Techniques to communication MAP information elements in a wireless network

• US 7,852,826 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Kitchin, Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu; Huy D
• Assistant Examiner(s): RENNER, BRANDON M
• Application Number:
  US11/537,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080080474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/349
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

Techniques to communicate MAP information elements in a wireless network are described. An apparatus may comprise a device to establish a communication channel over a common wireless communication link, the device to communicate an encapsulating MAP information element to encapsulate one or more MAP information elements. The encapsulating MAP information element may indicate that the one or more encapsulated MAP information elements apply to multiple communication frames. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a first device having one or more transceivers to establish a communication channel over a common wireless communication link, the first device to communicate, using the established communication channel, an encapsulating MAP information element to encapsulate one or more DL and UL MAP information elements, the encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the one or more encapsulated DL and UL MAP information elements each apply to multiple communication frames wherein the first device further includes a pattern generator to generate a pattern specification, the device to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with the pattern specification to indicate which communication frames the DL and UL MAP information element applies.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first device to communicate a unicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple unicast communication frames.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the first device to communicate a multicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple multicast communication frames.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a second device to receive the encapsulating MAP information element, the second device to include a pattern parser to parse a pattern specification from the encapsulating MAP information element, the second device to apply the DL and UL MAP information element to certain communication frames in accordance with the pattern specification.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the first device to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification, the pattern specification having a pattern bitmap value in a pattern bitmap field, a bitmap length value in a bitmap length field, a bitmap offset value in a bitmap offset field, and a sequence length value in a sequence length field.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, the device to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification having a pattern sequence length representing a first number of frames, the device to communicate a compatible encapsulating MAP information element multiple times every second number of frames, with the second number of frames being less than the first number of frames.

7. A system comprising:

a transmitter node to establish a communication channel over a wireless communication link, the transmitter node to communicate, using the established communication channel, an encapsulating MAP information element to encapsulate one or more DL and UL MAP information elements, the encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the one or more DL and UL MAP information elements each apply to multiple communication frames; and

an antenna coupled to the transmitter node to support communication over the wireless communication link.

8. The system of claim 7, the transmitter node to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification to indicate which communication frames the DL and UL MAP information element applies.

9. The system of claim 7, comprising a receiver node to receive the encapsulating MAP information element, the receiver node to include a pattern parser to parse a pattern specification from the encapsulating MAP information element, and apply the DL and UL MAP information element to a frame sequence in accordance with the pattern specification.

10. A method comprising:

establishing a communication channel over a common wireless communication link; and

communicating, using the established communication channel, an encapsulating MAP information element to encapsulate one or more DL and UL MAP information elements, the encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the one or more encapsulated DL and UL MAP information elements each apply to multiple communication frames.

11. The method of claim 10, communicating a unicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple unicast communication frames.

12. The method of claim 10, communicating a multicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple multicast communication frames.

13. The method of claim 10, communicating the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification to indicate which communication frames the DL and UL MAP information element applies.

14. The method of claim 10, communicating the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification having a pattern bitmap value in a pattern bitmap field, a bitmap length value in a bitmap length field, a bitmap offset value in a bitmap offset field, and a sequence length value in a sequence length field.

15. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

establish a communication channel over a common wireless communication link;

and

communicate, using the established communication channel, an encapsulating MAP information element to encapsulate one or more DL and UL MAP information elements, the encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the one or more DL and UL MAP information elements each apply to multiple communication frames.

16. The article of claim 15, further comprising instructions that if executed enable a system to communicate a unicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple unicast communication frames.

17. The article of claim 15, further comprising instructions that if executed enable a system to communicate a multicast encapsulating MAP information element to indicate the DL and UL MAP information element applies to multiple multicast communication frames.

18. The article of claim 15, further comprising instructions that if executed enable a system to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification to indicate which communication frames the DL and UL MAP information element applies.

19. The article of claim 15, further comprising instructions that if executed enable a system to communicate the encapsulating MAP information element with a pattern specification having a pattern bitmap value in a pattern bitmap field, a bitmap length value in a bitmap length field, a bitmap offset value in a bitmap offset field, and a sequence length value in a sequence length field.