Communication station and method for communicating using minimum bandwidth units of various tone allocations for OFDMA HEW
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1. A communication station comprising:
- medium access control (MAC) layer circuitry to receive control of channel resources for a control period, wherein during the control period, the MAC layer circuitry is configured to obtain exclusive access to the channel resources for a period of time and communicate with a plurality of stations; and
physical layer (PHY) circuitry to communicate orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on the channel resources in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique during the control period, the channel resources comprising one or more minimum bandwidth units, each minimum bandwidth unit having a predetermined bandwidth,wherein the minimum bandwidth units are configured in accordance with one of a plurality of subcarrier allocations for one of a plurality of interleaver configurations, and wherein during the control period the PHY circuitry is configured to communicate with the stations on one or more of the minimum bandwidth units.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a communication station and method for communicating in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the communication station may be configured to communicate orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on channel resources in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique during a control period. The channel resources may comprise one or more minimum bandwidth units. Each minimum bandwidth unit may have a predetermined bandwidth and may be configured in accordance with one of a plurality of subcarrier allocations for one of a plurality of interleaver configurations.
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1. A communication station comprising:
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medium access control (MAC) layer circuitry to receive control of channel resources for a control period, wherein during the control period, the MAC layer circuitry is configured to obtain exclusive access to the channel resources for a period of time and communicate with a plurality of stations; and physical layer (PHY) circuitry to communicate orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on the channel resources in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique during the control period, the channel resources comprising one or more minimum bandwidth units, each minimum bandwidth unit having a predetermined bandwidth, wherein the minimum bandwidth units are configured in accordance with one of a plurality of subcarrier allocations for one of a plurality of interleaver configurations, and wherein during the control period the PHY circuitry is configured to communicate with the stations on one or more of the minimum bandwidth units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for communicating in an IEEE 802.11 network by a communication station, the method comprising:
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receiving control of channel resources for a control period and obtaining, during the control period, exclusive access to the channel resources for a period of time to communicate with a plurality of stations, the channel resources comprising one or more minimum bandwidth units, each minimum bandwidth unit having a predetermined bandwidth; and communicating, with the stations, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on one or more of the minimum bandwidth units in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique during the control period, wherein the minimum bandwidth units are configured in accordance with one of a plurality of subcarrier allocations for one of a plurality of interleaver configurations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations to configure a communication station to:
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receive control of channel resources for a control period, wherein during the control period, the communication station is configured to obtain exclusive access to the channel resources for a period of time and communicate with a plurality of stations; and communicate orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols on the channel resources in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique during the control period, the channel resources comprising one or more minimum bandwidth units, each minimum bandwidth unit having a predetermined bandwidth, wherein the minimum bandwidth units are configured in accordance with one of a plurality of subcarrier allocations for one of a plurality of interleaver configurations, and wherein during the control period the communication station is configured to communicate with the stations on one or more of the minimum bandwidth units. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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