Abstract: Logic may enable communication between stations in the presence of interference. Logic may communicate with the station in the presence of interference, the interference from a communication between other stations comprising a first network allocation vector (NAV) reminder, by entering a mode in which a Control Physical layer (PHY) modulation and coding scheme (MCS) is enabled and a Single Carrier PHY MCS is disabled. Logic may enable the Single Carrier PHY MCS in response to receipt of a clear-to-send (CTS) or an expiration of a CTS timeout. Logic may determine an active time remainder during a Contention-based access period. Logic may determine a time to access a channel in response to receipt of the Denial to Send and based upon a predefined, maximum inactivity time. Logic may remain beamformed while the apparatus is in the Control PHY mode.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of power management in a wireless network. For example, a first wireless station may be configured to transmit a frame to a second wireless station during a first beacon interval, the frame including an indication that the first wireless station is to switch to a low power mode; switch to the low power mode; operate at an active mode during an awake window in a second beacon interval subsequent to the first beacon interval; and upon receipt of an announcement traffic indication message (ATIM) from the second wireless station during the awake window, transmit an acknowledgement to the second wireless station, and stay at the active mode to communicate data with the second wireless station.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a responder station may process a received Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) request including a beam tracking request from an initiator station; and select whether or not to transmit a BRP response including beam tracking feedback, in response to the BRP request, based on a comparison between a time period and a BRP tracking time limit, the time period being based on a timing of the BRP request and a timing of the BRP response.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first station may be configured to transmit to a second station a plurality of sector sweep (SSW) frames of a first beamforming transmission of a beamforming procedure, a SSW frame of the first beamforming transmission including a duration value to indicate a time until at least a beginning of a second beamforming transmission subsequent to the first beamforming transmission; and to receive from the second station one or more SSW frames of the second beamforming transmission.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of dynamic allocation using a grant frame. For example, a wireless station may be able to generate a grant frame including a duration field and a Dynamic Allocation Info field, the Dynamic Allocation Info field including an allocation duration subfield and an access mode subfield, the access mode subfield to indicate an access mode of an allocation according to the grant frame; and to transmit the grant frame.

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: 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: 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: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a 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 first PPDU to a second wireless station, the first PPDU including a preamble, a header, and a first PLCP Service Data Unit (PSDU), the header including a synchronization (sync) indicator to indicate that the second wireless station is to synchronize a second PPDU to the first PPDU; and to receive the second PPDU from the second wireless station, the second PPDU spaced from the first PPDU by less than a Short Inter Frame Space (SIFS), the second PPDU including a Byte Count, and a second PSDU, the second PPDU including no preamble or a short preamble, which is shorter than the preamble of the first PPDU.

Abstract: For example, a first wireless station may be configured to, during a first beamforming training with a second wireless station, communicate one or more first frames with the second wireless station via a first sectorized antenna of a plurality of sectorized antennas of the first wireless station, the first frames including a first Identifier (ID) of the first sectorized antenna, to communicate one or more beamformed transmissions with the second wireless station based on the first beamforming training; and to communicate a second frame with the second wireless station via a second sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas of the first wireless station, the second frame to initiate a second beamforming training between the second sectorized antenna and the second wireless station, the second frame including a second ID of the second sectorized antenna.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first wireless station may process transmission of a first plurality of Beam Refinement Phase (BRP) frames to a second wireless station during a BRP, one or more duration fields of one or more respective BRP frames of the first plurality of BRP frames being according to an end time; and may process reception of a second plurality of BRP frames from the second wireless station during the BRP, one or more duration fields of one or more respective BRP frames of the second plurality of BRP frames being according to the end time.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of power management in a wireless network. For example, a wireless station may be configured to transmit a first frame including a first Wakeup Schedule Element (WSE), the first WSE including a first beacon interval (BI) start time field value; to switch to a Power Save (PS) mode based on the first BI start time field value; and during the PS, transmit a second frame including a second WSE, the second WSE including a second BI start time field value, e.g., different from the first BI start time field value.

Abstract: Devices and methods of for wireless communication in a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) band are generally described. A device can detect a starting point of an awake window (AW). The device can encode a first announcement traffic indication message (ATIM) for directional transmission, after no more than a point coordination function (PCF) interframe space (PIFS) subsequent to the starting point, over a first beamformed link to a first station (STA). The device can encode a second ATIM for directional transmission subsequent to directional transmission of the first ATIM, within the AW and in a different direction than the directional transmission of the first ATIM, over a second beamformed link to a second STA. Other devices, systems and methods are also described.

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 devices, systems and/or methods of communicating upper-layer protocol information. For example, a wireless communication unit to transmit a management frame, e.g., a Traffic Stream Establishment (TSE) frame, including an Upper-Layer-Identification (UPID) element including a control field indicating a protocol of a layer higher than a Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer.

Abstract: Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for spatial reuse with training in RTS-CTS are disclosed. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry configured to: decode a received frame, the frame including either a request to send (RTS) frame or a clear to send (CTS) frame, with an initial portion of the frame indicating a plurality of training fields (TRN-R) at an end of the frame. The processing circuitry further configured to perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) for each receive (Rx) sector of a plurality of Rx sectors using the plurality of TRN-Rs.

Abstract: Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for network allocation vector operations to reduce channel access delay. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configure to: select a first one or more directional multi-gigabit (DMG) antennas from DMG antennas of the wireless device. The processing circuitry further configured to configure the wireless device to perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) for each of a plurality of CCA configurations applicable to the first one or more DMG antennas, where each CCA configuration comprises a second one or more of the DMG antennas. The processing circuitry further configured to if each CCA configuration applicable to the first one or more DMG antennas indicate the channel is idle, decrease a backoff time, and, if the backoff time is zero, configure the wireless device to transmit a packet on the channel using the first one or more DMG antennas.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for channel access are generally described herein. The AP may contend for access to a channel. The contention may be performed in accordance with an omni-directional enhanced distributed channel access function (EDCAF) for transmission within an omni-directional pattern. The contention may be further performed in accordance with a directional EDCAF for transmission to a station (STA) in a directional pattern. The AP may determine whether to transmit within the omni-directional pattern based at least partly on an omni-directional backoff parameter. The AP may further determine whether to transmit in the directional pattern based at least partly on a directional backoff parameter.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating upper-layer protocol information. For example, a wireless communication unit to transmit a management frame, e.g., a Traffic Stream Establishment (TSE) frame, including an Upper-Layer-Identification (UPID) element including a control field indicating a protocol of a layer higher than a Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of establishing a session. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless station to transmit a first message to a second wireless station after establishing a Media Access Control (MAC) connection with the second wireless station, the first message comprising an indication of a first time period; to process a second message from the second wireless station, the second message comprising an indication of a second time period; to determine a selected time period based on the first and second time periods; and to wait for the selected time period prior to attempting to establish a session with the second wireless station.