Abstract: Technology disclosed herein may include an access point (AP) which may include a processing device. The processing device may determine, at the access point, an assigned time for the access point and a wireless device; receive, at the access point, a transmission opportunity (TXOP); identify, at the access point, scheduling information for the TXOP, wherein the TXOP is partitioned into a plurality of TXOP partitions comprising first TXOP partitions associated with the access point and second TXOP partitions associated with the wireless device; and provide, from the access point to the wireless device, scheduling information for the TXOP.

Abstract: Technology disclosed herein may include an access point (AP) which may include a processing device. The processing device may transmit, at the access point, a first transmission in a first basic service set (BSS1) transmit opportunity (TXOP) in a first shared TXOP; send, from the access point to an additional access point, a first TXOP sharing request to send trigger frame; and receive, at the access point from the additional access point, a first clear to send (CTS) message.

Abstract: An access point may include a processing device. The processing device may determine, at a medium access control (MAC) layer, a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for a first set of orthogonal frequency duplex multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The processing device may determine, at the MAC layer, a second MCS for a second set of OFDM symbols. The processing device may generate, at the MAC layer, one or more aggregate MAC protocol data units (A-MPDUs) including the first MCS and the second MCS. The processing device may send, from the MAC layer to a physical layer (PHY), the one or more A-MPDUs to generate a PHY service data unit (PSDU) including the first MCS and the second MCS.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for an access point (AP) including a processing device and a transceiver. The processing device may receive, at the AP from a station (STA), information about an interference path between the STA and the AP; select, at the AP, a transmit power based on the information about the interference path between the STA and the AP; and determine, at the AP, a transmission type based on the transmit power, wherein the transmission type comprise one or more of a spatial reuse transmission or a spatial nulling transmission. The transceiver may transmit, from the AP to the STA, a transmission based on the transmission type.

Abstract: A system includes at least one station and a transmitter. The transmitter may be operable to transmit a transmission to the at least one station. The transmission may be associated with a bandwidth. The transmitter may adaptively select a modulation and coding scheme for the transmission. The modulation and coding scheme may allocate distributed resource units to the transmission. The distributed resource units are assigned to the at least one station and are distributed throughout the transmission.

Abstract: An example method of wireless data transmission may include selecting a first frequency segment and selecting a second frequency segment that is different from and non-contiguous with the first frequency segment. The method may further include encoding a first signal with a data frame using the first frequency segment and encoding a second signal with the data frame using the second frequency segment. The method may further include providing the first signal and the second signal for wireless transmission such that at least a portion of the first signal and a portion of the second signal are simultaneously wirelessly transmitted.

Abstract: Example implementations are directed to methods and systems employing a solicited sounding protocol that includes receiving, by a second access point, a sounding trigger broadcast by a first access point. The methods and systems also include receiving, by the second access point, a dedicated training signal from a first station in response to the sounding trigger broadcast by the first access point, and generating, by the second access point, channel characteristics of a channel based on the first dedicated training signal, the channel including a forward channel between the second access point and the first station.

Abstract: A wireless access point includes a first sublayer and a second sublayer. The first sublayer may be operable to perform first operations in accordance with a first standard. The first standard may be associated with the wireless access point. The second sublayer may be communicatively coupled to the first sublayer and may include a protocol stack and an adaptive layer. The protocol stack may be operable to perform second operations in accordance with a second standard and may be operable to interface with a transmission medium to facilitate data transmissions between the wireless access point and a device. The adaptive layer may facilitate communications between the protocol stack and the first sublayer.

Abstract: Methods and systems may include processes that may implement abbreviated header communications. In some implementations, a method may include generating a packet including an abbreviated header, where the abbreviated header may include a pointer corresponding to values for multiple parameters associated with a physical layer of communication rather than the values for the multiple parameters. The method may also include transmitting the packet to a client device according to the values for the multiple parameters.

Abstract: A method includes sending wireless data to a receiver node and receiving feedback from the receiver node that identifies a subset of the wireless data that the receiver node failed to receive correctly and that includes a token value as a label for the subset of the wireless data as a group. The method includes constructing retransmission wireless data that includes the subset of the wireless data and the token value. The method includes sending the retransmission wireless data to the receiver node. The receiver node may be a first client device. The method further includes allocating a first set of token values to the first client device and a second set of non-overlapping token values to a second client device in a network. The method includes respectively notifying the first and second client device of the corresponding set of token values for retransmissions requested by the corresponding client device.

Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that involve various configurations of UMAC and LMACs in a multi-link operations architecture. Some of these embodiments allow for multi-link operations using multiple different kinds of wired and wireless connections. The embodiments, also describe configurations that allow for the physical separation of UMAC and LMAC components.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for applying precise timing to a mesh wireless Wi-Fi network. The precise timing allows for multiple access points (APs) to serve a single station (STA) when the STA is located in a wireless footprint of more than one access point without the need for a wireless trigger frame. Various examples are described including the use of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA) and multi-access point joint transmission.

Abstract: Example implementations are directed to methods and systems employing a solicited sounding protocol that includes receiving, by a second access point, a sounding trigger broadcast by a first access point. The methods and systems also include receiving, by the second access point, a dedicated training signal from a first station in response to the sounding trigger broadcast by the first access point, and generating, by the second access point, channel characteristics of a channel based on the first dedicated training signal, the channel including a forward channel between the second access point and the first station.

Abstract: Methods and systems may include processes that may implement abbreviated header communications. In some implementations, a method may include generating a packet including an abbreviated header, where the abbreviated header may include a pointer corresponding to values for multiple parameters associated with a physical layer of communication rather than the values for the multiple parameters. The method may also include transmitting the packet to a client device according to the values for the multiple parameters.

Abstract: Methods and systems may include processes by which the reliability and robustness of a wireless network may be improved. In some implementations, a method may include selecting at least two resource units to be used for communications to a single client device; and transmitting data in duplicate via each of the at least two resource units to the client device such that the client device is able to combine the data from each of the at least two resource units into a single instance of the data. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining notification of one or more ranges of frequencies corresponding to a set of resource units to be avoided in a spectrum of available frequencies, and allocating resource units to a set of client devices that covers the available frequencies while excluding the set of resource units to be avoided.

Abstract: A number of methods for reducing latency of time-sensitive data transmissions are described. A first one of the methods describes reducing the latency of data transmissions containing time-sensitive data arriving at a predictable time. A second one of the method describes reducing the latency of data transmissions containing time-sensitive data arriving at an unpredictable time. Both methods involve adding padding to the data transmissions to help align data fields of the data transmission with an arrival time of the time-sensitive data.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a transmission to be transmitted via a transmission channel. The method also includes identifying at least one symbol included in the transmission. The at least one symbol may include multiple tones. The method further includes performing a first modulation to a first subset of the multiple tones. The method also includes performing a second modulation to a second subset of the multiple tones.

Abstract: An access point (AP) for wireless communication may include data processing hardware; and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations including: identifying, at the AP, one or more transmitting stations having one or more spatial streams; sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, a sounding request; performing, at the AP, multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) channel estimation based on the sounding request response; computing, at the AP, one or more precoder coefficients for the one or more transmitting stations based on the MU-MIMO channel estimation; and sending, from the AP to the one or more transmitting stations, the one or more precoder coefficients and a transmission trigger.

Abstract: Example operations may include initiating wireless transmission of a first data frame of data designated for wireless transmission. The wireless transmission of the first data frame may be via a first wireless signal packet configured to carry the data of the first data frame. The operations include directing termination of the wireless transmission of the first data frame via the first wireless signal packet prior to wireless transmission, via the first wireless signal packet, of all of the data of the first data frame. In addition, the operations include directing, in response to termination of transmission of the first data frame, wireless transmission of a termination signal, the termination signal indicating that transmission of the first data frame via the first wireless signal packet terminated prior to completion of transmission of all of the data of the first data frame via the first wireless signal packet.

Abstract: A method to adaptively select uplink (UL) duration includes collecting UL transmission statistics for UL transmissions from multiple client stations to an access point (AP). The method includes estimating, based on the UL transmission statistics, an amount of queued UL data at the client stations for a next UL transmission. The method includes determining, based on the estimated amount of queued UL data and the UL transmission statistics, one or more UL durations for the next UL transmission. The method includes sending the client stations scheduling information with the determined one or more UL durations to initiate the next UL transmission from the client stations to the AP.