HIGH EFFICIENCY ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) PHYSICAL LAYER (PHY)
First Claim
1. A method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the data unit conforming to a first communication protocol, the method comprising:
- determining, at a communication device, that an extension field should be included in the PHY data unit to provide a receiver with more processing time to process data included in the PHY data unit, wherein the extension field is not required to be processed by the receiver;
generating, at the communication device, a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit;
generating, at the communication device, a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit, including generating one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein each OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols is generated with a first tone spacing, wherein the first tone spacing is a fraction 1/N of a second tone spacing, the second tone spacing defined by a second communication protocol, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one; and
generating, at the communication device, the extension field of the PHY data unit, the extension field being appended to an end of the data portion of the PHY data unit.
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Abstract
A communication device determines that an extension field should be included in physical layer (PHY) data unit to provide a receiver with more processing time to process data included in the PHY data unit, wherein the extension field is not required to be processed by the receiver. The communication device generates i) a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit, and ii) a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit, the PHY data unit conforming to a first communication protocol. Each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the PHY data portion is generated with a first tone spacing, which is a fraction 1/N of a second tone spacing defined by a second communication protocol, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one. The communication device also generates the extension field of the PHY data unit, which is appended to an end of the PHY data portion.
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1. A method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the data unit conforming to a first communication protocol, the method comprising:
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determining, at a communication device, that an extension field should be included in the PHY data unit to provide a receiver with more processing time to process data included in the PHY data unit, wherein the extension field is not required to be processed by the receiver; generating, at the communication device, a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit; generating, at the communication device, a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit, including generating one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein each OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols is generated with a first tone spacing, wherein the first tone spacing is a fraction 1/N of a second tone spacing, the second tone spacing defined by a second communication protocol, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one; and generating, at the communication device, the extension field of the PHY data unit, the extension field being appended to an end of the data portion of the PHY data unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network interface device having one or more integrated circuits, the network interface device including; a medium access control (MAC) processing unit implemented on the one or more integrated circuits, and a physical layer (PHY) processing unit coupled to the MAC processing unit, the PHY processing unit implemented on the one or more integrated circuits; wherein the one or more integrated circuits are configured to determine that an extension field should be included in a PHY data unit to provide a receiver with more processing time to process data included in the PHY data unit, wherein the extension field is not required to be processed by the receiver; and wherein the PHY processing unit is configured to; generate a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit, generate a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit, including generating one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein each OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols is generated with a first tone spacing, wherein the first tone spacing is a fraction 1/N of a second tone spacing, the second tone spacing defined by a second communication protocol, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one, and generate the extension field of the PHY data unit, the extension field being appended to an end of the data portion of the PHY data unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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