Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
- a communication interface; and
processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to;
receive a signal from another wireless communication device via a communication channel having a channel bandwidth;
process a first at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an OFDM packet of the signal based on a first clock signal;
downclock the first clock signal using a downclocking factor to generate a second clock signal;
process a second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the second clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet;
downclock the first clock signal using another downclocking factor to generate a third clock signal; and
process a third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the third clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by a different symbol extension amount than the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet.
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Abstract
Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A signal is processed within a communication device using at least two respective downclocking ratios (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal such as a frame or packet extracted there from, a second downclocking ratio applied to a second portion of the signal). Alternatively, a signal is divided into more than two respective portions, and different respective downclocking ratios are applied to those different respective portions (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal, and so on up to an n-th downclocking ratio applied to an n-th portion of the signal). Some implementations apply a singular or common downclocking ratio to more than one portion of the signal (which may be contiguous/adjacent or non-contiguous/non-adjacent within the signal).
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication interface; and processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to; receive a signal from another wireless communication device via a communication channel having a channel bandwidth; process a first at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an OFDM packet of the signal based on a first clock signal; downclock the first clock signal using a downclocking factor to generate a second clock signal; process a second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the second clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet; downclock the first clock signal using another downclocking factor to generate a third clock signal; and process a third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the third clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by a different symbol extension amount than the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication interface; and processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to; receive a signal from another wireless communication device via a communication channel having a 20 MHz channel bandwidth; process a first at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an OFDM packet of the signal based on a first clock signal; downclock the first clock signal using a first downclocking factor of 2 to generate a second clock signal; process a second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the second clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by 2; downclock the first clock signal using a second downclocking factor of 4 to generate a third clock signal; and process a third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the third clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by 4. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for execution by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a communication interface of the wireless communication device, a signal from another wireless communication device via a communication channel having a channel bandwidth; processing a first at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an OFDM packet of the signal based on a first clock signal; downclocking the first clock signal using a downclocking factor to generate a second clock signal; and processing a second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the second clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet; receiving, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, another signal from the another wireless communication device via the communication channel having the channel bandwidth; processing a third at least one OFDM symbol of another OFDM packet of the another signal based on the first clock signal; downclocking the first clock signal using another downclocking factor to generate a third clock signal; and processing a fourth at least one OFDM symbol of the another OFDM packet based on the third clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the fourth at least one OFDM symbol of the another OFDM packet. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication interface; and processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to; receive a signal from another wireless communication device via a communication channel having a 20 MHz channel bandwidth; process a first at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an OFDM packet of the signal based on a first clock signal; downclock the first clock signal using a downclocking factor of 2 to generate a second clock signal; process a second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the second clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the second at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by 2; downclock the first clock signal using a second downclocking factor of 4 to generate a third clock signal; and process a third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet based on the third clock signal to extend OFDM symbol duration of the third at least one OFDM symbol of the OFDM packet by 4.
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