Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of time preservation. For example, an apparatus may include a time controller to preserve a time of a clock of a mobile device based on signals received by the mobile device from less than four location origin transmitters, the time controller is to determine the time based on a position of a location origin transmitter of the less than four location origin transmitters and one or more parameters relating to a transmission path between the location origin transmitter and the mobile device.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of simultaneous connectivity to location origin transceivers. For example, a transceiver may be configured to simultaneously maintain a plurality of simultaneous Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer connections with a plurality of location origin beacon transceivers (LOBTs), and to communicate wireless communication signals with the plurality of LOBTs via the plurality of simultaneous MAC-layer connections.

Abstract: Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for signaling UL frame duration in wireless local-area networks. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) communication, the trigger frame including a media access control (MAC) portion including one or more station identifications and a length field to indicate an UL physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (UL-PPDU) length, the MAC portion further including a duration field to indicate a time period for other stations to set network allocation vectors. The processing circuitry further configured to: configure the access point to transmit the trigger frame, and decode UL-PPDUs from one or more stations identified by the one or more stations identifications, where a length of each of the UL-PPDUs is to be in accordance with the UL-PPDU length.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for multi-user (MU) location measurement are generally described herein. The AP may contend for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) to obtain access to a channel. The AP may transmit a trigger frame (TF) to initiate a multi-user (MU) location measurement during the TXOP. The AP may receive service requests for the MU location measurement from a plurality of STAs. The AP may transmit an MU acknowledgement (ACK) frame that indicates reception of the service requests. The AP may receive, from the STAs, uplink sounding frames that include per-STA timing information for the service requests and the MU ACK frame. The STA may determine location measurements for the STAs based on the per-STA timing information included in the uplink sounding frames.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for uplink transmission power control in a wireless network. An apparatus of a wireless device comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry is configured to decode a trigger frame from an access point for an uplink communication, the trigger frame comprising an uplink resource allocation for the station, the uplink resource allocation including common information and per station information, the common information including an indication of a maximum receive power at the access point, the per station information comprising an identification of the station, and an indication of a resource unit (RU). The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode an uplink (UL) physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)(UL-PPDU) in accordance with the indication of the RU. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: determine a transmit power for the UL-PPDU based on the maximum receive power.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for sounding using manipulated null data packets (NDP). An apparatus of an wireless device comprising memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processing circuitry may be configured to: encode a null data packet (NDP) announcement (NDP-A) frame, configure the wireless device to transmit the NDP-A frame, and encode a manipulated NDP frame. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the manipulated NDP frame, encode a trigger frame comprising resource allocations for one or more stations, and configure the wireless device to transmit the trigger frame. The processing circuitry may decode beamforming feedback frames from the stations, where the beamforming feedback frames are to he received by the wireless device in accordance with the resource allocations, and where the beamforming feedback frames are to comprise feedback for the manipulated NDP frame.

Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for resource allocation signaling in uplink frames in wireless networks are disclosed. An apparatus of an access point including processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry may be configured to encode a first frame and encode second frames for one or both of DL OFDMA or MU-MIMO. The second frames may include data for a plurality of stations. The processing circuitry may be configured to encode a resource allocation for each of the plurality of stations to transmit one or more third frames comprising an acknowledge to the corresponding one or more second frames in accordance with one or both of OFDMA or MU-MIMO. The resource allocation is to be encoded in one or both the first frame and each of the one or more second frames. The resource allocation in the second frames includes the resource allocation for the corresponding station.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for group addresses in wireless networks. An apparatus of an access point comprising memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processing circuitry may be configured to: allocate one or more association identification (AIDs) to one or more stations, and allocate a group association identification (GAI) for the one or more stations and associate the GAI with the one or more AIDs. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode one or more first packets with the GAI for the one or more stations, and configure the access point to transmit the one or more first packets to the one or more stations. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: encode a second packet with a media access control (MAC) address of the GAI, and transmit the second packet to the one or more stations.

Abstract: Methods and devices are described in which the MU-RTS (multi-user request-to-send) trigger frame is compressed by having a single field trigger a group of users instead of an individual user. This technique also enables the indication of a set of transmission format parameters to the same group of users. In one embodiment, one Per-User Info field of the MU-RTS frame is used to indicate that the CTS (clear-to-send) response is to be transmitted by multiple stations instead of a having a Per-User Info field for each station.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for uplink sounding are generally described herein. The AP may transmit an uplink (UL) sounding trigger frame (TF) that indicates a request to receive UL sounding elements from a group of one or more stations (STAs). The AP may receive UL sounding elements from the STAs in accordance with UL multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) reception. The AP may also receive, from at least a portion of the STAs, UL sounding feedback that includes one or more UL sounding transmission parameters used by the portion of the STAs for UL sounding element transmissions. The UL sounding TF may further indicate the portion of the STAs that are to transmit the UL sounding feedback.

