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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
B Hari Ram, Chennai, IN;
Vijay Ahirwar, Pune, IN;
Sri Varsha Rottela, Visakhapatnam, IN;
Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sudhir Srinivasa, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nilesh Khude, Pune, IN;
Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A communication device generates a legacy portion of a physical layer (PHY) preamble of a PHY data unit. The legacy portion includes a plurality of legacy training fields and a legacy signal field that indicates a duration of the PHY data unit. The communication device generates a non-legacy portion of the PHY preamble to include a multi-bit signal field header to indicate at least one of i) a particular wireless communication protocol from among the multiple wireless communication protocols, and ii) a particular version of the particular wireless communication protocol. The communication device generates the non-legacy portion of the PHY preamble to also include a non-legacy signal field having a field format that conforms to the at least one of the i) particular wireless communication protocol and ii) the particular version of the particular wireless communication protocol.