Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to techniques for managing beamformed uplink transmissions of beamformer devices such as WiFi client stations which are particularly initiated by a beamformee device such as a WiFi access point (AP). In particular, the disclosure relates to a method (1500) for managing beamformed uplink transmissions of one or more beamformer devices (210), e.g. WiFi client stations (101, 102, 103), wherein the method (1500) is initialized by a beamformee device (220), e.g. a WiFi access point (110), the method comprising: transmitting (1501), by a beamformee device (220), e.g. a WiFi access point (110), to one or more beamformer devices (210), e.g. WiFi client stations (101, 102, 103), an indication of a precoder for Uplink transmission per Uplink transmission (104, 105, 106).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the technical field of FD capable wireless communication devices. The invention is about resolving a collision between a transmission of one device and a simultaneous transmission of another device. The device is configured to interrupt its transmission, determine a negotiation signal, and determine at least one available resource to occupy with the negotiation signal during a negotiation period. Further, the device is configured to transmit the negotiation signal on the at least one available resource and simultaneously receive a negotiation signal on another resource from at least one other device during the negotiation period. Then, the device is configured to decide, based on all negotiation signals, whether to retransmit the interrupted transmission after the negotiation period.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a communication transmitter (100) for providing a periodic signal for channel measurements (101), in particular for channel gain measurements, the communication transmitter (100) comprising a processor (107) being configured to determine the periodic signal (101) upon the basis of at least one of the following seed sequences: a first seed sequence M1=[1, -1, 1, 1, 1,-1,-1,-1,-1, 1,-1, 1, 1] for transmitting the periodic signal (101 ) within a first bandwidth; a second seed sequence M2=[1, 1,-1,-1,-1, 1,-1, 1,-1, -1,-1,-1, 1,-1,-1,-1, 1,-1, 1, 1, 1, 1,-1,-1, 1, -1, -1, -1, -1,1 ] for transmitting the periodic signal (101) within a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth comprising the first bandwidth; a third seed sequence M3_1 =[-1, -1, 1, 1, 1,-1, 1, 1, 1,-1, 1,-1,-1,-1,-1, 1,-1,- 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, -1, 1,1] for transmitting the periodic signal (101) within the third bandwidth, the third bandwidth comprising the second bandwidth; or a fourth seed sequence M3_2=[-1,-1, 1,-1, 1, 1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 1] for transmitting the periodic signal (101) within the third bandwidth, the third bandwidth comprising the second bandwidth.
Abstract:
A data transmission apparatus (100) for sending a communication signal to at least one receiving device (200A, 200B), a communication device (200A, 200B) for receiving a first communication signal from a data transmission apparatus (100) and for sending a second communication signal to the data transmission apparatus (100), an apparatus (400) for analyzing a communication signal and a frame structure (300) for data transmission between a data transmission apparatus (100) and at least one communication device (200A, 200B) are provided. The data transmission apparatus (100) is configured for sending a communication signal to at least one receiving device. The communication signal corresponds to an orthogonal frequency division multiple access, OFDMA, signal being communicated through at least one OFDMA frame (300) comprising a frame header (301), a first zone (320) having assigned a first set of transmission parameters and a second zone (330) having assigned a second set of transmission parameters. The first zone (320) comprises a first zone header (321) indicating the first set of transmission parameters and the second zone (330) comprises a second zone header (331) indicating the second set of transmission parameters. The data transmission apparatus is configured to assign a data transmission bandwidth to the at least one receiving device in at least one of the first zone and the second zone and to transmit an assignment signal to the at least one receiving device by means of which the data transmission bandwidth is assigned to the receiving device. The data transmission apparatus is configured to use the assigned first zone (320) or second zone (330) for both receiving and sending data to the at least one receiving device. Thus, the data transmission and signalling overhead in an OFDMA frame is reduced.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a wireless communication device (300), comprising: a processor (301), configured: to precode beamforming data for transmission over a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel, the precoding based on an estimated channel matrix (C), and to adjust the precoding based on decomposition, in particular singular value decomposition of the channel matrix (C), comprising: transforming the channel matrix (C) to a bi-diagonal matrix (R); and zeroing off-diagonal elements of the bi-diagonal matrix (R), wherein the zeroing comprises deriving a transform matrix (T) from the bi-diagonal matrix (R) and approximating eigenvalues of the transform matrix (T) by elements on the main diagonal of the transform matrix (T).
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to an access point device (AP) (600) for communicating with a client device (STA), the AP (600) comprising: a transceiver (601) configured to: transmit (602) a first data packet (311) indicating a set of groups (200), wherein each group (201, 202, 203) is associated with a specific set of transmission parameters, transmit (602) a second data packet (312) indicating an allocation for at least part of the groups (201, 202, 203); and receive (602) a response frame (321, 421) using at least part of random access (RA) resources selected by the STA for the at least part of the groups (201, 202, 203).
Abstract:
A receiver system for generating filtered signals includes a frequency converter and a filter unit. The frequency converter includes a local oscillator. The frequency converter receives radio frequency signals within a first frequency bandwidth and shifts the radio frequency signals to a second frequency bandwidth. The filter unit filters the shifted signals by applying a derived band-pass filter (BPF). The derived BPF is generated by superpositioning at least one BPF and at least one band-stop BSF.
Abstract:
A sharing AP (110) is configured to share a transmission opportunity, TXOP, with a shared AP (120, 130) within a Multi-AP set for participating in a coordinated transmission, wherein the sharing AP (110) is configured to communicate with one or more stations (115a-c) associated with the sharing AP via one or more spatial streams and the shared AP is configured to communicate with one or more stations (125a, b) associated with the shared AP via one or more further spatial streams. The sharing AP comprises a communication interface (113) configured to transmit a frame to the shared AP, wherein the frame comprises a common block, comprising one or more parameters for the shared AP, one or more station information blocks, wherein each station information block includes one or more parameters of the respective station associated with the sharing AP, and a shared AP information block for the shared AP comprising information about a number of the one or more further spatial streams.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a channel sounding procedure, particularly a reduced feedback channel sounding procedure for next generation WiFi. To this end, the invention proposes a transmitting device and a receiving device, both configured to support reduced feedback in a channel sounding procedure. The transmitting device is configured to: select at least one of a plurality of feedback types; determine, and send to a receiving device, a feedback indication format, wherein the feedback indication format comprises the selected at least one feedback type and a feedback dependent field based on the selected feedback type; and obtain feedback data from the receiving device, wherein the feedback data bases on the determined feedback indication format sent to the receiving device.
Abstract:
A client type communication device (10) for communicating with an access point type communication device (20) is provided. The client type communication device (10) comprises a communication unit (11) adapted to use at least one of first communication resources for performing a random access communication, if the client type communication device (10) is in an associated mode regarding the access point type communication device (20) and to use at least one of second communication resources different from the first communication resources for performing a random access communication to the access point type communication device (20), if the client type communication device (10) is in a non-associated mode regarding the access point type communication device (20).