Abstract: A wireless communication device, system and method. The device includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry includes logic to: determine a training field length associated with a directional multigigabit (DMG) CTS frame of another wireless communication device; determine a Clear-To-Send time (CTS_Time) parameter based at least in part on the training field length; determine a transmit opportunity (TXOP) continuation timeout for the device based on the CTS_Time parameter; and set a network allocation vector (NA V) for the device based on the TXOP con-tinuation timeout.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-link acknowledgments. A device may transmit a trigger frame to a station device (STA) multi-link device (MLD), wherein the trigger frame polls the STA MLD to announce presence on communication links. The device may identify a null data packet (NDP) from the STA MLD announcing its presence on a set of communication links. The device may establish the set of communication links with the STA MLD, wherein the STA MLD comprises a plurality of station devices (STAs). The device may allocate a plurality of tone-sets to the plurality of STAs within the STA MLD. The device may identify energy on the allocated tone-sets for each link that the STA MLD has presence on.

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: For example, a non Access Point (AP) (non-AP) wireless communication station (STA) and/or an AP STA may be configured to utilize a mechanism configured to support bandwidth signaling for a link between the non-AP STA and an other non-AP STA. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a non-AP STA to set a channel bandwidth field to indicate a maximum channel bandwidth (BW) for the link between the non-AP STA and an other non-AP STA; and to transmit a frame to an AP STA, the frame including an information element including the channel bandwidth field.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may be configured to cause an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) wireless communication station (STA) to set a control field including presence signaling information corresponding to a plurality of parameter fields, the presence signaling information configured to indicate, for a parameter field of the plurality of parameter fields, whether the parameter field is to be present or absent in a Quality of Service (QoS) element; and to transmit a frame including the QoS element, the QoS element including the control field, wherein the presence or absence of the plurality of parameter fields in the QoS element is configured according to the presence signaling information in the control field.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-user uplink channel sounding. A device may determine a channel sounding sequence with one or more access points (APs), wherein the channel sounding sequence comprises a null data packet announcement (NDPA) communicated with at least one of the one or more APs. The device may determine a first group of station devices (STAs) associated with a first basic service set (BSS). The device may cause to send a trigger frame to the first group of STAs to solicit an uplink NDP from each STA of the first group of STAs. The device may identify a first uplink NDP received from a first STA of the first group of STAs. The device may identify a second uplink NDP received from a second STA of a second group of STAs.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for channelization of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of an of a next generation vehicle to everything (V2X) (NGV) wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: encode a management frame, the management frame including an indication of resource units (RUs) for use by NGV stations during transmission opportunities (TXOPs) where the RUs part of a channel. The processing circuitry is further configured to configure the NGV wireless device to transmit the management frame on the channel and configure the NGV wireless device to transmit a short sequence frame (SF) at a start of each TXOP of the TXOPs. An apparatus for V2X networks is disclosed that is configured to transmit a packet in center tones of a channel and to simultaneously transmit parity or redundancy information for the packet on tones on either side of the center tones.

Abstract: For example, a Next Generation Vehicular (NGV) wireless communication station (STA) may be configured to generate an NGV Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including an NGV preamble, the NGV preamble comprising a non High-Throughput (non-HT) Short Training Field (L-STF), a non-HT Long Training Field (L-LTF) after the L-STF, a non-HT Signal (L-SIG) field after the L-LTF, a Repeated L-SIG (RL-SIG) field after the L-SIG field, and an NGV Signal (NGV-SIG) field after the RL-SIG field, the NGV-SIG field including a version field configured to identify a version of the NGV PPDU; and to transmit the NGV PPDU over an NGV channel in an NGV wireless communication frequency band; and a memory to store information processed by the processor.

Abstract: The disclosure provides techniques for power control for communications under a Very Low Power (VLP) mode. A communication device includes: processing circuitry, to encode a message to be transmitted to a second communication device, to indicate a setpoint, wherein the setpoint is defined as a minimum power at which a packet is required to be transmitted under a set of packet parameters, such that the packet could be successfully received by the communication device; and a transceiver, to transmit the message to the second communication device, and receive the packet transmitted at a power determined based on the setpoint and a margin, from the second communication device, wherein the margin is determined based on a probability of measurement errors.

Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for received signal strength indicator (RSSI) thresholds for transitions are disclosed. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry is disclosed, where the processing circuitry is configured to associate with a first access point (AP), the first AP being part of an extended service set (ESS), decode a frame from the first AP, the frame including an ESS report element, the ESS report element including a recommended basic service set (BSS) transition threshold within the ESS field, and decode a beacon frame from the first AP. The processing circuitry may be further configured to respond to a measured RSSI of the beacon frame being below a value indicated by the recommended BSS transition threshold within the ESS field, by initiating a transition to a second AP.

