公开(公告)号：US11949606B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17971858

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Laurent Cariou ,  Xiaogang Chen ,  Qinghua Li ,  Robert J. Stacey ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04B7/0452 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04L5/0023 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L27/2602 ,  H04W52/0219 ,  H04W52/0229 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04L27/2603 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A wireless communication device, method and system. The device includes a memory, and a processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is to: decode at least one signal field portion of a signal field of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Data Unit (PPDU) received over a bonded channel, the bonded channel comprising a plurality of subchannels including a punctured subchannel, the signal field portion on at least one unpunctured subchannel of the plurality of subchannels; determine, from the at least one signal field portion, information on a resource allocation for the device, the resource allocation indicating at least one resource unit (RU) used in a data field of the PPDU for the device; and decode a data field portion of the data field of the PPDU, the data field portion received on a part of the punctured subchannel based on the resource allocation.

公开(公告)号：US11888620B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17339367

申请日：2021-06-04

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Po-Kai Huang ,  Danny Alexander ,  Daniel F. Bravo ,  Ido Ouzieli ,  Danny Ben-Ari ,  Amir Hitron ,  Robert J. Stacey

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/1607 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W8/28

CPC classification number: H04L1/1642 ,  H04L1/188 ,  H04L1/1896 ,  H04W8/28 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for communicating elements between multi-link devices are disclosed. Apparatuses of a first station (STA) affiliated with a multi-link device (MLD) are disclosed, where the apparatuses comprise processing circuitry configured to determine a sequence number as a next sequence number of a sequence number space where the sequence number space is indexed by a MLD media access control (MAC) address of a second MLD, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to encode a media access control (MAC) management protocol data unit (MMPDU) in a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the MMDPU including the sequence number, a frame body, and an address 1 field, the address 1 field indicating an address of a second station (STA) affiliated with the second MLD, and configure the first STA to transmit the PPDU to the second station.

公开(公告)号：US11791875B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17188159

申请日：2021-03-01

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： Michelle X. Gong ,  Robert J. Stacey

IPC: H04W72/02 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/30 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04B7/0417

CPC classification number: H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/0421 ,  H04B7/0626 ,  H04W72/30 ,  H04W74/0816

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to communicate with at least one group of a plurality of wireless communication devices over a wireless communication medium, wherein the wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to two or more wireless communication devices of the group, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11632752B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17466042

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Po-Kai Huang ,  Laurent Cariou ,  Daniel F. Bravo ,  Arik Klein ,  Robert J. Stacey ,  Daniel Leiderman ,  Ofer Schreiber ,  Danny Ben-Ari

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be included in a plurality of APs affiliated with a multi-link AP logical entity. As part of a multi-link AP logical entity, the plurality of APs may share a common medium access control (MAC) data service interface to an upper layer. The AP may exchange signaling with an STA as part of a multi-link setup process between the multi-link TP logical entity and a multi-link non-AP logical entity. The STA may be included in a plurality of STAs affiliated with the multi-link non-AP logical entity. The multi-link setup process may establish a link between each AP of the plurality of APs and a corresponding STA of the plurality of STAs.

公开(公告)号：US20220303356A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17824540

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Laurent Cariou ,  Yaron Alpert ,  Bahareh Sadeghi ,  Robert J. Stacey

IPC: H04L67/51 ,  H04L41/0246 ,  H04L45/60 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W52/50 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04L67/147 ,  H04Q11/04 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04Q11/00 ,  H04L1/18

Abstract: Simultaneous dual band operation (2.4 and 5 GHz) is common in APs on the market today, and tri-band devices are expected in the market soon. Link aggregation can also be applicable to multiple air interfaces in the same band (for instance 2 independent IEEE 802.1 lac/ax air interfaces at 5 GHz on 2 different 80 MHz channels). One exemplary aspect provides technology that enables significantly higher throughput and/or higher reliability for two stations (STAs) or a STA and the access point (AP) when the devices support simultaneous multi-band operation.

