Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) with basic service set (BSS) and station identification

A wireless communication device for use in a first wireless local area network (WLAN) device that supports a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol, comprising:

• a processing system configured to:
• generate a first HARQ packet for transmission to a second WLAN device, and
• determine a first basic service set (BSS) indicator and a second BSS indicator for a BSS associated with the first WLAN device and the second WLAN device, the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator being indicative of a first BSS identifier (BSSID) of the BSS;
• and
• a first interface configured to:
• output the first HARQ packet for transmission to the second WLAN device, the first HARQ packet including the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator in one or more fields of a physical layer (PHY) header of the first HARQ packet, and
• obtain a HARQ feedback message from the second WLAN device responsive to the first BSSID indicated by the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator matching a second BSSID associated with the second WLAN device.

A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device of a first wireless local area network (WLAN) device that supports a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol, comprising:

• obtaining a first HARQ packet from a second WLAN device;
• determining a first basic service set (BSS) indicator and a second BSS indicator included in one or more fields of a physical layer (PHY) header of the first HARQ packet;
• determining a first BSSID based, at least in part, on the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator;
• determining whether the first BSSID matches a BSSID of a BSS associated with the first WLAN device;
• and
• processing the first HARQ packet and communicating with the second WLAN device in response to determining the first BSSID matches the BSSID of the BSS associated with the first WLAN device.

A wireless communication device for use in a first wireless local area network (WLAN) device that supports a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol, comprising:

• a first interface configured to obtain a first HARQ packet from a second WLAN device;
• and
• a processing system configured to:
• determine a first basic service set (BSS) indicator and a second BSS indicator included in one or more fields of a physical layer (PHY) header of the first HARQ packet;
• determine a first BSSID based, at least in part, on the first BSS indicator and the second BSS indicator;
• determine whether the first BSSID matches a BSSID of a BSS associated with the first WLAN device;
• and
• process the first HARQ packet and communicate with the second WLAN device in response to a determination that the first BSSID matches the BSSID of the BSS associated with the first WLAN device.