Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for precoding a signal at a transmitter. A plurality of receiver devices is identified, and a first receiver device is selected from the plurality of receiver devices. The transmitter communicates with the first receiver device over a channel, and an estimate of the channel is determined. A precoding matrix is computed based on the estimate, such that when the transmitter transmits a signal that is precoded with the precoding matrix over the channel, interference from a second receiver device of the plurality of receiver devices over the channel is reduced.
Abstract:
A first device including a receiver, a steering module, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a first signal transmitted using a first modulation scheme from a second device. The steering module obtains a steering matrix from the first signal transmitted using the first modulation scheme from the second device. The transmitter transmits a second signal using a second modulation scheme to the second device by reusing the steering matrix obtained from the first signal transmitted using the first modulation scheme from the second device. The first modulation scheme and the second modulation scheme are selected from a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based modulation schemes. The second modulation scheme is different from the first modulation scheme.
Abstract:
A first wireless communication device including a distance determination module. The distance determination module is configured to calculate a distance between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device is configured to communicate with the second wireless communication device at one of a plurality of available data rates. A rate selection module is configured to select, based on the distance between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, a first data rate from the plurality of available data rates and/or adjust, based on the distance, the first data rate. The adjusted first data rate corresponds to a second data rate selected from the plurality of available data rates. A transceiver is configured to communicate with the second wireless communication device at the first data rate and/or the second data rate.
Abstract:
A method for transmitting a first field and one or more second fields is described. A number of devices in a group of multiple devices to which a first OFDMA data unit is to be transmitted is selected. A block allocation that indicates respective integer numbers of different tone blocks of a WLAN communication channel to be assigned to each device in the group of multiple devices is selected. A first field is encoded to indicate both the selected number of devices in the group and the selected block allocation. One or more second fields are encoded to indicate a respective device identifier for each device in the group of multiple devices. The first field and the one or more second fields are transmitted to each device in the group of multiple devices.
Abstract:
A first access point including a receiver, a transmitter, a feedback module, and a location determining module. The receiver receives a first frame from a client station. The transmitter transmits a second frame to the client station. The first and second frames are also received by second and third devices, which are located at predetermined locations. The feedback module receives a first feedback from the client station including times of departure and arrival of the first and second frames at the client station, and a second feedback from the second and third devices including times of arrival of the first and second frames at the second device and the third device. The location determining module determines a location of the client station based on the times of arrival and departure of the first and second frames at the first access point, the first and second feedbacks, and the predetermined locations.
Abstract:
In a method implemented in a communication device configured to transmit PHY data units via a communication channel, first data and second data is received. The first data is modulated according to a first constellation having a first number of constellation points, and the second data is modulated according to a second constellation having a second number of constellation points higher than the first number of constellation points. The first data and the second data is parsed to a plurality of spatial streams such that a first subset of the spatial streams includes at least some of the modulated first data but none of the modulated second data, and a second subset of the spatial streams includes at least some of the modulated second data but none of the modulated first data. A single PHY data unit that includes the plurality of spatial streams is generated.
Abstract:
A first communication device determines that each second communication device in a plurality of second communication devices has respective data to be transmitted to the first communication device. The first communication device transmits a request to the plurality of second communication devices to transmit data to the first communication device simultaneously during a transmit opportunity period of the first communication device. The first communication device receives data transmitted simultaneously by the plurality of second communication devices during the transmit opportunity period of the first communication device.
Abstract:
A first communication device receives a non-sounding data unit from a second communication device that does not support beamforming training procedures. The first communication device develops an estimate of a reverse channel via which the non-sounding data unit traveled based on the non-sounding data unit. The first communication device develops a transmit beamforming matrix based on the estimate of the reverse channel, the transmit beamforming matrix for the first communication device to utilize when transmitting via a forward channel.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptively selecting a communications mode in high frequency systems. A first dual-mode device having capabilities of using two or more high frequency communications modes, such as OFDM and SC modulation, may transmit a signal to a second dual-mode device with the same capabilities. The second dual-mode device may compute a channel characteristic associated with a high frequency communications channel and select an optimal high frequency communications mode. The second dual-mode device may transmit information indicative of the channel characteristic or the selected communications mode to the first dual-mode device. The first dual-mode device may select and operate using the optimal high frequency communications mode based on the information received from the second dual-mode device. The first and second dual-mode devices may communicate using the selected high frequency communications mode.
Abstract:
In generating a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, a preamble of the data unit is generated, including i) generating a set of training fields, and ii) mapping each training field in the set of training fields to a plurality of space-time streams. When the set of training fields consist of four training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to four space-time streams according to a first space-time stream mapping matrix. When the set of training fields consists of six training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to six space-time streams according to a second space-time stream mapping matrix, wherein the first space-time stream mapping matrix is not a submatrix of the second space-time stream mapping matrix. A data portion of the data unit is generated so that a receiver device can receive the data portion via a corresponding number of space-time streams using channel information derived from the set of training fields.