Multi-user aggregation methods and systems for data and control frames

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• providing, for transmission, a downlink frame as part of a multi-user downlink transmission that is a multi-user block acknowledgment request (MU BAR) frame having an identification that identifies a station of a plurality of stations, the downlink frame having a common information field and a plurality of per user information fields in a payload section of the downlink frame;
• and
• processing a received block acknowledgment (BA) frame in an indicated resource unit after providing the MU BAR frame,
• wherein the common information field includes information for all of the plurality of stations, wherein one of the plurality of per user information fields includes information specific to one of the plurality of stations, wherein the downlink frame is for triggering a multi-user uplink transmission with the plurality of stations, and wherein the common information field includes a trigger type sub-field, which identifies a type of trigger frame associated with the downlink frame.

A computer-implemented method of facilitating multi-user communication in a wireless network, the method comprising:

• processing a received trigger frame that is a multi-user block acknowledgment request (MU BAR) frame having an identification that identifies a station of a plurality of stations;
• generating a block acknowledgment (BA) frame as part of a multi-user uplink frame based on a common information field and a per user information field in a payload section of the received trigger frame;
• and
• providing, for transmission, the BA frame in an indicated resource unit based on the received trigger frame as part of a multi-user uplink transmission with the plurality of stations,
• wherein the common information field includes information for all of a plurality of stations, wherein the per user information field includes information specific to the station, wherein the received trigger frame is for triggering a multi-user uplink transmission with the plurality of stations, wherein the received trigger frame includes a trigger type sub-field, and wherein the common information field includes the trigger type sub-field, which identifies a type of trigger frame associated with the received trigger frame.