of wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a first transmission comprising a data frame during a first transmit opportunity in which multiple data frames were sent to multiple wireless apparatuses, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frame;

receiving a second transmission comprising a frame indicating a frequency resource allocation for a second transmit opportunity, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

transmitting an acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame during the second transmit opportunity based on the frequency resource allocation and in response to the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation, wherein the transmitting of the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is further based on the ACK policy.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunity.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is in response to the BAR.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the data frames were sent simultaneously to the wireless apparatuses via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting the acknowledgement of the received data frame during the second transmit opportunity comprises transmitting the acknowledgement simultaneously with acknowledgements transmitted by other wireless apparatuses.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the data frame comprises streaming video data.

13. An apparatus for transmitting data to multiple wireless apparatuses, comprising:

a transmitter for;

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a first transmission comprising data frames during a first transmit opportunity, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frames to be received from the wireless apparatuses; and

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a second transmission comprising a frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations for one or more second transmit opportunities, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

a receiver for receiving, during the one or more second transmit opportunities, acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames from the wireless apparatuses in response to the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunities.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein receiving the acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames is in response to the BAR.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first transmission is transmitted via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the receiver is configured to receive multiple acknowledgements simultaneously via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data frames comprise streaming video data.

19. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

a receiver for;

receiving a first transmission comprising a data frame during a first transmit opportunity in which multiple data frames were sent to multiple wireless apparatuses, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frame; and

receiving a second transmission comprising a frame indicating a frequency resource allocation for a second transmit opportunity, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

a transmitter for transmitting an acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame during the second transmit opportunity based on the frequency resource allocation and in response to the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation, wherein the transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is further based on the ACK policy.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunity.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is in response to the BAR.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the data frames were sent simultaneously to the wireless apparatuses via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the acknowledgement simultaneously with acknowledgements transmitted by other wireless apparatuses.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the data frame comprises streaming video data.

25. An apparatus for transmitting data to multiple wireless apparatuses, comprising:

means for transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a first transmission comprising data frames during a first transmit opportunity, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frames to be received from the wireless apparatuses;

means for transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a second transmission comprising a frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations for one or more second transmit opportunities, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

means for receiving, during the one or more second transmit opportunities, acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames from the wireless apparatuses in response to the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the frame indicating one or more frequency resources allocations further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunities.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein means for receiving the acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames is in response to the BAR.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first transmission is transmitted via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the means for receiving is configured to receive multiple acknowledgements simultaneously via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the data frames comprise streaming video data.

31. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

means for receiving a first transmission comprising a data frame during a first transmit opportunity in which multiple data frames were sent to multiple wireless apparatuses, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frame;

means for receiving a second transmission comprising a frame indicating a frequency resources allocation for a second transmit opportunity, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

means for transmitting an acknowledgement of the received data frame during the second transmit opportunity based on the frequency resource allocation and in response to the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation, wherein the means for transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is further based on the ACK policy.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further indicates a start of the second transmit opportunity.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation further comprises a block acknowledgement request (BAR), and wherein means for transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is in response to the BAR.

34. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the data frames were sent simultaneously to the wireless apparatuses via a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) scheme.

35. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the means for transmitting the acknowledgement of the received data frame is configured to transmit the acknowledgement simultaneously with acknowledgements transmitted by other wireless apparatuses.

36. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the data frame comprises streaming video data.

37. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable to:

transmit, to multiple wireless apparatuses, a first transmission comprising data frames during a first transmit opportunity, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frames to be received from the wireless apparatuses;

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a second transmission comprising a frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations for one or more second transmit opportunities, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

receive, during the one or more second transmit opportunities, acknowledgements of the data frames from the wireless apparatuses in response to the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations.

38. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable to:

receive a first transmission comprising a data frame during a first transmit opportunity in which multiple data frames were sent to multiple wireless apparatuses, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frame;

receiving a second transmission comprising a frame indicating a frequency resource allocation for a second transmit opportunity, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

transmit an acknowledgement of the received data frame during the second transmit opportunity based on the frequency resource allocation and in response to the frame indicating the frequency resource allocation, wherein the transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is further based on the ACK policy.

39. A wireless access point, comprising:

at least one antenna;

a transmitter for;

transmitting via the antenna, to multiple wireless apparatuses, a first transmission comprising data frames during a first transmit opportunity, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frames to be received from the wireless apparatuses; and

transmitting, to the wireless apparatuses, a second transmission comprising a frame indicating one or more frequency resource allocations for one or more second transmit opportunities, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

a receiver for receiving via the antenna, during the one or more second transmit opportunities, acknowledgements of receipt of the data frames from the wireless apparatuses in response to the frame indicating the one or more frequency resource allocations.

40. A wireless station, comprising:

at least one antenna;

a receiver for;

receiving via the antenna a first transmission comprising a data frame during a first transmit opportunity in which multiple data frames were sent to multiple wireless apparatuses, wherein the first transmission indicates an acknowledgement (ACK) policy, wherein the ACK policy indicates a type of acknowledgement of the data frame; and

receiving a second transmission comprising a frame indicating a frequency resource allocation for a second transmit opportunity, wherein the second transmission is during a third transmit opportunity that is after the first transmit opportunity; and

a transmitter for transmitting via the antenna an acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame during the second transmit opportunity based on the frequency resource allocation and in response to the frame indicating the frequency resource allocations, wherein the transmitting the acknowledgement of receipt of the data frame is further based on the ACK policy.