Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, apparatuses and systems for supporting multi-user transmissions in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system
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Application No.: US17728148Application Date: 2022-04-25
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Publication No.: US11700637B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Hanqing Lou , Guodong Zhang , Robert L. Olesen , Xiaofei Wang
- Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W74/00 ; H04W80/00 ; H04B7/0452

Abstract:
Methods, devices and systems are provided for performing for multi-user (MU) transmission. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive a frame, decode the received frame and determine whether the received frame is a null data packet (NDP) multi-user (MU) media access control (MAC) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (NDP MU MAC PPDU) based on meeting an NDP condition. The NDP MU MAC PPDU may correspond to an MU transmission and may include a PLCP header which includes an NDP signal (SIG) field having MU control information. Based on the received frame meeting the NDP condition, the WTRU may be further configured to process the NDP SIG field, generate a response based on the NDP SIG field and the MU control information, and transmit the response.
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