Method and apparatus for managing client initiated transmissions in multiple-user communication schemes
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses;
determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of the apparatuses; and
transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams.
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Abstract
A method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests; and transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit data transmission. Another method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes contending for access to a medium based on a request, by an apparatus, with a plurality of other apparatuses; receiving a message, the message comprising a resource allocation based on requests from the apparatus and the other apparatuses, wherein the resource allocation permits data transmission from the apparatus and some of the other apparatuses; and transmitting data by the apparatus based on the message. Apparatuses for performing the methods are also disclosed.
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107 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of the apparatuses; and transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
a processing system configured to; receive a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determine resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of apparatuses; and transmit a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; means for determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of apparatuses; and means for transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105)
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106. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions, the instructions executable by one or more processors for:
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receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of apparatuses; and transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams.
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107. An access point, comprising:
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one or more antennas; a receiver configured to receive, via the one or more antennas, a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; a processor configured to determine resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests, and wherein the resource allocation comprises a number of spatial streams for each apparatus in the set of apparatuses; and a transmitter configured to transmit a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit simultaneous Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) data transmission by the set of apparatuses with the number of spatial streams.
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