Abstract: A next generation NodeB (gNB) implements a radio access network (RAN) convergence functionality for new radio (NR) and wireless local area network (WLAN) access, the gNB further implementing a split architecture comprising a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU) for each of the NR access and WLAN access. The gNB receives a data packet for transmission to a user equipment (UE) implementing the RAN convergence functionality, the data packet comprising one of a control plane (CP) packet or a user plane (UP) packet. The gNB splits the data packet via a convergence layer residing on the NR CU or a convergence layer residing on the WLAN CU and transmits the split data packet over the NR access and the WLAN access.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to extended enhanced multi-link single-radio (EMLSR) with more than two links. A multi-link device may send, to a second multi-link device, an indication that the multi-link device supports an extended enhanced multi-link single-radio (EMLSR) mode using a first enhanced EMLSR link, a second EMLSR link, and an auxiliary EMLSR link; identify a time when at least one of the first EMLSR link or the second EMLSR link are busy due to overlapping basic service set (OBSS) traffic; initiate, during the time, a transmit opportunity on the auxiliary EMLSR link; and cause to send one or more frames to the second multi-link device using the auxiliary EMLSR link during the time.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi sensing. A device may generate a request to perform P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations with a second non-AP STA; send the request to an AP to which the non-AP STA is associated; identify a response received from the AP, the response indicating that the non-AP STA is a sensing receiver for the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations; identify a trigger frame received from the AP, the trigger frame associated with the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations; identify a sensing physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) received from the second non-AP STA, the sensing PPDU associated with the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations and including an indication that the second non-AP STA sent the sensing PPDU; and determine channel state information based on the sensing PPDU, the channel state information indicative of motion of people or objects.

Abstract: Provided herein are apparatus and methods for coexistence between Wi-Fi communication and Bluetooth communication. An apparatus for a UE includes: a Wi-Fi module to perform Wi-Fi communication; a Bluetooth module to perform Bluetooth communication; and interface circuitry coupled with both of the Wi-Fi module and the Bluetooth module; wherein the Wi-Fi module is to: obtain event schedule information from the Bluetooth module via the interface circuitry, wherein the event schedule information is to indicate information about a schedule of the Bluetooth communication; and puncture, based on the event schedule information, a secondary channel for the Wi-Fi communication to reserve a sub-channel for the Bluetooth communication. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to power spectral density (PSD) limit. A device may generate a frame comprising one or more elements to be sent to a first station device, wherein the frame is to be sent using a 6 GHz band. The device may include in the frame, information associated with a PSD limit on a per bandwidth size basis of the 6 GHz band. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced ranging. A device may initiate a ranging sequence by transmitting an NDPA frame followed by an I2R NDP frame. The device may receive a corresponding R2I NDP frame and an R2I LMR from a responding station. The device may repeat the ranging sequence for two or more iterations to collect multiple data sets. The device may process the R2I NDP frame and the R2I LMR to generate continuous ToA and ToD measurements for each iteration.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to security for multi-link operation. A device may determine a multi-link communication with a first multi-link device comprising two or more links associated with two or more station devices (STAs) included in the first multi-link device. The device may determine a first medium access control (MAC) address associated with a first link of the two or more links. The device may determine a second MAC address associated with a second link of the two or more links. The device may generate one or more pairwise security keys to be used in the multi-link communication on the two or more links. The device may cause to send a frame to the first multi-link device using at least one combination of the one or more pairwise security keys.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating a Single-User (SU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission. For example, a first wireless communication station may be configured to transmit a Request to Send (RTS) to a second wireless communication station via a plurality of SU MIMO Transmit (Tx) sectors of the first wireless communication station, the RTS to establish a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to transmit an SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, a control trailer of the RTS including an indication of an intent to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station; and to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, upon receipt of a Clear to Send (CTS) from the second wireless communication station indicating that the second wireless communication station is ready to receive the SU-MIMO transmission.

Abstract: Techniques for supporting variable channel bandwidths in a wireless communications network are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a communications management module, and the communications management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network, transmit a beamforming initiation message comprising a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth, receive a beamforming initiation confirmation message confirming the channel bandwidth parameter, perform a beamforming training sequence to determine one or more beamforming parameters, and transmit one or more messages over the channel according to the determined channel bandwidth and the one or more beamforming parameters. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for indicating puncturing patterns, where an ISTA comprises processing circuitry configured to: encode a FTMR frame including a first ranging parameters element, the first ranging parameters element comprising a first puncturing pattern support subfield, the first puncturing pattern support subfield indicating supported puncturing patterns, and including a first ranging parameter field including a first format and bandwidth subfield indicating a requested format and bandwidth for a FTM method on a 320 MHz bandwidth, and the processing circuitry configured to: decode, from an RSTA, an IFTM frame including a second ranging parameters element including a second puncturing pattern support subfield indicating the allocation of puncturing patterns, and including a second ranging parameters field including a second format and bandwidth subfield indicating an allocated format and bandwidth for the FTM method.