Abstract: Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for signaling UL frame duration in wireless local-area networks. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) communication, the trigger frame including a media access control (MAC) portion including one or more station identifications and a length field to indicate an UL physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (UL-PPDU) length, the MAC portion further including a duration field to indicate a time period for other stations to set network allocation vectors. The processing circuitry further configured to: configure the access point to transmit the trigger frame, and decode UL-PPDUs from one or more stations identified by the one or more stations identifications, where a length of each of the UL-PPDUs is to be in accordance with the UL-PPDU length.

Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA), access point (AP) and method for aggregation of data packets are generally described herein. The AP may transmit a trigger frame (TF) to an STA that indicates an access class (AC) constraint parameter and a traffic identifier (TID) aggregation limit parameter. The STA may select a group of aggregate TIDs from which medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs) may be aggregated into an aggregated MPDU (A-MPDU). The AC constraint parameter may indicate a recommended AC from which at least a portion of the aggregate TIDs are to be selected. The TID aggregation limit parameter may indicate a number of TIDs to be selected for the group of aggregate TIDs.

Abstract: System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for limits on aggregated media access control (MAC) service data units (MSDU). An apparatus of an access point comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry configured to encode a trigger frame comprising uplink resource allocations for stations, and configure the access point to transmit the trigger frame to the stations. The processing circuitry may be further configured to decode physical (PHY) layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDUs) from the stations in accordance with the uplink resource allocations, where the PPDUs comprise one or more MSDUs, and wherein the MSDUs from each station are within a scaled limit for MSDUs.

Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for uplink sounding in wireless networks are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless device may include processing circuitry configured to: encode an uplink sounding trigger element (USTE) for one or more stations, the USTE comprising one or more uplink (UL) resource allocations for the one or more stations to transmit one or more uplink sounding referee elements (USREs) to the wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the USTE to the one or more stations, and decode the one or more USREs from the one or more station, wherein the one or more USREs are to be received by the wireless device in accordance with a corresponding resource allocation indicated in the USTE.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices in which agreements between a wireless station and an access point are transferred from one access point to another during a basic service set transition within an extended service set. The described techniques define methods for reducing the frame exchanges needed after association to negotiate certain parameters such as block acknowledgement agreements.

Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for trigger frame recovery. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame comprising a resource allocation for one or more stations, where the trigger frame comprises a network allocation vector (NAV) duration. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the trigger frame to the one or more stations. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to contend for the wireless medium a first time, encode a retransmission of the trigger frame, and configure the wireless device to transmit the retransmission of the trigger frame to the one or more stations, if a frame is not received from the one or more stations in response to the trigger frame before a trigger frame timeout duration.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of determining one or more link adaptation parameters. For example, an apparatus may be configured to process a first message from a wireless station, the first message including location information corresponding to a location of the wireless station, and an Access Point (AP) identifier to identify an AP; to query a Location-Based Link Status (LB-LS) database (DB) for radio link information corresponding to the AP and to the location; to determine, based on the radio link information, one or more link adaptation parameters corresponding to a wireless link between the AP and the wireless station at the location; and to send to the wireless station a second message comprising the one or more link adaptation parameters.

Abstract: Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for signaling UL frame duration in wireless local-area networks. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) communication, the trigger frame including a media access control (MAC) portion including one or more station identifications and a length field to indicate an UL physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (UL-PPDU) length, the MAC portion further including a duration field to indicate a time period for other stations to set network allocation vectors. The processing circuitry further configured to: configure the access point to transmit the trigger frame, and decode UL-PPDUs from one or more stations identified by the one or more stations identifications, where a length of each of the UL-PPDUs is to be in accordance with the UL-PPDU length.

Abstract: A method and system for time synchronization in a mobile device are disclosed. The method includes negotiating a synchronization schedule. The synchronization schedule defines a plurality of synchronization times for receiving synchronization messages. The method further includes transitioning the mobile device from a first state to a second state to receive a synchronization message. The mobile device uses less power in the first state than the second state and the mobile device cannot receive the synchronization message when in the first state. The method further includes synchronizing a clock component in response to receiving the synchronization message.