Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method for communication on primary and secondary channel resources are generally described herein. The STA may transmit a grant frame to indicate a transmission of a data payload by the STA during a grant period. The grant frame may indicate whether the data payload is to be transmitted on primary channel resources or on secondary channel resources. The STA may transmit the data payload to a destination STA on the secondary channel resources when the grant frame indicates that the data payload is to be transmitted on the secondary channel resources. The grant frame may be transmitted on the primary channel resources and on the secondary channel resources when the grant frame indicates that the data payload is to be transmitted on the secondary channel resources.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of multi-user (MU) wireless communication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a MU Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a header field and a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to a respective plurality of users, the header field including an indication of a plurality of lengths of respective ones of the plurality of MPDUs, one or more MPDUs of the plurality of MPDUs being followed by one or more respective PHY padding portions extending to an end of a longest MPDU of the plurality of MPDUs; and process transmission of the MU PPDU to the plurality of users over a wireless communication band.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a responder station may process a received Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) request including a beam tracking request from an initiator station; and select whether or not to transmit a BRP response including beam tracking feedback, in response to the BRP request, based on a comparison between a time period and a BRP tracking time limit, the time period being based on a timing of the BRP request and a timing of the BRP response.

Abstract: Apparatus, computer readable media, and methods for enhanced beamforming training in a wireless local area network are disclosed. An apparatus of a access point or station is disclosed. The apparatus including processing circuitry where the processing circuitry is configured to encode an EBRP packet comprising a first portion comprising an indication of a first number of transmit antenna training settings (N-TX), and an indication of a second number of receive training subfields per N-TX settings (N-RX), and a second portion comprising a third number of training subfields. The third number may be less than or equal to N-TX times N-RX. The processing circuitry may be configured to cause the first portion of the EBRP packet to be transmitted and cause the second portion to be transmitted, where two or more of the third number of training subfields are to be transmitted simultaneously using different antennas and orthogonal sequences.

Abstract: Various embodiments may be generally directed to multi-link beamforming training techniques for 60 GHz wireless networks. In some embodiments, a 60 GHz-capable device in a 60 GHz wireless network may train wireless links with multiple other 60 GHz-capable devices simultaneously. In various embodiments, the multiple wireless links may be trained simultaneously using a multi-link beamforming training packet that comprises a format designed for simultaneous training of multiple wireless links. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first station may be configured to transmit to a second station a plurality of sector sweep (SSW) frames of a first beamforming transmission of a beamforming procedure, a SSW frame of the first beamforming transmission including a duration value to indicate a time until at least a beginning of a second beamforming transmission subsequent to the first beamforming transmission; and to receive from the second station one or more SSW frames of the second beamforming transmission.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to determine a first frequency offset for a first band of communication based on one or more packets communicated by a first transceiver, determine a second frequency offset for a second band of communication based on the first frequency offset, and process one or more packets of information communicated on the second band of communication via a second transceiver based on the second frequency offset.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication via multiple antenna assemblies. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit and receive signals via one or more quasi-omnidirectional antenna assemblies, wherein the wireless communication unit is to transmit, via each quasi-omnidirectional antenna assembly, a plurality of first transmissions, to receive, in response to the first transmissions, a plurality of second transmissions from another device via one or more of the quasi-omnidirectional antenna assemblies, and, based on the second transmissions, to select at least one selected transmit antenna assembly for transmitting to the other device and a selected receive antenna assembly for receiving transmissions from the other device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to send an indication in a first frequency band of communication, the indication sent in a beacon message and to indicate a capability to communicate in a second frequency band of communication. Embodiments may include techniques to send beamforming information for the second frequency band of communication in the first frequency band of communication, and perform a beamforming operation for the second frequency band of communication using the beamforming information communicated in the first frequency band of communication.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of multi-user (MU) wireless communication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a MU Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a header field and a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to a respective plurality of users, the header field including an indication of a plurality of lengths of respective ones of the plurality of MPDUs, one or more MPDUs of the plurality of MPDUs being followed by one or more respective PHY padding portions extending to an end of a longest MPDU of the plurality of MPDUs; and process transmission of the MU PPDU to the plurality of users over a wireless communication band.

Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing a direct estimation of a transmitter's position based upon raw radio frequency (RF) signals that are received by a portable device. A mathematical operation such as a maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) algorithm, which utilizes collected snapshots from the received raw RF signals as variables, is implemented to perform direct estimation.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless station to generate a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet including at least a packet type field, a countdown field, a short SSW feedback field, and a direction field, the packet type field including a value to indicate a Short SSW packet type, the countdown field including a counter value to indicate a number of remaining short SSW packet transmissions, the direction field to indicate whether transmission of the short SSW packet is from a beamforming initiator or a beamforming responder; and to transmit the short SSW packet to a second wireless station over a directional frequency band during beamforming training between the first and second wireless stations.

Abstract: Channel bonding techniques for wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a memory and logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, the logic to identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, and generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a wireless station to transmit a first PPDU to a second wireless station, the first PPDU including a preamble, a header, and a first PLCP Service Data Unit (PSDU), the header including a synchronization (sync) indicator to indicate that the second wireless station is to synchronize a second PPDU to the first PPDU; and to receive the second PPDU from the second wireless station, the second PPDU spaced from the first PPDU by less than a Short Inter Frame Space (SIFS), the second PPDU including a Byte Count, and a second PSDU, the second PPDU including no preamble or a short preamble, which is shorter than the preamble of the first PPDU.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first wireless station may process transmission of a first plurality of Beam Refinement Phase (BRP) frames to a second wireless station during a BRP, one or more duration fields of one or more respective BRP frames of the first plurality of BRP frames being according to an end time; and may process reception of a second plurality of BRP frames from the second wireless station during the BRP, one or more duration fields of one or more respective BRP frames of the second plurality of BRP frames being according to the end time.

Abstract: Techniques to enable dynamic bandwidth management at the physical layer level while maintaining backwards compatibility in wireless systems is provided. Furthermore, techniques for reducing the occurrence of exposed nodes are provided. A transmitter may transmit a frame including an indication that a PHY layer sub-header defining a bandwidth associated with a channel is present. Furthermore, the transmitter may transmit a third frame after receiving a second frame from a receiver to indicate to legacy stations that the TXOP was successful.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) system. The device may determine a wireless communications channel with a first device in accordance with a wireless communications standard. The device may generate a header in accordance with a communication standard, the header including, at least in part, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index value. The device may determine a code rate associated with the MCS index value based at least in part on the wireless communications channel. The device may cause to send the header to the first device over the wireless communications channel based at least in part on the MCS index value.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wide-bandwidth data frame. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to generate at least one wide-bandwidth data frame to be transmitted over a wide-bandwidth millimeter-Wave (mmWave) channel, the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel including a plurality of mmWave channels; and a transmitter to transmit a plurality of reservation frames over the plurality of mmWave channels, a reservation frame of the plurality of reservation frames including a duration value corresponding to a duration of the wide-bandwidth data frame and a wide-bandwidth indication to indicate that the wide-bandwidth data frames are to be transmitted over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel, the transmitter to transmit the at least one wide-bandwidth data frame over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an enhanced multiple input multiple output (MIMO) preamble frame. A device may determine a MIMO frame including a first section and a second section. The device may generate an enhanced MIMO frame including at least in part a modified first section and the second section of the MIMO frame. The device may determine a first stream and a second stream associated with at least one antenna of the device. The device may cause to send the enhanced MIMO frame to one or more first devices on the first stream. The device may cause to send the MIMO frame to the one or more first devices on the second stream.

Abstract: This disclosure describes the generation and implementation of Golay sequences and Golay Sequence Sets (GSSs) for channel estimation in wireless networks. In one embodiment, this disclosure describes an extension of the Golay sequences Ga and Gb defined in various legacy standards to GSSs. In various embodiments, the disclosed GSSs can include a number of Golay complementary pairs (e.g., Ga and Gb). In one embodiment, the disclosed Golay complementary pairs can meet various predetermined design rules and can be used to define enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) short training field (STF) and/or channel estimation field (CEF) fields for multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission.