Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a non-data Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a wireless station to transmit a non-data PPDU; and to transmit a control frame separated from the non-data PPDU by a Reduced Inter-Frame Space (RIFS).

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel.

Abstract: For example, an apparatus may include a plurality of Physical layer (PHY) components including circuitry to communicate via a respective plurality of sectorized antennas of a wireless station over a directional frequency band; a plurality of lower Medium Access Control (MAC) components, a lower MAC component of the plurality of lower MAC components configured to control channel access of the wireless station via a respective sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas, and to process MAC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to be communicated via the sectorized antenna; and an upper MAC component configured to cause the wireless station to transmit an information element via at least one sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas, the information element comprising at least a MAC address of the wireless station, and a field to indicate a plurality of identifiers (IDs) of the plurality of sectorized antennas.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices to provide support for a hidden SSID in an 802.11ad or directional multi-gigabit (DMG) wireless network. An access point (AP) of the DMG network may be configured to explicitly signal the hidden SSID configuration by sending probe responses that signal the hidden SSID configuration and/or signaling the hidden SSID configuration in DMG beacons transmitted by the AP.

Abstract: For example, a first wireless station may be configured to transmit a beacon frame over a directional wireless communication band during a Beacon Transmission Interval (BTI), the beacon frame including a field including a type value to indicate a type of one or more wireless stations to respond to the beacon frame; and to process a Sector Sweep (SSW) frame from a second wireless station of a type corresponding to the type value during an Association Beamforming Training (A-BFT) period following the BTI.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of triggering a wireless docking session between a mobile device and a wireless docking device. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a mobile device to detect a wireless charging of the mobile device by a wireless docking device; and to, upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless station to generate a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet including at least a packet type field, a countdown field, a short SSW feedback field, and a direction field, the packet type field including a value to indicate a Short SSW packet type, the countdown field including a counter value to indicate a number of remaining short SSW packet transmissions, the direction field to indicate whether transmission of the short SSW packet is from a beamforming initiator or a beamforming responder; and to transmit the short SSW packet to a second wireless station over a directional frequency band during beamforming training between the first and second wireless stations.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods for scanning in a directive multi-gigabit network are generally described herein. An apparatus of a station may include processing circuitry configured to decode a sector sweep beacon received from an access point, encode for transmission a sector sweep feedback message to include a beam refinement protocol (BRP) request, and encode for transmission BRP responses to BRP signaling received from the access point. The processing circuitry may be further configured to decode a link margin feedback signal received from the access point to determine an access point link margin, measure signal information associated with the link margin feedback signal to determine a received link margin measurement, and encode signaling for association with the access point based on the access point link quality and the receive link quality.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting transmit slots in a wireless communication network. For example, an apparatus may include a scheduler to set a suggested start time of a first transmit slot to transmit over a wireless communication medium, and, if a start of a medium free time for the wireless communication medium is after the suggested start time, to shift the suggested start time to a shifted start time that coincides with the start of the medium free time, and to set a suggested start time of a second transmit slot based on the shifted start time.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices and/or methods of packet coalescing. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless station to process a notification from a second wireless station including transmit (Tx) packet coalescing information, the Tx packet coalescing information including packet type information to define one or more packet types for packet coalescing at the first wireless station, and a coalescing threshold indicator to indicate a coalescing threshold to limit the packet coalescing at the first wireless station; to coalesce a plurality of packets for the second wireless station by buffering the plurality of packets at the first wireless station, the plurality of packets having at least one of the one or more packet types; and, based at least on the coalescing threshold, to process one or more buffered packets of the plurality of packets for transmission to the second wireless station.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory and processing circuitry that are configured to implement a first network control protocol (NCP) MAC layer configured to handle MAC layer communications of the first NCP, and sniffer edge circuitry. The sniffer edge circuitry is configured to communicate with the first NCP MAC layer and a second NCP MAC layer and to capture events related to second NCP (WiGig) communications. These captured events are communicated over a dedicated sniffer network, and packet contents communicated between the second NCP MAC layer and the second NCP stack are secure from the sniffer edge circuitry. The apparatus receives a distributed common time reference and uses this to timestamp the captured events.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of wireless transmission over a bonded channel. For example, a wireless station may be configured to determine a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) busy state of a secondary channel in a directional wireless communication band upon detecting transmission of a first packet over the secondary channel; to determine a CCA idle state of the secondary channel upon detecting transmission of a second packet indicating an end of a transmission sequence including the first packet; and to process transmission of a wireless transmission over a bonded channel including a primary channel and the secondary channel, if the CCA state of the secondary channel and a CCA state of the primary channel are idle during at least a back-off and an InterFrame Space (IFS).

