# US 10,772,098 B2 · Apparatus, system and method of communicating an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) support indication

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- Number: US 10,772,098 B2
- Document ID: US10772098B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/112,725
- Filed: 2018-08-26
- Published: 2019-04-18
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-01-07
- Assignees: Intel IP Corporation
- Applicants: Intel IP Corporation
- Inventors: Carlos Cordeiro; Solomon B. Trainin; Chittabrata Ghosh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772098B2

## CPC

- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04W 40/244: {using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing}
- H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel
- H04W 88/02: Terminal devices
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
memory circuitry; and
a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station (STA) to:
set an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) supported field to a predefined value to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, wherein the EMIG supported field comprises a single-bit field and the predefined value is “1”;
transmit a DMG frame comprising a DMG parameters field, the DMG parameters field comprising the EDMG supported field set to the predefined value to indicate that the STA is the EDMG STA; and
communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the DMG frame comprises a beacon frame.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the DMG frame comprises a DMG beacon frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the EDMG supported field is after a plurality of DMG fields in the DMG parameters field in the DMG frame.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 6.48 GHz.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio, the processor configured to cause the radio to transmit the DMG frame.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The apparatus of claim 7 comprising one or more antennas connected to the radio.

### Claim 9

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication station (STA) to:
set an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) supported field to a predefined value to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, wherein the EDMG supported field comprises a single-bit field and the predefined value is “1”;
transmit a DMG frame comprising a DMG parameters field, the DMG parameters field comprising the EDMG supported field set to the predefined value to indicate that the STA is the EDMG STA; and
communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The product of claim 9, wherein the DMG frame comprises a beacon frame.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The product of claim 9, wherein the DMG frame comprises a DMG beacon frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The product of claim 9, wherein the EDMG supported field is after a plurality of DMG fields in the DMG parameters field in the DMG frame.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The product of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The product of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 6.48 GHz.

### Claim 15

An apparatus comprising:
means for causing a wireless communication station (STA) to set an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) supported field to a predefined value to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, wherein the EDMG supported field comprises a single-bit field and the predefined value is “1”;
means for causing the STA to transmit a DMG frame comprising a DMG parameters field, the DMG parameters field comprising the EDMG supported field set to the predefined value to indicate that the STA is the EDMG STA; and
means for causing the STA to communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the DMG frame comprises a DMG beacon frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).