Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for an access point (AP), where an apparatus of an AP comprises processing circuitry configured to: encode, for transmission, a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and encode, for transmission, a number of duplicate long-training fields (LTFs), wherein a number of symbols of a LTF of the LTFs is based on a number of spatial streams. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode the number of duplicate LTFs in the number of null data packet (NDPs), where each NDP of the number of NDPs comprises a duplicate LTF of the number of duplicate LTFs and transmit the number of NDPs sequentially with a short interframe space separation.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to traffic indication map (TIM) piggybacking. A device may determine a frame including one or more TIMs indicating that the device has data to send in a first frequency band of a plurality of supported frequency bands. The device may cause to send the frame in a second frequency band of the plurality of supported frequency bands, wherein the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band, wherein the frame indicates a request for a first station device to be awake in the first frequency band to receive the data. The device may cause to send the data using the first frequency band.

Abstract: An access point (AP) station (STA) (AP STA) that is part of an AP multi-link device (MLD) may be configured as a reporting AP may encode a BSS Transition Management (BTM) request frame for transmission to one or more associated non-AP stations (STAs). The BTM request frame may include a neighbor report element encoded to include information about one or more neighbor APs. The neighbor report element may indicate whether the one or more neighbor APs identified in the neighbor report element are part of an AP MLD and, when a neighbor AP is indicated to be part of an AP MLD whether the reporting AP is part of the indicated AP MLD. The AP STA may decode a reassociation frame from one of the non-AP STAs for transition from one of the AP STAs of the AP MLD to one of the neighbor APs.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may be configured to generate, transmit, receive and/or process a frame including a multiple Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) element corresponding to a multiple BSSID set including a reporting AP, the BSSID element including one or more non-transmitted BSSID profile elements corresponding to one or more other APs belonging to the multiple BSSID set, wherein a non-transmitted BSSID profile element corresponding to an other AP includes one or more elements of information corresponding to the other AP, and a multi-link element, the multi-link element including one or more profile subelements for one or more reported APs of an other MLD including the other AP, respectively, wherein a profile subelement corresponding to a reported AP includes one or more elements of information corresponding to the reported AP.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced L-SIG. A device may generate a frame for 60 gigahertz (GHz) transmission, the frame comprising one or more fields to carry information associated with one or more station devices (STAs). The device may generate a special legacy signal (L-SIG) field comprising one or more subfields for operation in the 60 gigahertz (GHz) transmission. The device may include the L-SIG field in the frame. The device may cause to send the frame to the one or more STAs.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for communicating elements between multi-link devices are disclosed. Apparatuses of a first access points (AP) of an AP multi-link device (MLD) are disclosed, where the apparatuses comprise processing circuitry configured to encode a first portion of a first beacon frame or first response frame, and in response to a second AP of the AP MLD transmitting, on a second frequency band, a second beacon frame or a second probe response frame comprising a channel switch announcement element or an enhanced channel switch announcement frame, encoding a second portion of the first beacon frame or the first probe response frame, the second portion comprising the channel switch announcement element or the enhanced channel switch announcement frame. The processing circuitry is further configured to configure the first AP of the AP MLD to transmit, on a first frequency band, the first beacon frame.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for an access point (AP), where an apparatus of an AP comprises processing circuitry configured to: decode a first defer signal frame, determine the first defer signal frame is from a station (STA) associated with the AP, and encode, for transmission, in a subsequent contention period a second defer signal frame. The processing is further configured to: determine the first defer signal is from the STA associated with the AP based on one of: a basic service set (BSS) subfield in a physical (PHY) portion of the first signal frame, a transmitter address in a media access control (MAC) portion of the first defer signal frame, a receiver address in the MAC portion of the first defer signal frame, or a service field of the first signal field.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for a common preamble for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). An apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to encode an AP trigger frame that includes a resource allocation for other APs to transmit trigger frames to perform an uplink or downlink multi-user transmission with stations (STAs). The resource allocation includes information so that the transmissions are coordinated at the physical level to lessen interference among the APs and the stations. The processing is configured to encode a trigger frame for multi-AP request-to-send (RTS), the multi-AP trigger frame comprising for each of a plurality of APs, the trigger frame indicating that each of a plurality of APs are to transmit a physical (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a request-to-send (RTS) or multi-user (MU) RTS (MU-RTS).

Abstract: For example, an Access Point (AP) may be configured to transmit a frame including a prioritized-access enabled/disabled field to indicate whether a prioritized-access contention mechanism is to be enabled or disabled over a wireless medium. For example, the prioritized-access contention mechanism may be configured to allow a prioritized station (STA) to transmit a reservation signal over the wireless medium at a reservation signal transmission time, and to contend the wireless medium according to a high-priority contention policy to obtain a Transmit Opportunity (TxOP) after transmission of the reservation signal. For example, the reservation signal transmission time may be based on an end of a predefined time duration from a start of a contention period. For example, the reservation signal may be configured to indicate a busy Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) to a receiving STA.

