Device, system and method of wireless communication over non-contiguous channels

• US 9,603,147 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Trainin, Solomon, Kasher, Assaf
• Primary Examiner(s): Alia, Curtis A
• Application Number:
  US14/846,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382353A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over non-contiguous channels. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting symbols of a wireless communication packet to a wireless communication device over a plurality of non-contiguous wireless communication channels.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least first and second receive (Rx) chains; and

a media-access-controller (MAC) configured to control the at least first and second Rx chains to receive symbols of a wireless communication packet over at least first and second non-contiguous channels, the MAC controller configured to control the first Rx chain according to first signaling information defining first transmission characteristics over the first channel, the MAC controller configured to control the second Rx chain according to second signaling information defining second transmission characteristics over the second channel, the first signaling information to be received over the first channel, the second signaling information to be received over the second channel, the first signaling information comprising at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of a bandwidth of the first channel, and channel allocation information corresponding to the first channel.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to process at least part of the second signaling information received over the first channel, and to process at least part of the first signaling information received over the second channel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to process the first and second signaling information received over each of the first and second channels.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to process the first and second signaling information as part of a preamble of said wireless communication packet.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to process first and second information elements received over the first channel, the first and second information elements comprising the first and second signaling information, respectively.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to process the first and second information elements received over the second channel.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first channel comprises a first 80 Megahertz (MHz) channel, and the second channel comprises a second 80 MHz channel.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one channel of the at least first and second channels is formed by two or more contiguous channels, the apparatus is configured to process a preamble of the wireless communication packet over the contiguous channels.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one channel of the first and second channels has a bandwidth of at least 20 megahertz (MHz).

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least first and second channels have a total bandwidth of at least 160 megahertz (MHz).

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an Rx chain of the first and second Rx chains comprises one or more Physical Layer (PHY) components, and one or more Radio Frequency (RF) components.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.

13. A product comprising a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

receiving over a first channel of a plurality of non-contiguous channels at least first signaling information defining first transmission characteristics over the first channel, and receiving over a second channel of the plurality of non-contiguous channels at least second signaling information defining second transmission characteristics over the second channel, the first signaling information comprising at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of a bandwidth of the first channel, and channel allocation information corresponding to the first channel; and

processing symbols of a wireless communication packet received over the first and second channels according to the first and second transmission characteristics, respectively.

14. The product of claim 13, wherein the instructions result in:

receiving over the first channel at least part of the second signaling information; and

receiving over the second channel at least part of the first signaling information.

15. The product of claim 13, wherein the instructions result in receiving substantially the same signaling information over both the first and second non-contiguous channels.

16. The product of claim 13, wherein the instructions result in receiving different signaling information over the first and second channels.

17. The product of claim 13, wherein said instructions result in processing said first and second signaling information as part of a preamble of said wireless communication packet.

18. The product of claim 13, wherein said instructions result in receiving over the first channel first and second information elements comprising the first and second signaling information, respectively.

19. The product of claim 13, wherein the first channel comprises a first 80 Megahertz (MHz) channel, and the second channel comprises a second 80 MHz channel.

20. The product of claim 13, wherein at least one channel of the plurality of channels comprises two or more contiguous channels, and wherein the instructions result in processing a preamble of the packet received over the contiguous channels.

21. The product of claim 13, wherein at least one channel of the plurality of channels has a bandwidth of at least 20 megahertz (MHz).

22. The product of claim 13, wherein the plurality of channels have a total bandwidth of at least 160 megahertz (MHz).

23. A wireless communication device comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

one or more antennas; and

a wireless communication unit configured to receive over a first channel of a plurality of non-contiguous channels at least first signaling information defining first transmission characteristics over the first channel, the wireless communication unit configured to receive over a second channel of the plurality of non-contiguous channels at least second signaling information defining second transmission characteristics over the second channel, the first signaling information comprising at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of a bandwidth of the first channel and channel allocation information corresponding to the first channel, the wireless communication unit configured to process symbols of a wireless communication packet received over the first and second channels according to the first and second transmission characteristics, respectively.

24. The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein said wireless communication unit is configured to process said first and second signaling information as part of a preamble of said wireless communication packet.

25. The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein said wireless communication unit comprises a plurality of receive (Rx) chains.