Abstract: Embodiments of a device, a method, and a system for Block Acknowledgement (Ack) (BA) operations are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to negotiate a BA agreement for multiple links, where the BA agreement includes a managed scoreboard context and a managed reorder buffer, and exchange frames according to the BA agreement.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods described herein provide a method for padding a signal extension of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. A transceiver may obtain a plurality of data symbols for transmission, and determine that a number of information bits for a last symbol of the plurality of data symbols is not an integer value. A special padding rule may be applied to add padding bits to the last symbol. A number of coded bits for the last symbol may be determined when the number of information bits for the last symbol has changed, and the plurality of data symbols for data transmission may be encoded based on the determined number of coded bits for the last symbol.

Abstract: A communication device generates a first packet for transmission in a first frequency segment, and generates a first physical layer (PHY) preamble of the first packet to include a first field that indicates a first overall bandwidth that the first packet spans. The communication device generates a second packet for transmission in a second frequency segment, and generates a second PHY preamble of the second packet to include a second field that indicates a second overall bandwidth that the second packet spans. The communication device transmits the first packet in the first frequency segment beginning at a first time, and simultaneously transmits the second packet in the second frequency segment beginning at a second time that is different than the first time.

Abstract: Embodiments of a device, a method, and a system for periodic wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to negotiate parameters for performing periodic sensing measurements, and implement the negotiated parameters when performing the periodic sensing measurements.

Abstract: A first wireless communication device receives a packet from a second wireless communication device, the packet having information indicating that the second wireless communication device is relinquishing control of a wireless communication medium. The first wireless communication device determines whether the packet was transmitted in a wireless network to which the first wireless communication device belongs, and determines whether a network allocation vector (NAV) timer of the first wireless communication device was most recently set in connection with a transmission from the wireless network to which the first wireless communication device belongs. When i) the packet was transmitted in the wireless network to which the first wireless communication device belongs, and ii) the NAV timer was most recently set in connection with a transmission from another wireless network to which the first wireless communication device does not belong, the NAV timer is not reset.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and an apparatus for multi-link operations are disclosed. The method involves at a multi-link device (MLD) that supports a first link, link1, and a second link, link2, announcing at least one of a capability, Basic Service Set (BSS) operating parameter, and operating mode of an AP affiliated with an AP MLD in a reported link, and at least one of a capability, Basic Service Set (BSS) operating parameter, and operating mode of an AP affiliated with an AP MLD in a reporting link via a management frame on the reporting link.

Abstract: Communication apparatus includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless channel in accordance with both a first and a second communication protocol. The second communication protocol is backward-compatible with the first communication protocol, and has an extended range, which is greater than a nominal range defined by the first communication protocol. A communication controller is configured to generate data frames for transmission by the transceiver, including frame headers in a header format that is compatible both with the first communication protocol and with the second communication protocol. The frame headers include a set of legacy header fields. The communication controller is configured to transmit the legacy fields with a first gain according to the first communication protocol, and to apply a second gain, greater than the first gain, to a transmission of at least one of the legacy header fields for communicating in accordance with the second communication protocol.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and device for multi-link communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of multi-link communications involves, at a multi-link STA device (STA MLD) that supports a first link, link1, and a second link, link2, receiving a beacon on link2, acquiring an updated critical operating parameter for link1 in response to the beacon received on link2, and operating link1 according to the acquired updated critical operating parameter.

Abstract: Embodiments of a device, a method, and a system for wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device for WLAN sensing includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to receive a sounding Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) that includes preamble training fields, and detect environmental changes using managed sensing measurements obtained from the preamble training fields included in the sounding PPDU.

Abstract: A first communication device generates and transmits a frame that is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to refrain from transmitting during a set of repeating time segments, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time period of the time segments in the set of repeating time segments, the time period being less than a duration of a beacon interval of the WLAN such that multiple ones of the time segments occur within one beacon interval. Alternatively, the frame is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in the WLAN to refrain from transmitting during a time segment that begins in conjunction with an end of transmission of i) the frame or ii) a packet that includes the frame, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time duration of the time segment.

Abstract: A communication device operates according to a communication protocol defines a first set of frequency resource units (RUs) and a second set of frequency RUs. The first set of frequency RUs includes at least a first subset of frequency RUs having a first bandwidth and a second set of RUs having a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth, and the second set of frequency RUs omits at least some of the frequency RUs in the first subset of frequency RUs. The communication device determines that a communication channel to be used for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission spans a frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz, and allocates one or more frequency RUs for the UL MU transmission, including: in response to determining that the communication channel spans the frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz, selecting one or more frequency RUs from a second set of frequency RUs.