Abstract: For example, an Access Point (AP) may be configured to configure a trigger frame to indicate an allocation of a triggered contention-based period to be allocated within a Transmit Opportunity (TxOP) of the AP. For example, the trigger frame may be configured to indicate that only one or more eligible non-AP stations (STAs), which are eligible to communicate during the triggered contention-based period, are to be allowed to contend a wireless medium during the triggered contention-based period. For example, the AP may be configured to transmit the trigger frame to initiate the allocation of the triggered contention-based period. For example, a non-AP STA may be configured to be allowed to contend the wireless medium for a transmission during the triggered contention-based period, for example, based on a determination that the non-AP STA is to be defined as an eligible non-AP STA for the triggered contention-based period.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to high throughput (HT) control information. A device may determine a frame comprising HT control information. The device may determine to extend a size of the HT control information. The device may cause to generate a management or data frame for sending to a first station device of one or more station devices, the management or data frame comprising extended high throughput (HT) control information, define a new control identification (ID) associated with the extended HT control information, and cause to send the management or data frame to the first station device.

Abstract: Embodiments of an Extremely High Throughput Station (EHT STA) (STA1) configured for operating in a next-generation (NG) wireless local area network (WLAN) are described herein. In some embodiments, the EHT STA encodes a common signal field (SIG) (Coex-SIG) of an EHT PPDU to include a TXOP duration field. The TXOP duration field is more than seven bits to indicate an actual TXOP duration of a transmission from the EHT STA comprising the EHT PPDU transmitted to a second station (STA2). Decoding the TXOP duration field of the EHT PPDU by a third-party station (STA4) causes the third-party station (STA4) to defer a transmission until after an end of the transmission from the second station (STA2).

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to channel access for multi-link devices (MLDs). A MLD may identify a first backoff count associated with a first enhanced distributed channel access function (EDCAF) for a first communication link used by the MLD; identify a second backoff count associated with a second EDCAF for a second communication link used by the MLD, the first backoff count less than the second backoff count; determine a time period after that the first backoff count reaches zero and during which to refrain from transmitting using the first communication link, the time period based on the second backoff count; determine that the first communication link transitioned from an idle state to a busy state during the time period; and generate a third backoff count associated with the first EDCAF based on the first communication link transitioning to the busy state during the time period.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced transmission. A device may generate an aggregated medium access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) frame, wherein the A-MPDU is associated with transmission of n Network Coding (NC) encoded frames. The device may divide the A-MPDU frame into k data frames and (n?k) parity frames within the A-MPDU frame. The device may transmit the k data frames. The device may transmit to a station device (STA) at least one of the (n?k) parity frames separately after the data frames in response to packet drops in the k data frames.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wireless time sensitive networking. A device may identify, using an 802.3 protocol stack, an 802.3 frame received from a second device using a wired Ethernet connection, and extract, using the 802.3 protocol stack, a redundancy tag from the 802.3 frame, the redundancy tag including a sequence number. The device may generate, using an 802.11 protocol stack, an 802.11 frame with a subnetwork access protocol (SNAP) field, the SNAP field including an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) and the sequence number, the OUI including an indication of an Ethertype protocol. The device may send the 802.11 frame using a wireless connection.

Abstract: Provided herein are apparatuses and methods for multiplexed transmission and reception of Relay node. An apparatus includes interface circuitry; and processor circuitry coupled with the interface circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is to: decode a first-hop message received from a first node via the interface circuitry to obtain a message body; generate, in response to the first-hop message, a first-hop response message for transmission to the first node; generate a second-hop message including the message body for transmission to a second node; and multiplex the first-hop response message with the second-hop message in a same frame for transmission of the first-hop response message and the second-hop message simultaneously. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for transition delay for secondary channel access where an apparatus of an access point (AP) MLD, apparatus of a non-AP MLD, apparatus of a station (STA), or an apparatus of an AP comprises processing circuitry configured to: decode, from a primary channel, a first a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), determine whether the PPDU is from an overlapping basic service set (OBSS), wait a transition delay duration, and contend for access on a secondary channel.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for secondary channel access where an apparatus of an access point (AP) MLD, apparatus of a non-AP MLD, apparatus of a station (STA), or an apparatus of an AP comprises processing circuitry configured to: decode, from a primary channel, a first a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), determine whether the PPDU is from an overlapping basic service set (OBSS), and in response to a determination that the PPDU is from the OBSS, perform an energy detection on a secondary channel. Different energy detection levels may be used than for the primary channel and the apparatus may wait a transition delay before performing the energy detection.

Abstract: Logic to cause transmission of a defer signal in a contention period that is concurrent with a start of a restricted target wake time service period (rTWT SP), the apparatus comprising at least part of a first station (STA), wherein the first STA has an existing agreement with a second STA for the rTWT SP, at least one of the first STA and the second STA to comprise data associated with a predictable latency access category (AC_PL) of an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mechanism. Logic to contend for access to a medium for transmission of the data during the contention window. Logic to start the contention period, in some embodiments, a margin time prior to the start of the rTWT SP, wherein the rTWT is trigger-enabled or non-trigger enabled, wherein the existing agreement may identify a mode of a trigger-enabled rTWT SP as a first mode or second mode.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to high throughput (HT) control information. A device may determine a frame comprising HT control information. The device may determine to extend a size of the HT control information. The device may cause to generate a management or data frame for sending to a first station device of one or more station devices, the management or data frame comprising extended high throughput (HT) control information, define a new control identification (ID) associated with the extended HT control information, and cause to send the management or data frame to the first station device.