Method and apparatus for providing very high throughput operation and capability signaling for wireless communications
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorSudheer A. Grandhi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling very high throughput (VHT) communications. A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from an access point (AP), a management frame comprising VHT capabilities information. The VHT capabilities information may comprise an indication of support for reception via non-contiguous channels. The WTRU may transmit, on a condition that reception via non-contiguous channels is supported, at least one data packet, to the AP, via multiple non-contiguous channels. The multiple non-contiguous channels may be used simultaneously.
Claims16
A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a management frame comprising very high throughput (VHT) capability information from an access point (AP);
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- a processor configured to decode the VHT capability information, at a medium access control (MAC) layer, wherein the VHT capability information comprises an indication that the AP supports reception via non-contiguous channels, an indication that the AP supports multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) beamforming, and an indication that the AP supports VHT link adaptation.
A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
- receiving, by a receiver of the WTRU, a management frame comprising very high throughput (VHT) capability information from an access point (AP);
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- decoding, by a processor of the WTRU, VHT capability information, at a medium access control (MAC) layer, wherein the VHT capability information comprises an indication that the AP supports reception via non-contiguous channels, an indication that the AP supports multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) beamforming, and an indication that the AP supports VHT link adaptation.
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