Medium accessing mechanisms within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
First Claim
1. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- generating a multi-user super-frame (MU-SF) announcement frame, wherein;
the MU-SF announcement frame indicating a plurality of MU-SFs during which a plurality of wireless communication devices perform medium access; and
each of the plurality of MU-SFs including a respective first period during which a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a first operational mode, corresponding to a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) operational mode applied to at least one of a first plurality of clusters, and a respective second period during which a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a second operational mode using at least one of a second plurality of clusters, such that each of the first plurality of clusters and the second plurality of clusters being a respective mapping of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones within a corresponding at least one channel among a corresponding at least one frequency band;
operating a plurality of antennae for transmitting the MU-SF announcement frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices; and
based on the MU-SF announcement frame, supporting communication with the plurality of wireless communication devices or a subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with each respective first period and each respective second period of the plurality of MU-SFs.
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Abstract
Medium accessing mechanisms within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A multi-user super-frame (MU-SF), as controlled by a MU-SF owner, is used to govern the manner by which various wireless communication devices have access to the communication medium. When various wireless communication devices operate within a wireless communication system, communication medium access can be handled differently for wireless communication devices having different capabilities. Per the MU-SF, those having a first capability may get medium access in accordance with a first operational mode (e.g., carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)), while those having a second capability may get medium access in accordance with a second operational mode (e.g., scheduled access). The respective durations for each of the first operational mode and the second operational mode within various MU-SFs need not be the same; the respective durations thereof may be adaptively modified based on any number considerations.
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1. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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generating a multi-user super-frame (MU-SF) announcement frame, wherein; the MU-SF announcement frame indicating a plurality of MU-SFs during which a plurality of wireless communication devices perform medium access; and each of the plurality of MU-SFs including a respective first period during which a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a first operational mode, corresponding to a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) operational mode applied to at least one of a first plurality of clusters, and a respective second period during which a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a second operational mode using at least one of a second plurality of clusters, such that each of the first plurality of clusters and the second plurality of clusters being a respective mapping of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones within a corresponding at least one channel among a corresponding at least one frequency band; operating a plurality of antennae for transmitting the MU-SF announcement frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices; and based on the MU-SF announcement frame, supporting communication with the plurality of wireless communication devices or a subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with each respective first period and each respective second period of the plurality of MU-SFs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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generating a multi-user super-frame (MU-SF) announcement frame, wherein; the MU-SF announcement frame indicating a plurality of MU-SFs during which a plurality of wireless communication devices perform medium access; and each of the plurality of MU-SFs including a respective first period during which a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) operational mode and a respective second period during which a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a scheduled access operational mode using at least one of a plurality of clusters, such that each of the plurality of clusters being a respective mapping of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones within a corresponding at least one channel among a corresponding at least one frequency band; operating a plurality of antennae for transmitting the MU-SF announcement frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices; and based on the MU-SF announcement frame, supporting communication with the plurality of wireless communication devices or a subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with each respective first period and each respective second period of the plurality of MU-SFs; and
wherein;the MU-SF announcement frame including cluster information indicating the plurality of clusters for use, respectively, by the plurality of wireless communication devices for accessing the medium in accordance with the scheduled access operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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a baseband processing module to generate a multi-user super-frame (MU-SF) announcement frame; and a plurality of antennae to transmit the MU-SF announcement frame to a plurality of wireless communication devices; and
wherein;the MU-SF announcement frame indicating a plurality of MU-SFs during which the plurality of wireless communication devices perform medium access; each of the plurality of MU-SFs including a respective first period during which a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a first operational mode, corresponding to a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) operational mode applied to at least one of a first plurality of clusters, and a respective second period during which a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices accesses the medium in accordance with a second operational mode using at least one of a second plurality of clusters, such that each of the first plurality of clusters and the second plurality of clusters being a respective mapping of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones within a corresponding at least one channel among a corresponding at least one frequency band; and based on the MU-SF announcement frame, the apparatus to support communication with the plurality of wireless communication devices or a subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices in accordance with each respective first period and each respective second period of the plurality of MU-SFs. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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