Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for beamforming, in particular for WiFi communication schemes such as IEEE 802.11ax and 802.11be. In particular the disclosure relates to a beamformer device (110) configured to: transmit a request to a beamformee device (120), the request comprising a set of sounding tone indices, the set of sounding tone indices indicating tones for which a report (121) of beamforming information is requested from the beamformee device (120), wherein the tones are defined according to a first WiFi scheme, wherein the set of sounding tone indices is based on a first tone plan (400) defined by the first WiFi scheme for a partial channel bandwidth and on a second tone plan (200) defined by a second WiFi scheme for a full channel bandwidth. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding beamformee device.

Abstract: A signal field indication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: generating, by a transmit end, a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a SIG-A indication field, and the SIG-A indication field includes at least one of a field used to indicate a number of SIG-A information symbols and a field used to indicate a SIG-A information bandwidth; and sending, by the transmit end, the PPDU. According to the method provided in this application, the transmit end may indicate different numbers of SIG-A information symbols and/or different SIG-A information bandwidths.

Abstract: In a method, a PPDU is generated, where the PPDU includes resource allocation information, and the resource allocation information is related to a channel bitmap in a beacon frame; and the PPDU is sent. According to the resource allocation indication method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of this application, an unavailable channel is indicated through an indication of the PPDU, so that a receive end can be prevent from performing transmission on the unavailable channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure suggests to expand and improve the method of utilizing channel resources in the 802.11be standard by allowing the use of multiple and non-contiguous portions of a channel. Supporting multiple resource units (MRUs) and non-contiguous resource units (RUs) improves the channel utilization by making it more efficient due to enhancing the capability of leveraging the channel selectivity. To this end, a wireless network device for resource allocation is provided and configured to define a non-contiguous MRU in the bandwidth of the channel. The channel includes a plurality of RUs, and the non-contiguous MRU is defined based on non-punctured RUs after puncturing one or more of the RUs of the channel, and/or is defined by aggregating two or more non-adjacent RUs of the channel.

Abstract: A method of uplink sounding signal triggering, performed by an access point (AP), comprises the steps of transmitting, by the AP, a triggering signal to one or more stations (STAs), triggering transmission of a respective sounding signal from at least one STA of the one or more STAs in response to the triggering signal; receiving, by the AP, the respective sounding signal from the at least one STA; and determining, by the AP, a precoder to be used by the at least one STA based on the respective sounding signal, and transmitting corresponding precoder information to the at least one STA for data transmission, wherein the triggering signal comprises a null data packet announcement (NDPA) signal or a null data packet request (NDPR) signal and the sounding signal comprises a triggered sounding null data packet (NDP) signal.

Abstract: A beamformer device is provided for WiFi communication schemes such as IEEE 802.11ax and 802.11be. The beamformer device is configured to: transmit a request to a beamformee device, the request comprising a set of sounding tone indices, the set of sounding tone indices indicating tones for which a report of beamforming information is requested from the beamformee device, wherein the tones are defined according to a first WiFi scheme, wherein the set of sounding tone indices is based on a first tone plan defined by the first WiFi scheme for a partial channel bandwidth and on a second tone plan defined by a second WiFi scheme for a full channel bandwidth. A corresponding beamformee device is further provided.

Abstract: A sharing access point, AP, is configured to share at least a portion of a transmission opportunity, TXOP, with one or more shared APs within a Multi-AP, M-AP, set for participating in a coordinated transmission. The sharing AP comprises a processing circuitry configured to generate a M-AP trigger frame; and a communication interface configured to transmit the M-AP trigger frame to a shared AP within the M-AP set. The M-AP trigger frame is configured to solicit the shared AP to initiate a coordination-related procedure with one or more non-AP stations associated with the shared AP and/or with one or more OBSS non-AP stations associated with one or more further shared APs within the M-AP set and to transmit a completion notification frame to the sharing AP. The communication interface is further configured to receive from the shared AP the completion notification frame indicating the completion of the coordination-related procedure.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, in particular Wireless Local Area Network technologies, and provides a method and apparatus for reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), in particular reducing the PAPR for the U-SIG field. Methods are disclosed for both an access point (AP) and stations (STA).

Abstract: A radio physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) sending method includes: obtaining, a radio physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), wherein the PPDU includes a high efficiency-signal field A (HE-SIG-A) and a high efficiency-signal field B (HE-SIG-B), the HE-SIG-A includes a field indicating a quantity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the HE-SIG-B, and wherein a value of the field indicates one of the following: that the quantity of OFDM symbols included in the HE-SIG-B is greater than or equal to 16, or the quantity of OFDM symbols included in the HE-SIG-B; and sending the PPDU.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for forward error correction and packet padding in radio transmission, e.g. WiFi communication schemes such as IEEE 802.11ax and 802.11be. In particular, the disclosure relates to a communication device configured to: transmit and/or receive a data frame based on a set of pre&post-Forward Error Correction (pre&post-FEC) parameters and a set of packet extension (PE) parameters, wherein the set of pre&post-FEC parameters is based on an extension of a set of pre&post-FEC parameters defined for a second radio transmission technology with respect to a size of resource units (RUs) supported by a first radio transmission technology, wherein the set of pre&post-FEC parameters is based on a combination of RUs that is supported by the first radio transmission technology, and wherein the set of PE parameters is based on an extension of a set of PE parameters defined for the second radio transmission technology.