Abstract: Provided herein are apparatus and methods for signaling regulatory information and transmit power information for device-to-device communication. An apparatus for a Wi-Fi device comprising: a RF interface; and processor circuitry coupled with the RF interface. The processor circuitry is to: decode a first discovery frame received from a peer Wi-Fi device via the RF interface to obtain a first Operation Information attribute of the peer Wi-Fi device, wherein the first Operation Information attribute is to indicate a first operation mode of the peer Wi-Fi device; and encode, in response to the first discovery frame, a second discovery frame for transmission to the peer Wi-Fi device via the RF interface, wherein the second discovery frame includes a second Operation Information attribute of the Wi-Fi device to indicate a second operation mode of the Wi-Fi device. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a PPDU including a training field. For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) wireless communication station may be configured to determine one or more Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Training (TRN) sequences in a frequency domain based on a count of one or more 2.16 Gigahertz (GHz) channels in a channel bandwidth for transmission of an EDMG PPDU including a TRN field; generate one or more OFDM TRN waveforms in a time domain based on the one or more OFDM TRN sequences, respectively, and based on an OFDM TRN mapping matrix, which is based on a count of the one or more transmit chains; and transmit an OFDM mode transmission of the EDMG PPDU over the channel bandwidth, the OFDM mode transmission comprising transmission of the TRN field based on the one or more OFDM TRN waveforms.

Abstract: For example, a first device may calibrate a reference channel estimation based on a plurality of first channel estimation measurements, the plurality of first channel estimation measurements corresponding to first PPDUs received from a second device over a wireless channel, wherein two consecutive channel estimation measurements of the plurality of first channel estimation measurements are separated by no more than a first time interval; and determine a plurality of second channel estimation measurements for detection of a change in an environment of the wireless channel based on the reference channel estimation, wherein the plurality of second channel estimation measurements corresponds to a plurality of second PPDUs received from the second device over the wireless channel, wherein two consecutive channel estimation measurements of the plurality of second channel estimation measurements are separated by at least a second time interval, the second time interval is longer than the first time interval.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating a Single-User (SU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission. For example, a first wireless communication station may be configured to transmit a Request to Send (RTS) to a second wireless communication station via a plurality of SU MIMO Transmit (Tx) sectors of the first wireless communication station, the RTS to establish a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to transmit an SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, a control trailer of the RTS including an indication of an intent to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station; and to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, upon receipt of a Clear to Send (CTS) from the second wireless communication station indicating that the second wireless communication station is ready to receive the SU-MIMO transmission.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi sensing. A device may generate a request to perform P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations with a second non-AP STA; send the request to an AP to which the non-AP STA is associated; identify a response received from the AP, the response indicating that the non-AP STA is a sensing receiver for the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations; identify a trigger frame received from the AP, the trigger frame associated with the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations; identify a sensing physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) received from the second non-AP STA, the sensing PPDU associated with the P2P Wi-Fi sensing operations and including an indication that the second non-AP STA sent the sensing PPDU; and determine channel state information based on the sensing PPDU, the channel state information indicative of motion of people or objects.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to power spectral density (PSD) limit. A device may generate a frame comprising one or more elements to be sent to a first station device, wherein the frame is to be sent using a 6 GHz band. The device may include in the frame, information associated with a PSD limit on a per bandwidth size basis of the 6 GHz band. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for multi-device wireless sensing in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of an access point (AP) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to encode for transmission to a station (STA) a frame comprising a configuration hold subfield, the hold subfield indicating whether the STA should maintain a transmit configuration unchanged during uplink (UL) sensing. The processing circuitry further configured to encode for transmission a trigger frame (TF) for sensing, the TF for sensing including an identification of the STA, an indication of a resource unit (RU) for the STA to use to transmit an uplink (UL) sensing packet, and TF type subfield, the a TF type subfield indicating the TF for sensing.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a sensing initiator station (STA) to transmit one or more timeslot-scheduling frames over a sub 10 Gigahertz (GHz) (sub-10 GHz) wireless communication frequency band to schedule one or more timeslots of a coordinated monostatic millimeterWave (mmWave) sensing measurement exchange for a plurality of sensing responder STAs; to transmit a trigger frame over an mmWave wireless communication frequency band during a timeslot of the one or more timeslots; and to process a frame from a sensing responder STA to participate in a monostatic sounding during the timeslot, the frame from the sensing responder STA received over the mmWave wireless communication frequency band during the timeslot.

Abstract: For example, a first STA may be configured to set link ID information in a link ID field to identify one or more first wireless communication links for a sensing measurement session; and to transmit a wireless sensing measurement frame over a second wireless communication link. For example, the wireless sensing measurement frame may include the link ID field, and one or more sensing measurement parameters to configure the sensing measurement session over the one or more first wireless communication links. For example, a second STA may be configured to process the link ID information; to process the wireless sensing measurement frame to identify the one or more sensing measurement parameters to configure the sensing measurement session over the one or more first wireless communication links; and to establish the sensing measurement session over a link of the one or more first wireless communication links.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to non-trigger based (non-TB) sensing. A device may initiate sensing measurements by sending a sensing null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame to an access point (AP) responder. The device may send one or more first null data packet (NDP) packets to the AP responder. The device may identify one or more second NDP packets received from the AP responder.