Abstract: A method of implementing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The method includes: transmitting, by a transmitter to a receiver, an initial transmission of the HARQ process; receiving, by the transmitter from the receiver, receiver decoding capability information; setting, by the transmitter, a retransmission duration based on the receiver decoding capability information; and implementing, by the transmitter, a retransmission of the HARQ process based on the retransmission duration.

Abstract: A method and system for providing sub-band whitening are herein provided. According to one embodiment, a method estimating an interference whitening (IW) factor based on a legacy-long training field (LLTF) signal, updating the estimated IW factor during transmission of a data symbol, and scaling the data symbol based on the updated IW factor and the estimated IW factor.

Abstract: A method and system for providing sub-band whitening are herein provided. According to one embodiment, a method estimating an interference whitening (IW) factor based on a legacy-long training field (LLTF) signal, updating the estimated IW factor during transmission of a data symbol, and scaling the data symbol based on the updated IW factor and the estimated IW factor.

Abstract: A method of implementing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The method includes generating a HARQ transmission that comprises one or more HARQ units by: determining a HARQ unit size of the one or more HARQ units; generating the one or more HARQ units by assigning to each respective HARQ unit, based on the HARQ unit size, at least a respective portion of a media access control (MAC) layer data unit; and generating a header for the HARQ transmission. The method further includes transmitting the HARQ transmission to a receiver. The one or more HARQ units are physical layer data units.

Abstract: A method for operating a link method includes estimating a plurality of throughputs, each throughput corresponding to one of a plurality of modulation and coding schemes, each one of the plurality of modulation and coding schemes corresponding to one of a plurality of combinations of spatial stream numbers and bandwidths, selecting a maximum throughput from the plurality of throughputs, and transmitting data according to a modulation and coding scheme, a spatial stream number, and a bandwidth corresponding to the maximum throughput.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a link. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting a first quantity of data, using a first number of spatial streams, and a first bandwidth, receiving N1 acknowledgment signals, N1 being a nonnegative integer; receiving N2 negative acknowledgment signals, N2 being a nonnegative integer; adjusting an estimated signal to interference and noise ratio for the first number of spatial streams and the first bandwidth, based on N1 and N2; estimating a first throughput for the first number of spatial streams and the first bandwidth; estimating a second throughput for a second number of spatial streams and a second bandwidth; determining whether the second throughput exceeds the first throughput; and in response to determining that the second throughput exceeds the first throughput, transmitting a second quantity of data, using the second number of spatial streams, and the second bandwidth.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a link. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting a first quantity of data, using a first number of spatial streams, and a first bandwidth, receiving N1 acknowledgment signals, N1 being a nonnegative integer; receiving N2 negative acknowledgment signals, N2 being a nonnegative integer; adjusting an estimated signal to interference and noise ratio for the first number of spatial streams and the first bandwidth, based on N1 and N2; estimating a first throughput for the first number of spatial streams and the first bandwidth; estimating a second throughput for a second number of spatial streams and a second bandwidth; determining whether the second throughput exceeds the first throughput; and in response to determining that the second throughput exceeds the first throughput, transmitting a second quantity of data, using the second number of spatial streams, and the second bandwidth.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first signal from a transceiver, determining one of a probability and a soft mean with a soft variance associated with the detected data symbol, determining a first coefficient and a second coefficient based on the determined one of the probability and the soft mean with the soft variance associated with the detected data symbol, determining channel state information (CSI) on a channel between the transceiver and the UE based on a second signal received by the UE from the transceiver, a previous CSI, the first coefficient and the second coefficient, and tracking the communication channel based on the determined CSI.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first signal from a transceiver, determining one of a probability and a soft mean with a soft variance associated with the detected data symbol, determining a first coefficient and a second coefficient based on the determined one of the probability and the soft mean with the soft variance associated with the detected data symbol, determining channel state information (CSI) on a channel between the transceiver and the UE based on a second signal received by the UE from the transceiver, a previous CSI, the first coefficient and the second coefficient, and tracking the communication channel based on the determined CSI.