Downlink OFDMA for service sets with mixed client types
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a wireless access point that serves at least first and second wireless devices having lower and higher bandwidth capabilities, respectively;
generating control parameters including information that;
assigns first and second non-overlapping channel bandwidths for first and second downlink transmissions to the first and second wireless devices, respectively; and
indicates timing for an acknowledgement to be sent from the first device and after which an acknowledgement from the second device is to be sent;
transmitting a first downlink transmission to the first device over the first channel bandwidth at a lower data rate during a first time interval;
transmitting a second downlink transmission to the second device over the second channel bandwidth at a higher data rate during a second time interval that partially overlaps with and ends at or before the first time interval; and
transmitting a false acknowledgement message that does not acknowledge anything over the second bandwidth after the second time interval and during the first time interval.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided herein to allow a wireless network access point (AP) to more fully use its bandwidth in order to leverage the different bandwidth capabilities of different types of wireless client devices that the AP serves. The AP generates control parameters for usage of a plurality of channels in a bandwidth during a downlink transmission interval. The control parameters comprise information indicating channel assignments that result in multiple downlink transmissions that at least partially overlap in time to different wireless client devices according to their respective bandwidth capabilities. The AP transmits the control parameters in a control frame in advance of the downlink transmission interval on each of the plurality of channels in the bandwidth.
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1. A method comprising:
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at a wireless access point that serves at least first and second wireless devices having lower and higher bandwidth capabilities, respectively; generating control parameters including information that; assigns first and second non-overlapping channel bandwidths for first and second downlink transmissions to the first and second wireless devices, respectively; and indicates timing for an acknowledgement to be sent from the first device and after which an acknowledgement from the second device is to be sent; transmitting a first downlink transmission to the first device over the first channel bandwidth at a lower data rate during a first time interval; transmitting a second downlink transmission to the second device over the second channel bandwidth at a higher data rate during a second time interval that partially overlaps with and ends at or before the first time interval; and transmitting a false acknowledgement message that does not acknowledge anything over the second bandwidth after the second time interval and during the first time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one transmitter and a receiver respectively configured to transmit wireless signals to and receive signals from different wireless devices having different respective bandwidth capabilities; and a controller configured to be coupled to the at least one transmitter and the receiver, wherein the controller is configured to; generate control parameters based on the different bandwidth capabilities, the control parameters including information that; assigns first and second non-overlapping channel bandwidths for first and second downlink transmissions to first and second devices having lower and higher bandwidth capabilities, respectively; and indicates timing for an acknowledgement to be sent from the first device and after which an acknowledgement from the second device is to be sent; cause the at least one transmitter to transmit a first downlink transmission to the first device over the first channel bandwidth at a lower data rate during a first time interval; cause the at least one transmitter to transmit a second downlink transmission to the second device over the second channel bandwidth at a higher data rate during a second time interval that partially overlaps with and ends at or before the first time interval; and cause the at least one transmitter to transmit a false acknowledgement message that does not acknowledge anything over the second bandwidth after the second time interval and during the first time interval. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that,
when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: -
at a wireless access point that serves different wireless devices having different respective bandwidth capabilities, generate control parameters based on the different bandwidth capabilities, the control parameters including information that; assigns first and second non-overlapping channel bandwidths for first and second downlink transmissions to first and second devices having lower and higher bandwidth capabilities, respectively; and indicates timing for an acknowledgement to be sent from the first device and after which an acknowledgement from the second device is to be sent; cause a transmitter to transmit a first downlink transmission to the first device over the first channel bandwidth at a lower data rate during a first time interval; and cause the transmitter to transmit a second downlink transmission to the second device over the second channel bandwidth at a higher data rate during a second time interval that partially overlaps with and ends at or before the first time interval; and cause the transmitter to transmit a false acknowledgement message that does not acknowledge anything over the second bandwidth after the second time interval and during the first time interval. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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