Abstract: The present disclosure suggests to expand and improve the method of utilizing channel resources in the 802.11be standard by allowing the use of multiple and non-contiguous portions of a channel. Supporting multiple resource units (MRUs) and non-contiguous resource units (RUs) improves the channel utilization by making it more efficient due to enhancing the capability of leveraging the channel selectivity. To this end, a wireless network device for resource allocation is provided and configured to define a non-contiguous MRU in the bandwidth of the channel. The channel comprises a plurality of RUs, and the MRU is defined based on non-punctured RUs after puncturing one or more of the RUs of the channel, and/or is defined by aggregating two or more non-adjacent RUs of the channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure suggests to expand and improve the method of utilizing channel resources in the 802.11be standard by allowing the use of multiple and non-contiguous portions of a channel. Supporting multiple resource units (MRUs) and non-contiguous resource units (RUs) improves the channel utilization by making it more efficient due to enhancing the capability of leveraging the channel selectivity. To this end, a wireless network device for resource allocation is provided and configured to define a non-contiguous MRU in the bandwidth of the channel. The channel comprises a plurality of RUs, and the MRU is defined based on non-punctured RUs after puncturing one or more of the RUs of the channel, and/or is defined by aggregating two or more non-adjacent RUs of the channel.

Abstract: A channel sounding method and a channel sounding apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: A first communication apparatus sends a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and sends a null data packet (NDP); and a second communication apparatus and a third communication apparatus receive the NDPA frame and the NDP.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for forward error correction and packet padding in radio transmission, e.g. WiFi communication schemes such as IEEE 802.11ax and 802.11be. In particular, the disclosure relates to a communication device configured to: transmit and/or receive a data frame based on a set of pre&post-Forward Error Correction (pre&post-FEC) parameters and a set of packet extension (PE) parameters, wherein the set of pre&post-FEC parameters is based on an extension of a set of pre&post-FEC parameters defined for a second radio transmission technology with respect to a size of resource units (RUS) supported by a first radio transmission technology, wherein the set of pre&post-FEC parameters is based on a combination of RUs that is supported by the first radio transmission technology, and wherein the set of PE parameters is based on an extension of a set of PE parameters defined for the second radio transmission technology.

Abstract: The present disclosure suggests to expand and improve the method of utilizing channel resources in the 802.11be standard by allowing the use of multiple and non-contiguous portions of a channel. Supporting multiple resource units (MRUs) and non-contiguous resource units (RUs) improves the channel utilization by making it more efficient due to enhancing the capability of leveraging the channel selectivity. To this end, a wireless network device for resource allocation is provided and configured to define a non-contiguous MRU in the bandwidth of the channel. The channel includes a plurality of RUs, and the non-contiguous MRU is defined based on non-punctured RUs after puncturing one or more of the RUs of the channel, and/or is defined by aggregating two or more non-adjacent RUs of the channel.

Abstract: A sharing AP (110) is configured to share a transmission opportunity, TXOP, with a shared AP (120, 130) within a Multi-AP set for participating in a coordinated transmission, wherein the sharing AP (110) is configured to communicate with one or more stations (115a-c) associated with the sharing AP via one or more spatial streams and the shared AP is configured to communicate with one or more stations (125a,b) associated with the shared AP via one or more further spatial streams.

Abstract: A signal field indication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: generating, by a transmit end, a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a SIG-A indication field, and the SIG-A indication field includes at least one of a field used to indicate a number of SIG-A information symbols and a field used to indicate a SIG-A information bandwidth; and sending, by the transmit end, the PPDU. According to the method provided in this application, the transmit end may indicate different numbers of SIG-A information symbols and/or different SIG-A information bandwidths.

Abstract: A signaling method and device can support channel puncturing of BW size. Embodiments provide various options for signaling methods, each of which may be suitable for supporting single-user and/or multi-user communication. A wireless network device is suitable for channel puncturing, and can include information regarding the channel puncturing in a preamble of a transmitted packet.

Abstract: An access point, AP (110), configured to perform a sounding procedure with one or more associated non-AP stations (120) in a wireless local area network (100) is provided. The AP (110) comprises a processing circuitry (111) configured to generate a null data PPDU announcement, NDPA, frame, wherein the NDPA frame comprises for each of the one or more associated non-AP stations (120) a station info field. The station info field comprises a partial BW info subfield, including a feedback bitmap and an indication of a resolution and/or a range of the feedback bitmap with a 20 MHz or 40 MHz subchannel resolution for a Sounding NDP with a bandwidth of up to 320 MHz. The AP (110) further comprises a communication interface (113) configured to transmit the NDPA frame to the one or more associated non-AP stations (120). Moreover, a corresponding non-AP station (120) is disclosed.

Abstract: An access point, AP, is provided, configured to perform coordinated beamforming with at least one further AP. The AP is configured to communicate via one or more first spatial streams of a plurality of spatial streams with one or more first non-AP stations and the further AP is configured to communicate via one or more second spatial streams of the plurality of spatial streams with one or more second non-AP stations. The AP comprises a processing circuitry configured to obtain information indicative of a total number of the plurality of spatial streams. The AP further comprises a communication interface configured to transmit a frame to each of the one or more first non-AP stations, wherein the frame comprises management information including the information indicative of the total number of the plurality of spatial streams.