CHANNEL BONDING TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
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logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to;
generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels;
identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels; and
generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set.
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Abstract
Channel bonding techniques for wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a memory and logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, the logic to identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, and generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to; generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels; identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels; and generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to; identify a bonded channel set comprising two or more locally-clear wireless channels among a plurality of wireless channels indicated by first channel information comprised in a channel bonding request frame received from a remote device; generate a channel bonding response frame for transmission to the remote device, the channel bonding response frame to comprise second channel information indicating the two or more locally-clear wireless channels comprised in the bonded channel set; and decode a data frame received from the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:
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generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels; identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels; and generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:
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identify a bonded channel set comprising two or more locally-clear wireless channels among a plurality of wireless channels indicated by first channel information comprised in a channel bonding request frame received from a remote device; generate a channel bonding response frame for transmission to the remote device, the channel bonding response frame to comprise second channel information indicating the two or more locally-clear wireless channels comprised in the bonded channel set; and decode a data frame received from the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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