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: The application relates to a multi-link device and a method performed therein. An access point multi-link device (AP MLD) includes a plurality of APs, each of which comprises: a wireless medium; and processor circuitry coupled to the wireless medium and configured to: transmit security capability indication information via the wireless medium; receive an association request frame from a non-AP MLD via the wireless medium, wherein the association request frame comprises security capability indication information of the plurality of non-AP STAs; determine whether the security capability indication information of any of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability indication information of the AP; and if the security capability indication information of one of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability information of the AP, transmit an association response frame to the non-AP MLD via the wireless medium.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may be configured to cause an Access Point (AP) Multi-Link Device (MLD) to transmit a first frame from a sub 10 Gigahertz (GHz) (sub-10 GHz) AP of the AP MLD over a sub-10 GHz wireless communication channel, the first frame including a neighbor AP information field, the neighbor AP information field including millimeterWave (mmWave) information corresponding to an mmWave wireless communication station (STA) of the AP MLD, the mmWave information corresponding to the mmWave STA including channel information to indicate an mmWave wireless communication channel of the mmWave STA; and communicate a second frame by the mmWave STA, the second frame communicated with a non-AP MLD over the mmWave wireless communication channel.

Abstract: For example, an Access Point (AP) device may be configured to transmit a trigger frame from a sub 10 Gigahertz (GHz) (sub-10 GHz) AP of the AP device over a sub-10 GHz wireless communication channel, the trigger frame configured to trigger a Transmit Sector Sweep (TXSS) procedure over a millimeterWave (mmWave) wireless communication channel; based on the trigger frame, transmit a sequence of sector sweep packets of the TXSS procedure from a mmWave AP of the AP device over the mmWave wireless communication channel; and process a feedback frame from a non-AP device to identify feedback information based on the sequence of sector sweep packets, the feedback frame received at the sub-10 GHz AP over the sub-10 GHz wireless communication channel after the TXSS procedure.

Abstract: The disclosure provides techniques for power control for communications under a Very Low Power (VLP) mode. A communication device includes: processing circuitry, to encode a message to be transmitted to a second communication device, to indicate a setpoint, wherein the setpoint is defined as a minimum power at which a packet is required to be transmitted under a set of packet parameters, such that the packet could be successfully received by the communication device; and a transceiver, to transmit the message to the second communication device, and receive the packet transmitted at a power determined based on the setpoint and a margin, from the second communication device, wherein the margin is determined based on a probability of measurement errors.

Abstract: The application relates to a multi-link device and a method performed therein. An access point multi-link device (AP MLD) includes a plurality of APs, each of which comprises: a wireless medium; and processor circuitry coupled to the wireless medium and configured to: transmit security capability indication information via the wireless medium; receive an association request frame from a non-AP MLD via the wireless medium, wherein the association request frame comprises security capability indication information of the plurality of non-AP STAs; determine whether the security capability indication information of any of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability indication information of the AP; and if the security capability indication information of one of the plurality of non-AP STAs matches with the security capability information of the AP, transmit an association response frame to the non-AP MLD via the wireless medium.

Abstract: A wireless communication device, system and method. The device includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry includes logic to: determine a training field length associated with a directional multigigabit (DMG) CTS frame of another wireless communication device; determine a Clear-To-Send time (CTS_Time) parameter based at least in part on the training field length; determine a transmit opportunity (TXOP) continuation timeout for the device based on the CTS_Time parameter; and set a network allocation vector (NAV) for the device based on the TXOP continuation timeout.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be configurable for multi-band operation in a plurality of frequency bands, each frequency band comprising one or more channels. The AP may select a subset of the frequency bands for which the AP is to request per-band channel availability information from the STA. The AP may transmit a Trigger Frame (TF) for a multi-band bandwidth query report polling (MB-BQRP) to request the per-band channel availability information. The AP may receive an uplink frame that includes a multi-band bandwidth query report (MB-BQR) that indicates the per-band channel availability information. The AP may determine, based on the MB-BQR, for an uplink transmission by the STA: one or more frequency bands of the subset of frequency bands, and one or more corresponding channels.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for a common preamble for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). An apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode a portion of a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the first portion of the PPDU including a physical universal signal field (U-SIG), the U-SIG comprising a version independent portion and a version dependent portion, the version independent portion including a version identifier field, the version identifier field indicating a standard version of the PPDU. The processing circuitry is further configured to refrain from decoding the version dependent portion when the standard version indicates a standard version of a later generation than a standard version of the AP or STA, and otherwise decode the version dependent portion in accordance with the standard version.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus for frame preemption in downlink communications for next generation Wi-Fi. The disclosure provides an apparatus, comprising: interface circuitry; and processor circuitry coupled with the interface circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is to: encode a Preemptable Physical Protocol Data Unit (P-PPDU) packet; and cause transmission of the P-PPDU packet to a Station (STA) via the interface circuitry, wherein the P-PPDU packet includes a plurality of MPDU segments of an Aggregated MPDU (A-PDU), each MPDU segment includes one or more IPDUs, and wherein the P-PPDU packet includes a midamble (MA) for each MPDU segment. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.