Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory that stores instructions; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to: generate a signaling field, SIG, in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the SIG comprises a resource unit, RU, allocation field, indicating a size and location of each RU in a frequency resource, the SIG further comprises one or more user field, each user field comprises information of a scheduled station, STA; wherein a MRU which comprises multiple RUs is allowed to be assigned to one STA; and transmit the SIG.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network device for announcing a multi-access point (M-AP), joint channel sounding procedure in a WiFi network for acquiring channel state information between multiple access points (APs), which belong to a same M-AP set, and multiple stations associated with at least one of those multiple APs, wherein the network device is an access point of a subset of the M-AP set which subset includes APs that are configured to transmit an announcement frame, the network device comprising: a processor configured to provide the announcement frame of the M-AP joint channel sounding procedure, wherein the announcement frame comprises an identification of the M-AP set and identifications of the APs, associated to the subset of the M-AP set which subset of APs is configured to transmit the announcement frame; and a transceiver configured to transmit the announcement frame.

Abstract: This application provides a resource unit combination indication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU, where the PPDU includes a signal field, the signal field includes a resource unit allocation subfield and a combination indication corresponding to the resource unit allocation subfield, the resource unit allocation subfield indicates a plurality of resource units, and the combination indication indicates combination information of the plurality of resource units; and sending the PPDU.

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: This application provides a resource unit combination indication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU, where the PPDU includes a signal field, the signal field includes a resource unit allocation subfield and a combination indication corresponding to the resource unit allocation subfield, the resource unit allocation subfield indicates a plurality of resource units, and the combination indication indicates combination information of the plurality of resource units; and sending the PPDU. The method provided in this application can support one or more users in transmitting data by using a plurality of contiguous or discontiguous RUs, and indicate a combination status of the plurality of RUs to the user.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a shared access point, AP, (120) configured to participate in a coordinated transmission making use of at least a portion of at least one transmission opportunity, TXOP, obtained and shared by a sharing AP (110) operating under a coordination agreement within a Multi-AP, M-AP, set. The shared AP (120) comprises a processing circuitry (121) configured to modify at least one parameter of a plurality of coordination operation related parameters. Moreover, the shared AP (120) comprises a communication interface (123) configured to transmit a frame to the sharing AP (110). The frame comprises a coordination status field comprising information indicative of the at least one modified parameter of the plurality of coordination operation related parameters.

Abstract: A sharing access point (AP) configured to share a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with a plurality of shared APs operating under a coordination agreement within a multi-AP (M-AP) set for participating in a coordinated transmission to one or more non-AP stations associated with the sharing AP and a plurality of further non-AP stations associated with the shared APs. The sharing AP is configured to receive completion status information indicative of a completion status of transmitting information related to an operation under the coordination agreement to one or more of the plurality of further non-AP stations associated with the respective shared AP. Moreover, the sharing AP is configured, based on the completion status information of each of the one or more of the plurality of shared APs, to generate and maintain a data structure indicating the completion status for each of the plurality of shared APs.

Abstract: This application provides a resource unit combination indication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU, where the PPDU includes a signal field, the signal field includes a resource unit allocation subfield and a combination indication corresponding to the resource unit allocation subfield, the resource unit allocation subfield indicates a plurality of resource units, and the combination indication indicates combination information of the plurality of resource units; and sending the PPDU. The method provided in this application can support one or more users in transmitting data by using a plurality of contiguous or discontiguous RUs, and indicate a combination status of the plurality of RUs to the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory that stores instructions; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to: generate a signaling field, SIG, in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the SIG comprises a resource unit, RU, allocation field, indicating a size and location of each RU in a frequency resource, the SIG further comprises one or more user field, each user field comprises information of a scheduled station, STA; wherein a MRU which comprises multiple RUs is allowed to be assigned to one STA; and transmit the SIG.

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: 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 method of configuring a multiple Access Points (M-AP) set includes transmitting, by an access point (AP) initiating a new M-AP set, an information element including a plurality of octets. One of the plurality of octets indicates the presence of an extended capabilities octet of the plurality of octets. A bit of the extended capabilities octet indicates if an M-AP Coordinated Transmissions (CT) Basic Service Set (BSS) is enabled for this AP. A method of establishing a multiple Access Points (M-AP) set between APs includes transmitting, by a first AP, a first message advertising an M-AP Coordinated Transmission (CT) Basic Service Set (BSS), receiving, by the first AP, from a second AP, a second message advertising a second M-AP CT BSS, and initiate peering, in response to receiving the first message or the second message, used by an M-AP set including the first AP and the second AP.

Abstract: This application provides a resource unit combination indication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU, where the PPDU includes a signal field, the signal field includes a resource unit allocation subfield and a combination indication corresponding to the resource unit allocation subfield, the resource unit allocation subfield indicates a plurality of resource units, and the combination indication indicates combination information of the plurality of resource units; and sending the PPDU. The method provided in this application can support one or more users in transmitting data by using a plurality of contiguous or discontiguous RUs, and indicate a combination status of the plurality of RUs to the user.

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 wireless access point (AP) is disclosed, which is configured to share a transmission opportunity with at least one further wireless access point within a Multi-AP set using a Coordinated Beamforming (C-BF) scheme. The wireless AP comprises a processing circuitry configured to generate a C-BF Null Data PPDU Announcement (C-BF NDPA) frame, wherein the C-BF NDPA frame comprises a Multi-AP set identifier. Moreover, the wireless AP comprises a communication interface configured to transmit the C-BF NDPA frame to one or more wireless stations associated with the wireless AP and/or to one or more further wireless stations associated with the at least one further wireless AP within the Multi-AP set.

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: An apparatus for wireless communication. A memory stores instructions; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions in memory to cause the processor to: generate a signaling field, SIG, in a wireless local area network, WLAN, wherein the SIG includes a resource unit, RU, allocation field, indicating a size and location of an RU in a frequency resource, the SIG further including one or more user fields, a user field including information of a scheduled station, STA; wherein an MRU which includes multiple RUs is assigned to one STA; and transmit the SIG.

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 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.