High-efficiency wireless local-area network devices and methods for acknowledgements during scheduled transmission opportunities
First Claim
1. An apparatus of a high efficiency (HE) station, the apparatus comprising:
- memory; and
processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to;
decode a multi-user (MU) physical-layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (MU PPDU) from an access point (AP), the MU PPDU comprising a first schedule, the first schedule indicating a sub-channel for the HE station to receive data, the MU PPDU comprising the data, the data comprising one or more packets, and a second schedule, the second schedule indicating a sub-channel and length for transmission of an uplink (UL) MU PPDU to the AP;
decode the data in accordance with the first schedule; and
configure the HE station to transmit the UL MU PPDU, the UL MU PPDU comprising an acknowledgement of the one or more packets, wherein the UL MU PPDU is to be transmitted in accordance with the second schedule.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a system and method for acknowledging frames in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a wireless communication device may include a transmit/receive unit configured to receive data from a sender. In some embodiments, the transmit/receive unit may be configured to receive a schedule. The transmit/receive unit may be further configured to acknowledge (ACK) the data in a first scheduled transmission to the sender. The first scheduled transmission to the sender may be determined based on the schedule. In some embodiments, the acknowledgement may be an acknowledgement frame or a block acknowledgment frame. The scheduled transmission to the sender may be determined based on the schedule.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus of a high efficiency (HE) station, the apparatus comprising:
- memory; and
processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to;decode a multi-user (MU) physical-layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (MU PPDU) from an access point (AP), the MU PPDU comprising a first schedule, the first schedule indicating a sub-channel for the HE station to receive data, the MU PPDU comprising the data, the data comprising one or more packets, and a second schedule, the second schedule indicating a sub-channel and length for transmission of an uplink (UL) MU PPDU to the AP; decode the data in accordance with the first schedule; and configure the HE station to transmit the UL MU PPDU, the UL MU PPDU comprising an acknowledgement of the one or more packets, wherein the UL MU PPDU is to be transmitted in accordance with the second schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors, the instructions to configure the one or more processors to cause an apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) station to:
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decode a multi-user (MU) physical-layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (MU PPDU) from an access point (AP), the MU PPDU comprising a first schedule, the first schedule indicating a sub-channel for the HE station to receive data, the MU PPDU comprising the data, the data comprising one or more packets, and a second schedule, the second schedule indicating a sub-channel and length for transmission of an uplink (UL) MU PPDU to the AP; decode the data in accordance with the first schedule; and configure the HE station to transmit the UL MU PPDU, the UL MU PPDU comprising an acknowledgement of the one or more packets, wherein the UL MU PPDU is to be transmitted in accordance with the second schedule. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method performed by an apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) station, the method comprising:
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decoding a multi-user (MU) physical-layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (MU PPDU) from an access point (AP), the MU PPDU comprising a first schedule, the first schedule indicating a sub-channel for the HE station to receive data, the MU PPDU comprising the data, the data comprising one or more packets, and a second schedule, the second schedule indicating a sub-channel and length for transmission of an uplink (UL) MU PPDU to the AP; decoding the data in accordance with the first schedule; and configuring the HE station to transmit the UL MU PPDU, the UL MU PPDU comprising an acknowledgement of the one or more packets, wherein the UL MU PPDU is to be transmitted in accordance with the second schedule. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP), the apparatus comprising:
- memory, and processing circuitry configured to;
encode a multi-user (MU) physical-layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (MU PPDU), the MU PPDU comprising a first schedule, the first schedule indicating sub-channels for HE stations to receive data, the data comprising one or more packets, the MU PPDU comprising the data, the MU PPDU comprising a second schedule, the second schedule comprising a length field indicating an uplink (UL) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (UL-PPDU) response length, the second schedule further indicating second sub-channels for HE stations; configure the HE AP to transmit the MU PPDU; and decode UL-PPDU responses from one or more HE stations of the HE stations, wherein a length of each of the UL-PPDU responses corresponds to the UL-PPDU response length, and wherein each of the UL-PPDU responses comprises an acknowledgement of one or more packets. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- memory, and processing circuitry configured to;
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