Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a group identifier (ID) for a downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) group comprising a station (STA) based on DL MU-MIMO group management information comprised in a received management frame, determine whether a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA based whether a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU comprises the group ID for the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA, and in response to a determination that the PPDU is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA, identify one or more spatial streams assigned to the STA based on the PHY header.
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Abstract
Techniques for group-based spatial stream assignment signaling in 60 GHz wireless networks are described. According to various such techniques, a 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may be configured to define one or more DL MU-MIMO groups, each of which may comprise one or more respective 60 GHz-capable receiving devices. In various embodiments, the 60 GHz-capable transmitting device may include a DL MU-MIMO group ID within DL control information in a PHY header of a PPDU in order to indicate that the PPDU is directed to a DL MU-MIMO group corresponding to that DL MU-MIMO group ID. In some embodiments, DL MU-MIMO control information may comprise information specifying spatial stream assignments for the 60 GHz-capable receiving devices of that DL MU-MIMO group. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a group identifier (ID) for a downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) group comprising a station (STA) based on DL MU-MIMO group management information comprised in a received management frame, determine whether a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA based whether a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU comprises the group ID for the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA, and in response to a determination that the PPDU is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA, identify one or more spatial streams assigned to the STA based on the PHY header. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to define a downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) group comprising a plurality of stations (STAs), send a management frame identifying a group identifier (ID) for the DL MU-MIMO group and a respective association identifier (AID) for each of the plurality of STAs, and address a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to the plurality of STAs by including the group ID in a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU; and a radio interface to transmit the PPDU via a plurality of spatial streams, the PHY header to identify a respective assignment of one or more of the plurality of spatial streams to each of the plurality of STAs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed by circuitry of a station (STA), cause the STA to:
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determine a group identifier (ID) for a downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple output (DL MU-MIMO) group comprising the STA based on DL MU-MIMO group management information comprised in a received management frame; determine whether a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA based whether a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU comprises the group ID for the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA; and in response to a determination that the PPDU is addressed to the DL MU-MIMO group comprising the STA, identify one or more spatial streams assigned to the STA based on the PHY header. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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