Abstract: A multi-link device (MLD) apparatus, including at least two transmission queues and first medium access control (MAC) circuitry and second MAC circuitry. The first MAC circuitry and the second MAC circuitry can transmit data of the at least two transmission queues over respective links responsive to receiving a trigger indicating that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) is available on the link corresponding to the respective first MAC circuitry and second MAC circuitry.

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: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may determine a portion of a channel occupied by an incumbent device. The STA may refrain from communication in a first subset of resource units (RUs) that overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may determine a combined RU that comprises two or more RUs of a second subset of RUs that do not overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in the combined RU. The PPDU may be encoded in accordance with joint coding across the RUs of the combined RU.

Abstract: An access point (AP) configured for multi-AP coordinated beamforming (CBF) and multi-AP joint transmission (JT) in an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) wireless local area network (WLAN), when operating as a master AP (AP1) in a multi-AP network, is configured to encode a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame for multi-AP channel sounding. The NDPA is configured for transmission to a second AP (AP2) and a plurality of stations (STAs) of an EHT group. The NDPA may be encoded to have an information field indicating whether a sounding sequence type is for JT channel sounding or CBF channel sounding. The NDPA may further be encoded to include fields identifying the APs participating in the channel sounding. In these embodiments, the channel sounding sequence for JT can be reused for the channel sounding on CBF.

Abstract: In various aspects, a radio communication device is described including a housing, a plurality of radiohead circuits attached to the housing, baseband circuitry connected to the plurality of radiohead circuits via a digital interface; and one or more processors configured to select one or more radiohead circuits of the plurality of radiohead circuits for communication with another radio communication device to fulfill one or more predefined selection criteria with respect to a quality of a communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits and to control the baseband circuitry to perform communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an extreme high throughput (EHT) signaling structure. A device may establish a communication channel with one or more station devices (STAs). The device may generate an extreme high throughput signal field (EHT-SIG) of a header, wherein the EHT-SIG field comprises information associated with resource allocations (RUs). The device may generate a frame comprising the header. The device may assign a first RU to a first station device. The device may assign a second RU to the first station device, wherein the first RU or the second RU is an aggregation of a 26-tome RU and a neighboring RU. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for non-contiguous resource units for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). An apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode or encode a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) in accordance with an aggregated (A) resource unit (RU)(A-RU) where the A-RU includes RUs, the RUs including tones that are contiguous, and where at least two of the RUs are non-contiguous with one another.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an extreme high throughput (EHT) signaling structure. A device may establish a communication channel with one or more station devices (STAs). The device may generate an extreme high throughput signal field (EHT-SIG) of a header, wherein the EHT-SIG field comprises information associated with resource allocations (RUs). The device may generate a frame comprising the header. The device may assign a first RU to a first station device. The device may assign a second RU to the first station device, wherein the first RU or the second RU is an aggregation of a 26-tome RU and a neighboring RU. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.

Abstract: A method of processing wireless signals, including: receiving a wireless signal carrying a transmission frame having a physical layer header including a data rate index; decoding the physical layer header including the data rate index; filtering out the transmission frame for no further processing if a measured physical layer header energy is below an energy threshold corresponding to the decoded data rate index; decode a sample portion of data codewords of the transmission frame if the transmission frame is not filtered out, wherein the sample portion of data codewords is less than all of the data codewords of the transmission frame; and filtering out the transmission frame for no further processing if the decoding of the sample portion of data codewords fails, and otherwise decode a remainder of the transmission frame.

Abstract: Various aspects provide a radiohead circuit and a communication device including the radiohead circuit. In an example, the radiohead circuit includes an antenna interface, a radio frequency front end configured to receive a channel scan information including an information related to a target communication channel to be scanned from a communication device processor, perform an energy scan for detecting an activity of the target communication channel based on the channel scan information, generate an activity information including an information as to whether there is the activity on the target communication channel, and provide the activity information to a communication interface; the communication interface configured to couple the processor to a radiohead circuit-external processor external to the radiohead circuit.

Abstract: In various aspects, a radio communication device is described including a housing, a plurality of radiohead circuits attached to the housing, baseband circuitry connected to the plurality of radiohead circuits via a digital interface; and one or more processors configured to select one or more radiohead circuits of the plurality of radiohead circuits for communication with another radio communication device to fulfill one or more predefined selection criteria with respect to a quality of a communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits and to control the baseband circuitry to perform communication with the other radio communication device using the one or more selected radiohead circuits.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may determine a portion of a channel occupied by an incumbent device. The STA may refrain from communication in a first subset of resource units (RUs) that overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may determine a combined RU that comprises two or more RUs of a second subset of RUs that do not overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in the combined RU. The PPDU may be encoded in accordance with joint coding across the RUs of the combined RU.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication comprising decoding in a physical layer circuitry a received wireless signal; outputting a corresponding wireless signal data as one or more data packets, the wireless signal data representing the received wireless signal; determining one or more packet header parameters of the one or more data packets; and if any of the one or more packet header parameters equal any of one or more predetermined values, instruct a medium access control layer circuitry to switch from an inactive mode to an active mode.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may determine a portion of a channel occupied by an incumbent device. The STA may refrain from communication in a first subset of resource units (RUs) that overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may determine a combined RU that comprises two or more RUs of a second subset of RUs that do not overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in the combined RU. The PPDU may be encoded in accordance with joint coding across the RUs of the combined RU.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to long packet extension signaling. A device may calculate a residual value based on a duration of a packet extension, a transmit time, and a signal extension time. The device may generate one or more data symbols of a frame to be transmitted to a station device (STA). The device may compare the residual value to a duration of a first data symbol of the one or more data symbols. The device may include a packet extension dis-ambiguity value to the frame based on the comparison. The device may cause to send the frame to the STA.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to correlation reduction. A device may generate a sequence of pseudo-random symbols associated with a sounding signal to be transmitted to a first station device. The device may apply a modifier to the sequence of pseudo-random symbols. The device may generate a secure sounding signal from the modified sequence of pseudo-random symbols. The device may send the secure sounding signal to a first station device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.

Abstract: An access point (AP) configured for multi-AP coordinated beamforming (CBF) and multi-AP joint transmission (JT) in an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) wireless local area network (WLAN), when operating as a master AP (AP1) in a multi-AP network, is configured to encode a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame for multi-AP channel sounding. The NDPA is configured for transmission to a second AP (AP2) and a plurality of stations (STAs) of an EHT group. The NDPA may be encoded to have an information field indicating whether a sounding sequence type is for JT channel sounding or CBF channel sounding. The NDPA may further be encoded to include fields identifying the APs participating in the channel sounding. In these embodiments, the channel sounding sequence for JT can be reused for the channel sounding on CBF.