Abstract: A method performed by a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes High Efficiency (HE STAs) and Extremely High Throughput (EHT STAs) stations includes receiving, by the STA, an EHT trigger frame comprising common end user information fields that are decodable by EHT stations and transparent to HE stations, detecting, by the STA, a user information field having an association identifier (AID) equal to 4095 and parsing, when the STA is an EHT station, EHT-specific common information and EHT-specific user information contained in one or more user information fields, configuring uplink transmission parameters at the STA based on the parsed EHT-specific information, and transmitting, by the STA, a trigger-based physical protocol data unit (TB PPDU) responsive to the EHT trigger frame in accordance with the EHT-specific user information.

Abstract: A method for channel sounding for high efficiency (HE) and extreme high throughput (EHT) stations (STAs) includes receiving, by a station (STA), an aggregate physical layer protocol data unit (A-PPDU) from an access point (AP), the A-PPDU including an HE sounding null data packet (NDP) and an EHT sounding NDP, receiving, by the STA, a beamforming report poll frame (BFRP) from the AP, and receiving, by the STA, one or more compressed beamforming (BF)/channel quality indicator (CQI) frames. The HE sounding NDP or the EHT sounding NDP overlaps 242-tone resource units (RUs) corresponding to bits with a value of 1 in the bitmap of the TXVECTOR parameter INACTIVE_SUBCHANNELS or overlaps a punctured center 26-tone RU of an HE sounding NDP, the HE sounding NDP or the EHT sounding NDP being punctured.

Abstract: A method by a wireless device to generate a midamble symbol in a wireless communication system employing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in a wireless network may include generating a frequency-domain OFDM symbol corresponding to a 4× Extremely High Throughput Long Training Field (4×EHT-LTF), the symbol comprising a plurality of subcarriers, selecting a number of subcarriers from the first plurality based on a subcarrier modulation pattern, applying an inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to the selected subcarriers to generate a time-domain waveform, truncating the time-domain waveform to form a midamble symbol, and transmitting the midamble symbol within a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU).

Abstract: A method by a wireless device to extend communication range when operating in a 6 Gigahertz (GHz) band of a wireless network is described. The method includes generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a preamble portion and a data portion that includes first data and transmitting the PPDU through a wireless medium on a transmission channel that is subdivided into a plurality of resource units (RUs), wherein the first data is duplicated in the data portion in a frequency domain in units of RUs.

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless device. The method comprises receiving a predetermined number N of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), determining, using the Nth received OFDM symbol, whether the PPDU is a PPDU according to a first wireless network standard or a PPDU according to a second wireless network standard, and decoding the PPDU according to the determined wireless network standard. The predetermined number N corresponds to either a location of a Legacy Signal (L-SIG) field in the PPDU or the location of a symbol of a second field of the second wireless network standard in the PPDU, the second field being different from the L-SIG field. The first and second wireless network standards may each be a Vehicle to Everything standard or an Intelligent Transportation System standard, and may be different from each other.

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless device functioning as a beamformer station (STA) in a wireless network to perform a sounding procedure. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame in a first frequency band, the NDP announcement frame including a sounding dialog token field where bits B0 and B1 of the sounding dialog token field are set to binary ‘0’ to indicate the NDP announcement frame should be processed as a very high throughput (VHT) NDP announcement frame and wirelessly transmitting an NDP frame in a second frequency band, where the first and the second frequency bands are separated by at least one Gigahertz (GHz).

Abstract: An Access Point (AP) wireless station operating in a wireless network may include a memory device storing a set of instructions and a processor coupled to the memory device. The set of instructions when executed by the processor may cause the AP to receive an OBSS status report frame from a wireless station (STA), and in response identify one or more feedback APs in the OBSS status report frame, select one or more APs from the one or more feedback APs for a cooperative transmission, transmit an AP cooperative request frame to the selected APs, and receive an AP cooperation confirmation frame from the selected APs.

Abstract: A method is described, which includes receiving, by a wireless station from a first access point, an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) status report request, which requests information from the station regarding a set of neighboring access points; transmitting, by the wireless station to the first access point, an OBSS status report that indicates path-loss characteristics of channels between the set of neighboring access points and the wireless station; receiving, by the wireless station from the first access point, an access point cooperation null data packet announcement frame, which indicates a cooperative transmission between the first access point and the second access point to the wireless station; receiving, by the wireless station from the first access point, a first null data packet and a second null data packet from the second access point, wherein the first and second null data packets are transmitted as part of the cooperative transmission.

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless device functioning as a beamformer station (STA) in a wireless network to perform a sounding procedure. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame in a first frequency band, the NDP announcement frame including a sounding dialog token field where bits B0 and B1 of the sounding dialog token field are set to binary ‘1’ to indicate the NDP announcement frame should be processed as an extremely high throughput (EHT) NDP announcement frame, and wirelessly transmitting an NDP frame in a second frequency band.

Abstract: A method provides for reducing interlink interference between an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) having a simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) link set and a non-AP MLD with a non-STR link set. The method includes transmitting data, by the AP MLD, to the non-AP MLD on a first link, simultaneously receiving data, by the AP MLD from the non-AP MLD, on a second link, and aligning, by the AP MLD, an end time of transmitted physical layer protocol data units (PPDUs) using padding in response to concurrently transmitting another PPDU, by the non-AP MLD, on a link that is part of the non-STR link set.

