Management frame directed cluster assignment within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use in a wireless local area network, comprising:
- a baseband processing module for generating a cluster assignment management frame that designates membership of at least two of a plurality of wireless communication devices per cluster, the cluster assignment management frame in a frame format conducive to a throughput capability of the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and
at least one antenna for transmitting the cluster assignment management frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein;
the cluster assignment management frame indicating a respective at least one of a plurality of clusters for use by the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices during respective subsequent communications, and having the frame format modified based upon a number of parameters relating to a capability set of each of the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices per the cluster, the number of parameters including an indication of legacy compatibility for the frame format.
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Abstract
Management frame directed cluster assignment within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. From a first wireless communication device, a management frame may be transmitted to a number of other wireless communication devices to assign respective clusters (i.e., cluster being one or more channels within one or more bands) for use in communications by those other wireless communication devices. The first wireless communication device may be an access point (AP), and the others may be wireless stations (STAs); alternatively, all of the wireless communication devices in the communication system (e.g., including the first wireless communication device) may be STAs. The cluster assignment may be modified for any of a number of various reasons (e.g., periodically, after a certain number of packets being transmitted and/or received, communication system operating condition change, change in number, type, capabilities, etc. of the various wireless communication devices in the communication system, etc.).
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use in a wireless local area network, comprising:
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a baseband processing module for generating a cluster assignment management frame that designates membership of at least two of a plurality of wireless communication devices per cluster, the cluster assignment management frame in a frame format conducive to a throughput capability of the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and at least one antenna for transmitting the cluster assignment management frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein; the cluster assignment management frame indicating a respective at least one of a plurality of clusters for use by the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices during respective subsequent communications, and having the frame format modified based upon a number of parameters relating to a capability set of each of the at least two of the plurality of wireless communication devices per the cluster, the number of parameters including an indication of legacy compatibility for the frame format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for use in a wireless local area network, comprising:
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a baseband processing module for generating a first cluster assignment management frame and a second cluster assignment management frame; and at least one antenna for; firstly transmitting the first cluster assignment management frame to a plurality of wireless communication devices; secondly transmitting the second cluster assignment management frame to the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein; the first cluster assignment management frame indicating a first of a plurality of clusters for use by a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices during first respective subsequent communications and also indicating a second of the plurality of clusters for use by a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices during second respective subsequent communications, the first cluster assignment management frame in a first frame format modified based on a first number of parameters relating to a first capability set of each of the first of the plurality of wireless communication devices, the first number of parameters including an indication of legacy compatibility for the first frame format and a first throughput capability; and the second cluster assignment management frame indicating a third of the plurality of clusters for use by the first of the plurality of wireless communication devices during third respective subsequent communications and also indicating a fourth of the plurality of clusters for use by the second of the plurality of wireless communication devices during fourth respective subsequent communications, the second cluster assignment management frame in a second frame format modified based on a second number of parameters relating to a second capability set of each of the second of the plurality of wireless communication devices, the second number of parameters including another indication of the legacy compatibility for the second frame format and a second throughput capability. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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generating a cluster assignment management frame that designates a number of a plurality of wireless communication devices per cluster, the cluster assignment management frame in a frame format modified based on a number of parameters relating to a capability set of each of the number of the plurality of other wireless communication devices, the number of parameters including an indication of legacy compatibility for the frame format and a throughput capability; and transmitting the cluster assignment management frame to the plurality of the other wireless communication devices, wherein the cluster assignment management frame in the frame format indicating a respective at least one of a plurality of clusters for use by the number of the plurality of other wireless communication devices during respective subsequent communications. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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