Abstract: A procedure and frame structure for Wi-Fi sensing is described. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method of sensing. Such the method includes sending, by an initiating station (STA) to a plurality of responder STAs, a sensing request comprising a sensing announcement frame indicating identifiers (ID) of the plurality of responder STAs. Such a method further includes receiving, by the initiating STA from the plurality of responder STAs, one or more responses based on the sensing request. In some embodiments, the announcement frame further indicates resource unit assignments for receiving acknowledgements from the plurality of responder STAs. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving, by the initiating STA from the plurality of responder STAs, the acknowledgements indicating a willingness to participate in the sensing procedure.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transmitting control information in a header of a physical protocol data unit (PPDU), such as an IEEE 802.11 compliant PPDU. Embodiments include indicating control features in an EDMG PPDU for Wireless LAN communications. The method and system may include overloading at least one bit of a Scrambler Initialization Field in the PPDU header (e.g. the PHY header) to convey control information, as well as to be used to initialize the scrambler shift register. The same header bits are thus used for both purposes. Examples of control information include a primary channel, channel width or MIMO configuration to be used in further communication.

Abstract: There is provided a method for providing a sensing initiator station with measurement feedback. The method includes broadcasting, by the sensing initiator station, a sensing announcement frame and broadcasting, by the sensing initiator station, a sensing sequence frame, the sensing sequence frame containing a reference sequence. The method further includes transmitting, by the sensing initiator station, a feedback request frame, the feedback request frame including station information indicating resources allocated for each participating station. The method further includes sending, by a responder station, a feedback frame to the sensing initiator, the feedback frame including an indicator corresponding to data contained in the feedback frame. There is also provided a device which includes a processor, and non-transitory computer readable memory having stored thereon machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor configure the device to execute a method disclosed herein.

Abstract: A method includes sending, by an access point (AP) to one or more stations (STAs), a request for channel state information (CSI). The request includes a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame including a common information field. The common information field including an indicator of whether trigger based (TB) sounding or non-trigger based (non-TB) is being used. Then, the method includes receiving, by the AP from the one or more STAs, a CSI feedback response based on the request. The common information field may be a null data packet announcement (NDPA) variant field in an alternative name and the indicator may utilize 1 bit.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for allocating spectrum in a wireless local area network. A bit representation of the availability or unavailability of a plurality of sub-bands of a portion of frequency spectrum is generated and included in a physical layer protocol data unit, which is transmitted to a target station to allocate resource units within the portion of frequency spectrum for use by the target station. The sub-bands may be 20 MHz spectrum sub-bands for large-size resource units, or the portion of frequency spectrum may be a single 20 MHz band sub-divided into multiple sub-bands for allocating small-size resource units. A station that receives the data unit may decode the bit representation and use the allocated resource units to communicate over the wireless local area network.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for methods, systems and apparatus related to Variable High Throughput (HT) Control Field. An aspect of the disclosure provides for a method performed by a station (STA). The method includes sending, to a second STA, a message including a frame, the frame including a variable high throughput (HT) control field. The variable HT further includes a first subfield indicating an N number of control IDs, wherein N is equal to or more than one. The variable HT further includes N additional subfields. Each of the N additional subfield includes: a control identifier (ID) field and a control information field associated with the Control ID field. The method further includes receiving, from the second STA, a response.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for supporting outside the context of a basic service set (OCB) concurrent with infrastructure-based communications, including cellular communications or basic service set (BSS) communications, are described. OCB service information is transmitted by an infrastructure unit in an infrastructure-based communication. The OCB service information include a service identifier and channel information for each available OCB service. The infrastructure unit may then communicate with a terminal unit over an OCB communication link, to provide an OCB service to the terminal unit. The OCB service information may be communicated in an OCB operation information element (IE) including a service hash field and an operating class and channel field.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for allocating spectrum in a wireless local area network. A bit representation of the availability or unavailability of a plurality of sub-bands of a portion of frequency spectrum is generated and included in a physical layer protocol data unit, which is transmitted to a target station to allocate resource units within the portion of frequency spectrum for use by the target station. The sub-bands may be 20 MHz spectrum sub-bands for large-size resource units, or the portion of frequency spectrum may be a single 20 MHz band sub-divided into multiple sub-bands for allocating small-size resource units. A station that receives the data unit may decode the bit representation and use the allocated resource units to communicate over the wireless local area network.

Abstract: The application relates to link adaptation for extremely high throughput (EHT) systems. Various approaches are provided to enable transmission of link adaptation parameters for single-user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO), and multi-user multiple input multiple output MU-MIMO. In some embodiments, two control IDs in the A-control subfield are used, one for SU-MIMO and one for MU-MIMO. These can both be reserved control IDs, or a combination of a reserved control ID and control ID 2 normally used for HE link adaptation. In some embodiments, a single control ID in the A-control subfield is used. This can be a reserved control ID or control ID 2 normally used for HE link adaptation.

Abstract: Method and system for transmitting data by a transmit device in a wireless communication channel bandwidth of a wireless network, the wireless communication channel bandwidth including a set of adjacent frequency channels of uniform bandwidth that comprise a primary channel for the transmit device and a plurality of secondary channels, including: sending, when the primary channel is sensed by the transmit device to be busy, a request frame for a receive device on one or more of the secondary channels that are sensed by the transmit device to be idle; monitoring, by the transmit device, for a response frame on each of the one or more of the secondary channels; and sending, by the transmit device, a data transmission for the receive device using a data channel that comprises one or more of the secondary channels on which the transmit device received a response frame from the receive device.