Abstract: Devices and methods of limiting wideband STA communication are generally described. The STA receives, over a primary channel, a wakeup frame containing an indication of a SP or CBAP to acquire a wideband TXOP over a wide bandwidth channel including the primary channel and a secondary channel and a control trailer having an indication of the wide bandwidth channel. Prior to the SP/CBAP, the STA opens reception from the primary channel to the wide bandwidth channel. The STA then communicates with another STA over the wide bandwidth channel and subsequently reduces reception from the wide bandwidth channel to the primary channel. The wakeup frame originates from an AP/PCP or the other STA, and contains fields indicating the wakeup frame length and SP or a sensing time length prior to the CBAP.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of wireless communication to a plurality of wireless stations. For example, a wireless station may be configured to assign to a plurality of data units a respective plurality of increasing sequence numbers (SNs); and to transmit one or more directional transmission sequences in one or more respective directions over a directional frequency band.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication unit may include a Multi Media-Access-Control (MAC) Address Station-Management-Entity (MM-SME) managing a plurality of MAC entities having a respective plurality of MAC addresses. The wireless communication unit may transmit a frame including a Multi-MAC-Addresses-Element (MMAE), which includes two or more MAC addresses of the plurality of MAC addresses and a control field defining at least one common communication attribute to be applied to the two or more MAC addresses.

Abstract: Logic may allocate time slots in a schedule with consideration of thermal dissipation capacities of non-PCP devices. Logic may determine the failure to use a full time slot allocation by a non-PCP device when the non-PCP device has more data to transmit. Logic may determine an adjustment for a schedule based upon duty cycle information provided by a non-PCP device. Logic may receive an indication of a duty cycle. Logic may determine an adjustment to a schedule based upon entrance of the non-PCP device into a power save mode during an incomplete communication with time remaining in the allocated time slot. Logic may determine a duty cycle based upon a thermal measurement. Logic may request a reduced duty cycle based upon a risk of reaching an overheat limit for a non-PCP device. And logic may request an increase in the duty cycle in response to favorable thermal characteristics.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of dynamically scheduling a transmit opportunity. For example, a first wireless station may be configured to generate a grant frame including a duration field and a dynamic allocation information field, the dynamic allocation information field including an allocation duration subfield, the allocation duration subfield being set to a value within a predefined range of values, when the grant frame is to grant to a second wireless station a period after a Transmit Opportunity (TxOP), the allocation duration subfield being set to a predefined value which is not within the predefined range of values, when the grant frame is to grant to the second wireless station a period within the TxOP; and transmit the grant frame during the TxOP.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wide-bandwidth data frame. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to generate at least one wide-bandwidth data frame to be transmitted over a wide-bandwidth millimeter-Wave (mmWave) channel, the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel including a plurality of mmWave channels; and a transmitter to transmit a plurality of reservation frames over the plurality of mmWave channels, a reservation frame of the plurality of reservation frames including a duration value corresponding to a duration of the wide-bandwidth data frame and a wide-bandwidth indication to indicate that the wide-bandwidth data frames are to be transmitted over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel, the transmitter to transmit the at least one wide-bandwidth data frame over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of triggering a wireless docking session between a mobile device and a wireless docking device. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a mobile device to detect a wireless charging of the mobile device by a wireless docking device; and to, upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating via a plurality of antennas. For example, an apparatus may include a plurality of Physical layer (PHY) components including circuitry to process communication of a wireless station over a directional frequency band; a plurality of lower Medium Access Control (MAC) components to control channel access of the plurality of PHY components; a plurality of switch components configured to connect between respective PHY components of the plurality of PHY components and a plurality of antennas of the wireless station; and an upper MAC component configured to determine an antenna allocation of the plurality of antennas to the plurality of PHY components, and to control the plurality of switch components to connect the plurality of PHY components to the plurality of antennas according to the antenna allocation.