公开(公告)号：US20210273838A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17241635

申请日：2021-04-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Minyoung Park ,  Xiaogang Chen ,  Laurent Cariou ,  Po-Kai Huang ,  Thomas J. Kenney ,  Qinghua Li ,  Robert J. Stacey ,  Feng Jiang

IPC: H04L27/26

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for a common preamble for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). An apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode a portion of a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the first portion of the PPDU including a physical universal signal field (U-SIG), the U-SIG comprising a version independent portion and a version dependent portion, the version independent portion including a version identifier field, the version identifier field indicating a standard version of the PPDU. The processing circuitry is further configured to refrain from decoding the version dependent portion when the standard version indicates a standard version of a later generation than a standard version of the AP or STA, and otherwise decode the version dependent portion in accordance with the standard version.

公开(公告)号：US11109318B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16570905

申请日：2019-09-13

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Po-Kai Huang ,  Minyoung Park ,  Thomas J. Kenney ,  Shahrnaz Azizi ,  Robert J. Stacey

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04B1/00

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for retransmission of wake-up signals from a first station to a second station over a wireless network are disclosed. In some aspects, a wake-up signal is encoded for transmission to the second station. While the first station is waiting for an acknowledgment of the wake-up signal from the second station, the second station may retransmit the wake up signal and/or encode a packet for transmission to a third station. In some aspects, whether the wake-up signal is retransmitted is based in part, on at least one of whether a number of timeout events for wake-up signals transmitted to the second station exceeds a maximum timeouts threshold, whether a number of wake-up signals transmitted to the second station exceeds a maximum wake-up signals threshold; or whether a maximum predetermined elapsed time since a first wake-up signal was transmitted to the second station is exceeded.

公开(公告)号：US11076385B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16537028

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Po-Kai Huang ,  Robert J. Stacey ,  Daniel F. Bravo ,  Laurent Cariou ,  Arik Klein ,  Danny Ben-Ari ,  Ofer Schreiber ,  Shahrnaz Azizi ,  Thomas J. Kenney ,  Alexander W. Min ,  Yaron Alpert ,  Avi Mansour ,  Dave A. Cavalcanti ,  Jing Zhu ,  Ziv Avital ,  Xiaogang Chen ,  Juan Fang

IPC: H04W72/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L29/12

Abstract: Embodiments of a station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may be included in a first plurality of STAs affiliated with a first multi-link logical entity (MLLE). A plurality of links may be established between the first MLLE and a second MLLE, wherein the second MLLE may be affiliated with a second plurality of STAs. The STA may receive a first subset of a sequence of MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). A second subset of the sequence of MPDUs may be transmitted by another STA of the first plurality of STAs. The STA may transmit a block acknowledgement (BA) frame that includes: a number of BA bitmaps, configurable to values greater than or equal to one; and BA control information for each of the BA bitmaps.

公开(公告)号：US10892863B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16566478

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Xiaogang Chen ,  Qinghua Li ,  Feng Jiang ,  Po-Kai Huang ,  Laurent Cariou ,  Robert J. Stacey ,  Thomas J. Kenney ,  Ziv Avital

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04B17/327 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W92/12 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. An AP may be configurable to operate as a master AP of a multi-AP group comprising the master AP and one or more satellite APs. The master AP may select, from the multi-AP group, a set of APs that is to communicate with a STA in accordance with joint processing. The master AP may allocate one or more spatial streams to each of the APs of the set of APs for a joint transmission of a null data packet (NDP) to the STA for channel sounding. The master AP may transmit an NDP announcement (NDPA) that indicates that the APs of the set of APs are to perform the joint transmission of the NDP.

公开(公告)号：US20200007210A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16543923

申请日：2019-08-19

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： Michelle X. Gong ,  Robert J. Stacey

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04B7/0417

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to communicate with at least one group of a plurality of wireless communication devices over a wireless communication medium, wherein the wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to two or more wireless communication devices of the group, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed.