DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GRANT FRAME FOR BANDWIDTH SCHEDULING

• US 20180324695A1
• Filed: 05/02/2018
• Published: 11/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Trainin, Solomon B., Kasher, Assaf, Cordeiro, Carlos, Cariou, Laurent
• Granted Patent: US 10,531,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Devices and methods of limiting wideband STA communication are generally described. The STA receives, over a primary channel, a wakeup frame containing an indication of a SP or CBAP to acquire a wideband TXOP over a wide bandwidth channel including the primary channel and a secondary channel and a control trailer having an indication of the wide bandwidth channel. Prior to the SP/CBAP, the STA opens reception from the primary channel to the wide bandwidth channel. The STA then communicates with another STA over the wide bandwidth channel and subsequently reduces reception from the wide bandwidth channel to the primary channel. The wakeup frame originates from an AP/PCP or the other STA, and contains fields indicating the wakeup frame length and SP or a sensing time length prior to the CBAP.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An apparatus of an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) station (STA), the apparatus comprising:

memory; and

processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to;

decode a non EDMG physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the non-EDMG PPDU comprising a legacy header (L-Header), the L-Header comprising a field that indicates a control trailer is present, the non-EDMG PPDU further comprising a grant frame, the grant frame indicating an intent to transmit to the STA on a bonded channel an EDMG PPDU at a time indicated by a value of an allocation duration field, the control trailer indicating the bonded channel, wherein the non-EDMG PPDU is received from a peer STA; and

decode the EDMG PPDU, wherein the EDMG PPDU is received on the bonded channel from the peer STA.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

decode the control trailer after a data portion of the non-EDMG PPDU.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control trailer comprises a bit to indicate whether each 2.16 GHz channel of a plurality of 2.16 GHz channels is included in the bonded channels.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the grant frame is received on a primary channel, and wherein the bonded channels include the primary channel.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

in response to the grant frame, configure the STA to operate over the bonded channels before the time indicated by the value of the allocation duration field.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

in response to a signal indicating a completion of receiving the EDMG PPDU, configure the STA to operate on a 2.16 GHz channel that the non-EDMG PPDU is to be received on.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the grant frame comprises a receiver address field, and the receiver address field indicates an address of the STA.

9. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bonded channels are in a 60 GHz band.

10. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the grant frame indicates the EDMG PPDU is to be transmitted in a service period (SP).

12. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the grant frame comprises a transmitter address that indicates the grant frame originated from one of an access point (AP) and Personal Basic Service Set (PBSS) control point (PCP).

13. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the STA is configured to operate in accordance with Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 11ay.

14. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry;

and one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry.

11. The apparatus of 2, further comprising:

transceiver circuitry, the transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry; and

receive antennas, the receive antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to;

in response to the grant frame, configure the receive antennas to a directional antenna pattern for the bonded channels before the time indicated by the value of the allocation duration field.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of an apparatus of an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) station (STA), the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

decode a non EDMG physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the non-EDMG PPDU comprising a legacy header (L-Header), the L-Header comprising a field that indicates a control trailer is present, the non-EDMG PPDU further comprising a grant frame, the grant frame indicating an intent to transmit to the STA on a bonded channel an EDMG PPDU at a time indicated by a value of an allocation duration field, the control trailer indicating the bonded channel, wherein the non-EDMG PPDU is received from a peer STA; and

decode the EDMG PPDU, wherein the EDMG PPDU is received on the bonded channel from the peer STA.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further configure the one or more processors to:

decode the control trailer after a data portion of the non-EDMG PPDU.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the non-EDMG PPDU is received on a primary channel, and wherein the bonded channels includes the primary channel.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further configure the one or more processors to:

in response to the grant frame, configure the STA to operate over the bonded channels before the time indicated by the value of the allocation duration field.

19. A method performed by an apparatus of an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) station (STA), the method comprising:

decoding a non EDMG physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the non-EDMG PPDU comprising a legacy header (L-Header), the L-Header comprising a field that indicates a control trailer is present, the non-EDMG PPDU further comprising a grant frame, the grant frame indicating an to transmit to the STA on a bonded channel an EDMG PPDU at a time indicated by a value of an allocation duration field, the control trailer indicating the bonded channel, wherein the non-EDMG PPDU is received from a peer STA; and

decoding the EDMG PPDU, wherein the EDMG PPDU is received on the bonded channel from the peer STA.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

decoding the control trailer after a data portion of the non-EDMG PPDU.

21. An apparatus of an access point (AP) or Personal Basic Service Set (PBSS) control point (PCP) the apparatus comprising:

memory and processing circuitry configured to;

encode a grant frame, the grant frame indicating an intent to transmit to a station (STA) on bonded channels an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) at a time indicated by a value of an allocation duration field, the grant frame comprising a control trailer, the control trailer indicating the bonded channels;

generate signaling to cause the AP or the PCP to transmit the grant frame to a peer station (STA);

encode the EDMG PPDU; and

generate signaling to cause the AP or the PCP to transmit the EDMG PPDU at the time indicated by the value of the allocation duration field on the bonded channels to the peer STA.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode the grant frame in a non-EDMG PPDU, the non-EDMG PPDU comprising a legacy header (L-Header), the L-Header comprising a field that indicates the control trailer is present.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode the control trailer after a data portion of the non-EDMG PPDU.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the control trailer comprises a bit to indicate whether each 2.16 GHz channel of a plurality of 2.16 GHz channels is included in the bonded channels.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate signaling to cause the AP or the PCP to transmit the grant frame to the peer STA on a primary channel, wherein the bonded channels includes the primary channel.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry;

and one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry.