Intel Corporation

Apple Inc.

Oren Kedem

Carlos Cordeiro

Cheng Chen

Elad Levy

Solomon B Trainin

Bahareh Sadeghi

Ou Yang

Artyom Lomayev

Rafal Wielicki

Marek Dabek

Alexander A Maltsev

Claudio Da Silva

Ilya Bolotin

Michael Glik

Ran Mor

Igor Brainman

Chittabrata Ghosh

Dror Markovich

Ophir Edlis

Nir Paz

Alon Pais

Laurent Cariou

Tom Harel

Eran Sudak

Sebastian Mitelberg

Idan Maor

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating a Single-User (SU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission. For example, a first wireless communication station may be configured to transmit a Request to Send (RTS) to a second wireless communication station via a plurality of SU MIMO Transmit (Tx) sectors of the first wireless communication station, the RTS to establish a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to transmit an SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, a control trailer of the RTS including an indication of an intent to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station; and to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, upon receipt of a Clear to Send (CTS) from the second wireless communication station indicating that the second wireless communication station is ready to receive the SU-MIMO transmission.

Apparatus, system and method of communicating a single-user (SU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmission

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to scheduled multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) acknowledgement. A device may determine a block acknowledgment schedule associated with one or more destination devices. The device may cause to send a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) frame including the block acknowledgment schedule. The device may identify one or more acknowledgment frames received from at least one of the one or more destination devices based on the block acknowledgment schedule.

Signaling for scheduled multi-user multiple-input multiple-output acknowledgement

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel access. A device may determine one or more time division duplex (TDD) service periods (SPs). The device may determine a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) frame to be sent to a responder device on a channel associated with a MIMO communication. The device may cause to send the DMG frame to the responder device on the channel. The device may establish a MIMO channel access based on sending the DMG frame to the responder device.

Multiple-input multiple-output channel access

For example, a first STA may be configured to transmit to a second STA a message including a first value to indicate an available memory size at the first STA at a beginning of a TXOP, and a second value to indicate a maximal length of an A-MPDU transmission during the TXOP; to receive an initial A-MPDU from the second STA during the TXOP, a length of the initial A-MPDU is not longer than the first value; to determine a capacity value based on a current available memory size at the first STA, the capacity value to indicate whether the second STA is to be allowed to send to the first STA a subsequent A-MPDU having a length which is not longer than the second value; and to transmit to the second. STA an Ack including a buffer capacity field including the capacity value.

Apparatus, system and method of communication during a transmit opportunity (TXOP)

Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for periodic unsolicited wireless link measurement reporting. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode a link measurement request frame received from a requesting STA, the link measurement request frame comprising a report start time subfield, a report interval time subfield, and a report count subfield. The processing circuitry further configured to determine link measurements based on the link measurement request frame or based on a last frame received from the requesting STA within a reporting interval, the reporting interval indicated by the report start time subfield and the report interval time subfield. The processing circuitry further configured to encode a link measurement report frame to comprise the link measurements and configure the STA to transmit the link measurement report frame before an end of the reporting interval.

Periodic unsolicited wireless link measurement report

Embodiments of an enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) station (STA), access point (AP), and method of communication are generally described herein. The EDMG STA may receive, from the AP, a Link Measurement Request Frame that includes a request for information for time division duplexing (TDD) rate adaptation. The EDMG STA may transmit a Link Measurement Response Frame that includes a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) Link Margin element that includes a Rate Adaptation Control parameter. The DMG Link Margin element may be configurable to include one or more optional fields for the TDD rate adaptation and transmit power control. The Rate Adaptation Control parameter may indicate: a number of space time streams (STSs) for which information is included in the DMG Link Margin element; and whether the DMG Link Margin element includes the one or more optional fields.

Management frames for rate adaptation by enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) stations in millimeter wave (mmWave) networks

Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for assignment of secondary millimeter wave channels. An apparatus of a station (STA) is disclosed that includes processing circuitry configured to decode a basic service set (BSS) operating channels field and a primary channel field from an access point (AP) or personal basic service set control point (PCP), wherein the BSS operating channels field is a bitmap that indicates which 2.16 GHz channels of a plurality of 2.16 GHz channels are permitted to be used for transmissions in the BSS, and wherein the primary channel field indicates a 2.16 GHz channel of the plurality of 2.16 GHz channels that is a primary channel of the BSS. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine the primary channel, a secondary channel, a secondary1 channel, and a secondary2 channel based on the BSS operating channels field and the primary channel field.

Assignment of secondary mmwave channels

For example, an EDMG STA may be configured to receive an A-MPDU for the EDMG STA in an EDMG MU PPDU from an EDMG MU-MIMO initiator station; to determine, according to an ordered acknowledgement scheme, a Block Acknowledgement (BA) period in which the EDMG STA is to be awake to allow transmission of a BA from the EDMG STA to the EDMG MU-MIMO initiator STA; to allow the EDMG STA to be in a power save mode during a first power save period from a time of an End of Frame (EOF) field in the A-MPDU for the EDMG STA until a beginning of the BA period; to transmit the BA to the EDMG MU-MIMO initiator; and to allow the EDMG STA to be in the power save mode during a second power save period after transmission of the BA.

Apparatus, system and method of acknowledging a multi user (MU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) (MU-MIMO) transmission

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to using enhanced acknowledgment and power save. A device may determine a multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frame associated with a MU-MIMO group. The device may determine a first portion of the MU-MIMO frame associated with the first station device of the MU-MIMO group, wherein the first portion comprises a first indication of a first time offset associated with the first station device. The device may determine a second portion of the MU-MIMO frame associated with the second station device of the MU-MIMO group, wherein the second portion comprises a second indication of a second time offset associated with the second station device. The device may cause to send the MU-MIMO frame to the MU-MIMO group. The device may identify a first acknowledgment from the first station device based on the first time offset.

Enhanced acknowledgment and power saving for wireless communications

For example, a first STA may be configured to transmit to a second STA a message including a first value to indicate an available memory size at the first STA at a beginning of a TXOP, and a second value to indicate a maximal length of an A-MPDU transmission during the TXOP; to receive an initial A-MPDU from the second STA during the TXOP, a length of the initial A-MPDU is not longer than the first value; to determine a capacity value based on a current available memory size at the first STA, the capacity value to indicate whether the second STA is to be allowed to send to the first STA a subsequent A-MPDU having a length which is not longer than the second value; and to transmit to the second STA an Ack including a buffer capacity field including the capacity value.

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Modiin Maccabim-Reut, Israel

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