Abstract: A first communication device determines whether a second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a first communication link among a plurality of communication links that correspond to respective frequency segments, and determines whether the second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a second communication link among the plurality of communication links. The second communication device is permitted to be in the power save mode with respect to the second communication link when the second communication device is not in the power save mode with respect to the first communication link, and vice versa. The first communication device communicates with the second communication device in accordance with the power save modes of the second communication device with respect to the first and second communication links.

Abstract: In an 802.11az wireless system, a first station device transmits an NDP PPDU data unit in accordance with a range measurement packet exchange by constructing the NDP PPDU data unit to include an uplink (UL) length field element or a legacy signal length (LLEN) field element derived from a specified number of symbols (NHE-LTF) and number of repetitions (NLTF-REP) for the NDP PPDU data unit, and then sending the NDP PPDU data unit to a second STA device, where the values of the UL-length and LLEN field elements are computed as UL-Length=LLEN=10+y+6*?i=1NUM_USERS((NLTF-REP(i)+1)*NHE-LTF(i)), where y=0 for NTB I2R/R2I NDP and TB R2I NDP PPDUs, and where y=3 for TB-I2R NDP PPDUs.

Abstract: In response to a first communication device determining that a specific wireless local area network (WLAN) communication link has been negotiated with a second communication device for traffic corresponding to a first traffic identifier (TID), the first communication device transmits packets corresponding to the first TID to the second communication device only via the specific WLAN communication link. In response to the first communication device determining that no WLAN communication link has been negotiated with the second communication device for traffic corresponding to a second TID, transmitting, by the first communication device, packets corresponding to the second TID to the second communication device via multiple WLAN communication links.

Abstract: A first communication device allocates respective portions of a communication channel, that includes at least one primary component channel and one or more non-primary component channels, to a plurality of second communication devices, including a bandwidth-limited second communication device configured to operate with a maximum bandwidth that is less than a full bandwidth of the communication channel. The bandwidth-limited second communication device is operating in a particular component channel, and allocation of a frequency portion to the bandwidth-limited second communication device is restricted to the particular component channel.

Abstract: A method, performed by a first communication device, for transmitting a wireless local area network (WLAN) packet to a WLAN network interface device of a second communication device is described. The second communication device includes a separate wakeup radio (WUR) coupled to the WLAN network interface device. The WLAN packet is generated at the first communication device to include a WUR identifier associated with a neighbor communication device. The WUR identifier is usable by the WUR of the second communication device to identify WUR packets transmitted by the neighbor communication device. The neighbor communication device is different from the first communication device. The WLAN packet is transmitted by the first communication device to the WLAN network interface device of the second communication device.

Abstract: A management frame is generated which comprises a per-station profile of an access point (AP) affiliated with a AP multilink device (MLD) having a non-transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) AP. The per-station profile is carried in two or more elements, each element comprising an element identifier, a length, and an information field which carries a respective fragment of the per-station profile and the two or more elements are not in a multiple BSSID element. The management frame is transmitted to a station, wherein a non-AP of the station associates with the AP MLD based on the management frame.

Abstract: A device, a system, and a method for multi-link Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), wherein the wireless network interface device is configured to transmit a TDLS setup request frame to a second device, wherein the TDLS setup request frame announces a plurality of proposed TDLS links to be established with the second device, receive a TDLS setup response frame from the second device, wherein the TDLS setup response frame indicates a plurality of TDLS links selected from the plurality of proposed TDLS links announced by the TDLS setup request frame, and establish the plurality of TDLS links indicated by the TDLS setup response frame with the second device.

Abstract: A device, a system, and a method for transmissions during a restricted Target Wake Time (rTWT) Service Period (SP) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to transmit a beacon on a first link that indicates an rTWT SP for the first link, transmit a frame prior to a wake period of the rTWT SP, where the frame is transmitted during a first Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) that overlaps with the wake period, and transmit low latency traffic on the first link during the wake period, where the first TXOP that overlaps with the wake period is at least one of ended and continued.

Abstract: An AP transmits a multi-user first downlink transmission to a plurality of client stations via a first WLAN communication channel having a first RF bandwidth. The AP generates a MAC data unit having a trigger frame configured to prompt an uplink multi-user transmission by the plurality of client stations, and transmits a second downlink transmission to the plurality of client stations via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth. The second downlink transmission includes the MAC data unit. The AP receives the uplink multi-user transmission from the plurality of client stations via the second WLAN communication channel, the uplink multi-user transmission including simultaneous transmissions from the plurality of client stations within the second WLAN communication channel that overlap in time with the multi-user first downlink transmission via the first WLAN communication channel.