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 method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed which includes transmitting a light mmWave link Beacon Frame from a first wireless device to a second wireless device through a mmWave link. The light mmWave Beacon Frame include a multiple BSSID element, that includes nontransmitted BSSID Profiles for virtual mmWave APs. A Beacon Frame is transmitted from the first wireless device to the second wireless device through a non-mmWave link. An association with a virtual mmWave AP of the first wireless device is established by the second wireless device through the non-mmWave link.

Abstract: One example discloses a method of power management in a WLAN (wireless local area network), the method including: transmitting, by a WLAN device, a first beacon frame and a second beacon frame; and transmitting, by the WLAN device, a power mode announcement frame between transmissions of the first and second beacon frames; wherein the power mode announcement frame indicates whether the WLAN device is in a power save mode.

Abstract: A method of a low power listening mode includes announcing, by a first wireless device is operating in a low power listening mode. The first wireless device in the low power listening mode receives an initial frame having a single spatial stream and a low data rate from a second wireless device. The frame requests a frame exchange with the first wireless device. The low data rate is lower than a maximum data rate of the first wireless device. A reply to the initial frame is transmitted to the second wireless device in a single spatial stream with the low data rate. The reply acknowledges an association with the second wireless device. The first wireless device wakes from the low power listening mode to a full capacity mode, and performs a frame exchange with the second wireless device in the full capacity mode.

Abstract: In an IEEE 802.11 wireless system, a wireless relay STA is configured to receive a MAC control frame to protect a transmission opportunity for a relay operation of frames exchanged between a first STA and a second STA over a wireless relay STA, where the MAC control frame includes TXOP duration information, a receiver address identifying the wireless relay STA, and a transmitter address identifying the first STA, where the wireless relay STA is further configured to transmit an RTS frame in response to receiving the MAC control frame, to receive a CTS frame that is transmitted by the second STA in response to receiving the RTS frame, to transmit a CTS-ACK frame in response to receiving the CTS frame, and to receive and forward a data frame from the first STA which is transmitted at a first TXOP-protected transmission time designated by the TXOP duration information.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless multi-link device (MLD) includes a controller configured to generate a frame that includes a multi-link (ML) information element (IE), where the ML IE includes at least one profile of at least one millimeter wave (mmWave) link between the wireless MLD and a second wireless MLD, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the frame to the second wireless MLD through a non-mmWave link between the wireless MLD and the second wireless MLD.

Abstract: A first access point (AP), which is associated with one or more first client stations, generates an announcement frame that announces a coordinated multi-user (MU) transmission involving multiple APs including the first AP and one or more second APs. Each of the second APs is associated with a respective one or more second client stations. The announcement frame is generated to indicate one or more respective sets of communication parameters to be used by the one or more second APs for communicating with the respective one or more second client stations during the coordinated MU transmission. The first AP transmits the announcement frame to the one or more second APs to initiate the coordinated MU transmission, and participates in the coordinated MU transmission while the one or more second APs also participate in the coordinated MU transmission.

Abstract: Roaming for an ultra-high reliability (UHR) non-access point (non-AP) device with a distributed access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), wherein the distributed AP MLD includes a plurality of AP MLDs in different devices at different locations having one medium access control (MAC) service access point (SAP), includes: receiving, by the non-AP device, an announcement from the distributed AP MLD configured to indicate that the distributed AP MLD is a distributed AP MLD with the plurality of AP MLDs in different devices wherein the non-AP device is configured to roam among the plurality of AP MLDs in different devices; associating, by the non-AP device, with a first AP MLD of the plurality of AP MLDs in different devices; and roaming, by the non-AP device, to a second AP MLD of the plurality of AP MLDs in different devices without a reassociation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed which includes announcing R-TWT support from a first wireless station to a second wireless station in a broadcast PPDU, negotiating R-TWT schedule membership with the second wireless station, the negotiating comprising sending a low latency indication and identifying low latency TIDs of a R-TWT schedule, and sending frames in accordance with the R-TWT schedule in the identified low latency TIDs.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless device includes a controller configured to select a wireless relay device from multiple wireless relay devices for data exchanges between the wireless device and a second wireless device and a wireless transceiver configured to exchange data with the second wireless device through the selected wireless relay device.

