Muliple Receiver Aggregation (Mra) with Different Data Rates for Ieee 802.11N
First Claim
1. A method of aggregated transmission of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) (425i), comprising the steps of:
- aggregating said plurality of MPDUs into an aggregate/packet burst;
formatting the aggregate/packet burst by performing the substeps of;
a. including at least one of a pre-, rsp. mid-amble (415.i) at least one of in-between an MPDU of said plurality and a group of multiple MPDUs of said plurality, and b. at the beginning of the aggregate/packet burst, including information comprising data to allow the at least one receiver device to deduce the position of the at least one MPDU and the group of multiple MPDUs in the aggregate/packet burst;
transmitting the formatted aggregate/packet burst to one of at least one receiver device or group of receiver devices using at least one Physical (PHY) rate; and
at least one receiver device or at least one group of receiver devices going into sleep mode and waking-up during the aggregate/packet burst.
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Abstract
Method, frame definitions (300 400 500 700 800 1000 1200 1300 1400) and system for transmission of an aggregation of packets which includes a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) or PLCP (Physical Layer Convergence Protocol) Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) intended for one or several receivers and transmitted at one or several different Physical (PHY) rates. In some aspects of the invention, a pre-amble, rsp. mid-amble (415.i 515.i 715.i 815.i 1015.i 1215.i 1315.i) is transmitted in-between each or between multiples of MPDUs or PPDUs allowing receiver devices to go into sleep mode and wake-up during the aggregate or packet burst. Furthermore, information is transmitted at the beginning of the aggregate/packet burst, which allows devices to deduce the position of MPDUs/PPDUs or multiples of MPDUs/PPDUs in the aggregate. MPDUs or PPDUs are grouped in order to enable efficient sleep times of the receiving devices. The receiving devices decode the information at the beginning of the aggregate/burst, fall into sleep-mode and wake up shortly before their packets have to be received.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of aggregated transmission of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) (425i), comprising the steps of:
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aggregating said plurality of MPDUs into an aggregate/packet burst;
formatting the aggregate/packet burst by performing the substeps of;
a. including at least one of a pre-, rsp. mid-amble (415.i) at least one of in-between an MPDU of said plurality and a group of multiple MPDUs of said plurality, and b. at the beginning of the aggregate/packet burst, including information comprising data to allow the at least one receiver device to deduce the position of the at least one MPDU and the group of multiple MPDUs in the aggregate/packet burst;
transmitting the formatted aggregate/packet burst to one of at least one receiver device or group of receiver devices using at least one Physical (PHY) rate; and
at least one receiver device or at least one group of receiver devices going into sleep mode and waking-up during the aggregate/packet burst. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for multi-rate aggregation of packets, comprising:
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a plurality of nodes 112, 113, 114;
a device 115;
wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes is adapted for receiving a PPDU comprising an aggregation of multi-rate packets or a burst of multi-rate packets. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A device that manages aggregated transmission of a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) packets, comprising:
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an antenna (157) for sending and receiving aggregate/packet burst transmissions;
a receiver (152) coupled to the antenna (157) to receive aggregate/packet bursts (1800) transmitted over a wireless medium (160);
a transmitter (156) coupled to the antenna (157) to transmit aggregate/packet bursts (1800) over the wireless medium (160) to a receiver selected from the group consisting of at least one receiver or at least one group of a plurality of receivers using at least one physical (PHY) rate;
a PPDU processing module (154) to process sent and received aggregate/packet bursts (1800) to respectively position or deduce the position of the at least one of said plurality of MPDUs therein;
a processor (153) coupled to the receiver, transmitter, PPDU processing module to aggregate and disaggregate data respectively into and from aggregate/packet bursts including the at least one of said plurality of MPDUs that includes;
i. at least one of a pre-,rsp. mid-amble (415.i) in-between groups of at least one of said plurality of MPDUs, and ii. at the beginning of an aggregate/packet burst, information that allows at least one receiver or at least one group of receivers to deduce the position of the at least one of said plurality of MPDUs;
wherein, the at least one receiver or at least one group of receivers goes into sleep mode and wakes up during the aggregate/packet burst. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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