LEGACY-COMPATIBLE CONTROL FRAMES
First Claim
1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first frame comprising an indication of a first Media Access Control (MAC) address; and
a processing system configured to parse the received first frame based on the first MAC address.
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for using different MAC addresses in frames for the same station to indicate how to process the frames. In this manner, frames for IEEE 802.11ac can carry information not present in legacy frames (e.g., frames according to IEEE 802.11a/n), but these frames may be interpreted by legacy devices in a legacy way. One example method generally includes receiving a first frame comprising an indication of a first MAC address and processing the received first frame based on the first MAC address. For certain aspects, the method further includes receiving a second frame comprising an indication of a second MAC address, wherein the second MAC address is different than the first address; and processing the received second frame based on the second MAC address, such that the processing of the second frame is different than the processing of the first frame.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a first frame comprising an indication of a first Media Access Control (MAC) address; and a processing system configured to parse the received first frame based on the first MAC address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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receiving, at an apparatus, a first frame comprising an indication of a first Media Access Control (MAC) address; and parsing the received first frame based on the first MAC address. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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means for receiving a first frame comprising an indication of a first Media Access Control (MAC) address; and means for parsing the received first frame based on the first MAC address. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-program product for wireless communications, comprising a computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable to:
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receive, at an apparatus, a frame comprising an indication of a Media Access Control (MAC) address; and parse the received frame based on the MAC address.
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38. A wireless node, comprising:
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at least one antenna; a receiver configured to receive, via the at least one antenna, a frame comprising an indication of a Media Access Control (MAC) address; and a processing system configured to parse the received frame based on the MAC address.
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