Abstract: One example discloses a method for low-latency (LL) traffic frame communication between WLAN (wireless local area network) devices, including: sending a trigger frame from an access point (AP) configured to allocate a random access resource unit (RA-RU) to a non-access point station (non-AP STA); wherein the RA-RU enables the non-AP STA to transmit its low latency (LL) traffic information; and receiving, from the non-AP STA, an uplink LL traffic frame using the RA-RU that was allocated.

Abstract: A first communication device generates a first physical layer (PHY) data unit that includes information indicating a capability to use a channel bandwidth greater than a maximum channel bandwidth of the first communication device, and transmits the first PHY data unit to a second communication device during an association process with the second communication device. The first communication device generates a second PHY data unit that includes information indicating a capability to use at most the maximum channel bandwidth of the first communication device, and transmits the second PHY data unit to the second communication device when the first communication device is associated with the second communication device.

Abstract: A first communication device is configured to process packets that conform to a first physical layer (PHY) protocol for wireless vehicular communications and packets that conform to a second PHY protocol for wireless vehicular communications. The first communication device determines that one or more second communication devices neighboring the first communication device are not capable of processing packets that conform to the second PHY protocol. The first communication device transmits a first packet to a third communication device that is configured to process packets that conform to the first PHY protocol and packets that conform to the second PHY protocol. The first packet indicates that the one or more second communication devices neighboring the first communication device are not capable of processing packets that conform to the second PHY protocol to inform the third communication device of the one or more second communication devices.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless multi-link device (MILD) includes a controller configured to generate a millimeter wave (mmWave) beacon and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the mmWave beacon to a second wireless MILD through an mmWave link between the wireless MLD and the second wireless MLD.

Abstract: A communication device generates a first packet and a second packet. The first packet includes a first physical layer (PHY) preamble having: a first legacy signal field (L-SIG) having first duration information that indicates a first duration of the first packet; and first non-legacy signal field information having first modulation information that indicates a first modulation used in the first packet. The second packet includes a second PHY preamble having: a second L-SIG having second duration information that indicates a second duration of the second packet, wherein the second duration is different than the first duration; and second non-legacy signal field information having second modulation information that indicates a second modulation used in the second packet, wherein the second modulation is different than the first modulation. The communication device simultaneously transmits the first packet in a first frequency segment and the second packet in a second frequency segment.

Abstract: An AP receives a frame comprising an indication of a restricted target wake up time schedule service period (r-TWT SP) from a wireless device. The AP one or more of adjusts an r-TWP SP of the AP based on the indication of the r-TWT SP indicated in the received frame and announcing that an STA associated with the AP is to terminate a transmit opportunity (TXOP) before the r-TWT SP indicated in the received frame begins.

Abstract: A method of broadcasting a beacon by a relay device in a basic service set, including: receiving an announcement from a first device indicating whether the relay device is to forward a received beacon to a second device; receiving a beacon from the first device; and forwarding the beacon to the second device based upon the announcement.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless device includes a wireless transceiver configured to receive a first frame from a first wireless access point (AP) for multi-AP coordination that is not associated with the wireless device and a second frame from a second wireless AP for multi-AP coordination that is associated with the wireless device and a controller configured to set a network allocation vector (NAV) timer of the wireless device to a non-zero value in response to the first frame and the second frame. The wireless transceiver is further configured to transmit a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) to the second wireless AP even if the NAV timer of the wireless device is non-zero.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for power save operation by a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD), wherein a plurality of links are established between the non-AP MLD and an AP MLD, including: setting, by the non-AP MLD, a QoS capability for a first access category to a first state on all links of the plurality of links that the non-AP MLD operates; transmitting, by the non-AP MLD, a first management frame to the AP MLD, wherein the first management frame is used to request a multi-link setup with the AP MLD, and wherein the first management frame includes a first element that comprises the setting of the QoS capability for the first access category; receiving, by the non-AP MLD, a second management frame from the AP MLD, wherein the second management frame includes information for an association ID (AID) that corresponds to the non-AP MLD, wherein the AID is assigned to the non-AP MLD regardless of the number of links in the plurality of links; and receiving, by the non-AP MLD, a third m

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes selecting backoff 20 MHz channels of an operating channel bandwidth (BW) of a Basic Service Set (BSS), and announcing to a second wireless device the operating channel BW of the BSS for use in communicating between the wireless device and the second wireless device, subchannels of the operating channel bandwidth, and backoff 20 MHz channels of each subchannel, wherein one subchannel is a primary subchannel and one subchannel is a non-primary subchannel. A data unit is transmitted to the second wireless device in a backoff 20 MHz channel of the non-primary subchannel.