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US 10,567,555 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for early detection of high efficiency wireless packets in wireless communication
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsLin Yang, Bin Tian, Sameer Vermani
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Abstract
A method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device, a packet including a first field over a first number of tones, and a second field over a second number of tones. The second number of tones is greater than the first number of tones by a number of one or more edge tones carrying data. The method further includes determining at least one of a communication mode and a channel estimation based at least in part on the one or more edge tones carrying data.
Claims18
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- generating, at a wireless device, a packet comprising:
- a training field encoded over a first number of data tones, wherein the training field comprises a legacy long training field;
- one or more first edge tones adjacent to the training field, wherein the one or more first edge tones carry data;
- a signal field comprising a legacy signal field adjacent to the training field and encoded over a second number of data tones and one or more second edge tones adjacent to the second number of data tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones carry channel estimation values;
- and outputting the packet for transmission to a second device, and
- a repeated legacy signal field encoded over the second number of data tones and the one or more second edge tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones of the repeated legacy signal field carry channel estimation values;
- wherein the one or more second edge tones comprise two tones at each edge of each of a plurality of 20 MHz sub-channels, the one or more second edge tones having values sufficient to minimize a peak-to-average power ratio during transmission of the signal field.
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An apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- a processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions to generate a packet, wherein the packet comprises:
- a training field encoded over a first number of data tones, the training field comprising a legacy long training field;
- one or more first edge tones adjacent to the training field, wherein the one or more first edge tones carry data;
- a signal field comprising a legacy signal field adjacent to the training field and encoded over a second number of data tones and one or more second edge tones adjacent to the second number of data tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones carry channel estimation values;
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- a repeated legacy signal field encoded over the second number of data tones and the one or more second edge tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones of the repeated legacy signal field carry channel estimation values;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the packet to a second device;
- wherein the one or more second edge tones comprise two tones at each edge of each of a plurality of 20 MHz sub-channels, the one or more second edge tones having values sufficient to minimize a peak-to-average power ratio during transmission of the signal field.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for generating a packet that comprises:
- a training field encoded over a first number of data tones, the training field comprising a legacy long training field;
- one or more first edge tones adjacent to the training field, wherein the one or more first edge tones carry data;
- a signal field comprising a legacy signal field adjacent to the training field and encoded over a second number of data tones and one or more second edge tones adjacent to the second number of data tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones carry channel estimation values;
- and means for outputting the packet for transmission to a second device, and
- a repeated legacy signal field encoded over the second number of data tones and the one or more second edge tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones of the repeated legacy signal field carry channel estimation values;
- wherein the one or more second edge tones comprise two tones at each edge of each of a plurality of 20 MHz sub-channels, the one or more second edge tones having values sufficient to minimize a peak-to-average power ratio during transmission of the signal field.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code that, when executed, causes an apparatus to:
- generate a packet that comprises:
- a training field encoded over a first number of data tones, the training field comprising a legacy long training field;
- one or more first edge tones adjacent to the training field, wherein the one or more first edge tones carry data;
- a signal field comprising a legacy signal field adjacent to the training field and encoded over a second number of data tones and one or more second edge tones adjacent to the second number of data tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones carry channel estimation values;
- and output the packet for transmission to a second device, and
- a repeated legacy signal field encoded over the second number of data tones and the one or more second edge tones, wherein the one or more second edge tones of the repeated legacy signal field carry channel estimation values;
- wherein the one or more second edge tones comprise two tones at each edge of each of a plurality of 20 MHz sub-channels, the one or more second edge tones having values sufficient to minimize a peak-to-average power ratio during transmission of the signal field.
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