Abstract: A method at a network node that is configured to simultaneously transmit and receive wireless RF signals, comprising: transmitting, from the network node, a downlink message, the downlink message having a preamble that includes channel estimation information for estimating a self-interference channel; monitoring at the network node, during an initial duration while transmitting the downlink message, for the channel estimation information, and estimating a self-interference channel based on received portions of the channel estimation information; and using the estimated self-interference channel to cancel self-interference while receiving an uplink message and simultaneously transmitting a remainder of the downlink message.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus related to NDPA frame indication. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method. The method includes sending, to one or more stations (STAs), a request for channel state information (CSI). The request includes a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame including a first field and a second field. The first field indicates presence of the second field, and the second field indicates a variant of the NDPA frame. The method further includes receiving, from the one or more STAs, a CSI feedback response based on the request. In some embodiments, the first field is one of a sounding dialog token field and indicates the presence of the second field via at least two bits. In some embodiments, the first field is a frame control field and indicates the second field via a 4-bit subtype subfield.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for coordinated beamforming. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method. The method includes sending, by a first access point (AP) of a plurality of collaborating APs, to one or more stations (STAs) associated with the plurality of collaborating APs, a request for channel state information (CSI) associated with the one or more STAs and the first AP. The method further includes receiving a response including the CSI associated with the one or more STAs and the first AP. The method further includes sending, to a second AP of the plurality of collaborating APs, a sounding request indicating the second AP to request, from the one or more STAs, CSI associated with the one or more STAs and the second AP. The method further includes sharing CSI information between the first and the second AP.

Abstract: The application relates to link adaptation for extremely high throughput (EHT) systems. In order to transmit parameters for EHT link adaptation, a control ID field in the HT control field of a MAC header is used to indicate that the A-control field of the HT control field contains EHT link adaptation information, and to indicate the presence of an additional EHT link adaptation extension field containing further EHT link adaptation information. Alternatively, B25 of the control information of the A-control field is used to indicate that the control field contains EHT link adaptation information, and to indicate the presence of an additional EHT link adaptation extension field containing further EHT link adaptation information.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transmitting data in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless local area network, comprising: selecting, for a first resource unit assigned to the target station, a first modulation type; selecting, for a second resource unit assigned to the target station, a second modulation type different from the first modulation type; and modulating coded data and mapping the modulated data onto subcarriers associated with the assigned resource units based on the respective modulation types selected for each of the assigned resource units.

Abstract: A procedure and frame structure for Wi-Fi sensing is described. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method of sensing. Such the method includes sending, by an initiating station (STA) to a plurality of responder STAs, a sensing request comprising a sensing announcement frame indicating identifiers (ID) of the plurality of responder STAs. Such a method further includes receiving, by the initiating STA from the plurality of responder STAs, one or more responses based on the sensing request. In some embodiments, the announcement frame further indicates resource unit assignments for receiving acknowledgements from the plurality of responder STAs. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving, by the initiating STA from the plurality of responder STAs, the acknowledgements indicating a willingness to participate in the sensing procedure.

Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame tone allocation includes a 256 tone payload consisting of 228 data and pilot tones and 28 null tones. The 28 null tones consist of guard tones and at least one direct current (DC) tone. In one example, the 256 tone payload consists of 224 data tones, 4 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In another example, the 256 tone payload consists of 222 data tones, 6 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In yet another example, the 256 tone payload may consist of 220 data tones, 8 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. The OFDMA frame may be a downlink OFDMA frame or an uplink OFDMA frame.

Abstract: Receiving, at a receiver, a wake-up signal over a wireless communications channel, the wake-up signal including a multiband wake-up-radio (WUR) data unit that includes a plurality of WUR frames, each WUR frame occupying a respective predefined bandwidth within an overall bandwidth of the WUR data unit; filtering a selected WUR frame from the plurality of WUR frames according to the predefined bandwidth occupied by the selected WUR frame; and recovering a set of bits from the selected WUR frame by assigning a bit value to each of a plurality of waveform coded symbols included in the selected WUR frame based on a power distribution within each of the waveform coded symbols.

Abstract: A method of communication includes duplication of a first field of a first content channel into a third field in a third content channel and applying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to only one of the first field and the third field. The first content channel is a first portion of a frame and the third content channel is a third portion of the frame. Duplication of a second field of a second content channel into a fourth field in a fourth content channel and applying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to only one of the second field and the fourth field. The second content channel is a second portion of a frame and the fourth content channel is a fourth portion of the frame. The first content channel and the second content channel form a first group of content channels and the third content channel and the fourth content channel form a second group of content channels. The method then transmits the frame.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transmitting data in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless local area network, comprising: selecting, for a first resource unit assigned to the target station, a first modulation type; selecting, for a second resource unit assigned to the target station, a second modulation type different from the first modulation type; and modulating coded data and mapping the modulated data onto subcarriers associated with the assigned resource units based on the respective modulation types selected for each of the assigned resource units.