Preamble design within wireless communications
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
- a communication interface; and
processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to;
receive an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) packet from another wireless communication device, wherein the OFDM packet includes a preamble that includes a first signal field (SIG) followed by a second SIG that is followed by a third SIG;
process the OFDM packet to classify a packet format of the OFDM packet among a plurality of OFDM packet formats including a first OFDM packet format, a second OFDM packet format, and a third OFDM packet format, wherein, based on;
the first OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes first content;
the second OFDM packet format, the second SIG has a first phase that is 90 degrees phase shifted from a second phase of the third SIG; and
the second OFDM packet format and the third OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes second content; and
process the OFDM packet based on the packet format that is classified.
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Abstract
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processor configured to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The device is configured to generate OFDM/A packets having certain characteristics based on different packet formats. For example, a first OFDM/A packet has first characteristic(s) based on a first packet format, a second OFDM/A packet has second characteristic(s) based on a second packet format, and so on. A receiver device is configured to process such OFDM/A packets to determine characteristic(s) thereof to determine, identify, classify, etc. their respective packet formats so that the OFDM/A packets can be properly and appropriately processed based on their particular packet formats.
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication interface; and processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to; receive an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) packet from another wireless communication device, wherein the OFDM packet includes a preamble that includes a first signal field (SIG) followed by a second SIG that is followed by a third SIG; process the OFDM packet to classify a packet format of the OFDM packet among a plurality of OFDM packet formats including a first OFDM packet format, a second OFDM packet format, and a third OFDM packet format, wherein, based on; the first OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes first content; the second OFDM packet format, the second SIG has a first phase that is 90 degrees phase shifted from a second phase of the third SIG; and the second OFDM packet format and the third OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes second content; and process the OFDM packet based on the packet format that is classified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication interface; and processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to; receive an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) packet from another wireless communication device, wherein the OFDMA packet includes a preamble that includes a first signal field (SIG) followed by a second SIG that is followed by a third SIG; process the OFDMA packet to classify a packet format of the OFDMA packet among a plurality of OFDMA packet formats including a first OFDMA packet format, a second OFDMA packet format, and a third OFDMA packet format, wherein, based on; the first OFDMA packet format, the first SIG includes first content; the second OFDMA packet format, the second SIG has a first phase that is 90 degrees phase shifted from a second phase of the third SIG; the second OFDMA packet format and the third OFDMA packet format, the first SIG includes second content; and the third OFDMA packet format, the second SIG and the third SIG have the first phase; and process the OFDMA packet based on the packet format that is classified. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for execution by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a communication interface of the wireless communication device, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDMA) packet from another wireless communication device, wherein the OFDM packet includes a preamble that includes a first signal field (SIG) followed by a second SIG that is followed by a third SIG; processing the OFDM packet to classify a packet format of the OFDM packet among a plurality of OFDM packet formats including a first OFDM packet format, a second OFDM packet format, and a third OFDM packet format, wherein, based on; the first OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes first content; the second OFDM packet format, the second SIG has a first phase that is 90 degrees phase shifted from a second phase of the third SIG; and the second OFDM packet format and the third OFDM packet format, the first SIG includes second content; and processing the OFDM packet based on the packet format that is classified. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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