Abstract: A method is described for aligning high efficiency (HE), extremely high throughput (EHT), and EHT+sub-physical layer protocol data units (sub-PPDUs) included in an aggregated PPDU (APPDU) trigger frame. The method includes aligning a preamble portion of the sub-PPDUs by applying a multi-user PPDU (MU-PPDU) format to each of the sub-PPDUs and aligning a data portion of the sub-PPDUs by including a padding subfield in each of the sub-PPDUs to produce a common length.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data. A data transmission method from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal in a MIMO system using a variable frequency band according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: repeatedly generating a signal field depending on a frequency band that is applied to the transmission of a data frame; generating a data field including the data; generating a data frame including the signal field and the data field; and transmitting the data frame to the receiver terminal. The present invention is advantageous in that a signal field which is transmitted together with the data being transmitted from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal in the MIMO system can be sent more efficiently.

Abstract: A method is described for generating and transmitting a frame by a station (STA). The method includes determining a bandwidth of a frame to be transmitted by the STA, generating a long training field for the frame, the long training field including a set of pilot tones located at a set of subcarrier positions, and transmitting the frame with the long training field to a recipient. In response to the bandwidth of the frame is 10 MHz, the set of subcarrier positions includes four subcarrier positions. In response to the bandwidth of the frame is 20 MHz, the set of subcarrier positions includes six subcarrier positions.

Abstract: A method for channel sounding for high efficiency (HE) and extreme high throughput (EHT) stations (STAs) includes receiving, by a station (STA), an aggregate physical layer protocol data unit (A-PPDU) from an access point (AP), the A-PPDU including an HE sounding null data packet (NDP) and an EHT sounding NDP, receiving, by the STA, a beamforming report poll frame (BFRP) from the AP, and receiving, by the STA, one or more compressed beamforming (BF)/channel quality indicator (CQI) frames. The HE sounding NDP or the EHT sounding NDP overlaps 242-tone resource units (RUs) corresponding to bits with a value of 1 in the bitmap of the TXVECTOR parameter INACTIVE_SUBCHANNELS or overlaps a punctured center 26-tone RU of an HE sounding NDP, the HE sounding NDP or the EHT sounding NDP being punctured.

Abstract: A method is described for a wireless device, which includes determining padding for a sub-physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (sub-PPDU) in an aggregated PPDU (APPDU). The method includes generating the sub-PPDU that includes a preamble portion and a data portion, determining a longest sub-PPDU for the APPDU to be transmitted, determining an amount and type of padding for the sub-PPDU where the sub-PPDU in not the longest sub-PPDU in the APPDU, adding padding to the sub-PPDU to align the end of the sub-PPDU with the end of the longest sub-PPUD, and transmitting the sub-PPDU through a wireless medium on a transmission channel to a receiving device as part of the APPDU.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data. A data transmission method from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal in a MIMO system using a variable frequency band according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: repeatedly generating a signal field depending on a frequency band that is applied to the transmission of a data frame; generating a data field including the data; generating a data frame including the signal field and the data field; and transmitting the data frame to the receiver terminal. The present invention is advantageous in that a signal field which is transmitted together with the data being transmitted from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal in the MIMO system can be sent more efficiently.

Abstract: A method is described for communicating in a network. The method includes setting a type bit in a frame to indicate whether the frame is scheduling an uplink transmission for only a first set of stations in the wireless network or the first set of stations and a second set of stations in the wireless network and transmitting the frame to (1) all stations in the first set of stations when the type bit indicates that the trigger frame is scheduling the uplink transmission for the first set of stations and (2) all stations in the second set of stations when the type bit indicates that the trigger frame is scheduling the uplink transmission for the first set of stations and the second set of stations.

Abstract: A method is performed by a wireless device functioning as a beamformer station (STA) in a wireless network to perform a sounding procedure. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame in a first frequency band, the NDP announcement frame including a sounding dialog token field where bits B0 and B1 of the sounding dialog token field are set to binary ‘1’ to indicate the NDP announcement frame should be processed as an extremely high throughput (EHT) NDP announcement frame, and wirelessly transmitting an NDP frame in a second frequency band.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device functioning as a beamformee station in a wireless network to perform a sounding procedure. The method includes wirelessly receiving a null data packet (NDP) announcement frame from a beamformer station, wherein the NDP announcement frame includes an indication of whether the beamformee station should acknowledge the NDP announcement frame and responsive to determining that the NDP announcement frame includes an indication that the beamformee station should acknowledge the NDP announcement frame, wirelessly transmitting an acknowledgement frame for the NDP announcement frame to the beamformer station.

Abstract: A method for encoding a bitstream is described. The method includes receiving, by an error correction unit, the bitstream; performing, by the error correction unit, encoding on the bitstream to generate an encoded bit stream that includes the bitstream and parity bits; processing, by a constellation unit, the encoded bitstream to generate constellation points in one or more encoded streams; determining, by a low-density parity-check (LDPC) tone mapper, a distance between subcarriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the frame; and performing, by the LDPC tone mapper, LDPC tone mapping based on the one or more encoded streams and on the determined distance to generate a permuted stream of complex numbers, wherein the distance between subcarriers is determined to be either (1) 18 for a first resource unit size used in the frame and (2) 20 for a second resource unit size used in the frame.