Trigger frames adapted to packet-based policies in an 802.11 network preliminary class

A method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

• sending a trigger frame,
• wherein the trigger frame notifies the one or more other communication apparatuses of a splitting of at least one wireless communication channel in a frequency domain into a plurality of resource units which are available for use by the one or more other communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the trigger frame includes an indicator for each of the plurality of resource units, each indicator being associated with a respective resource unit and each indicator indicating an access category defined in IEEE802.11 standard;
• and
• receiving data from the one or more other communication apparatuses which respond to the trigger frame.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• sending a trigger frame,
• wherein the trigger frame notifies the one or more other communication apparatuses of a splitting of at least one wireless communication channel in a frequency domain into a plurality of resource units which are available for use by the one or more other communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the trigger frame includes an indicator for each of the plurality of resource units, each indicator being associated with a respective resource unit and each indicator indicating an access category defined in IEEE 802.11 standard;
• and
• receiving data from the one or more other communication apparatuses which respond to the trigger frame.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to:
• receive a trigger frame from another communication apparatus,
• wherein the trigger frame notifies one or more communication apparatuses including the communication apparatus of a splitting of at least one wireless communication channel in a frequency domain into a plurality of resource units which are available for use by the one or more other communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the trigger frame includes an indicator for each of the plurality of resource units, each indicator being associated with a respective resource unit and each indicator indicating an access category defined in IEEE 802.11 standard;
• and
• transmit data to the another communication apparatus on one or more resource units notified by the trigger frame.

A method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

• receiving a trigger frame from another communication apparatus,
• wherein the trigger frame notifies one or more communication apparatuses including the communication apparatus of a splitting of at least one wireless communication channel in a frequency domain into a plurality of resource units which are available for use by the one or more other communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the trigger frame includes an indicator for each of the plurality of resource units, each indicator being associated with a respective resource unit and each indicator indicating an access category defined in IEEE 802.11 standard;
• and
• transmitting data to the another communication apparatus on one or more resource units notified by the trigger frame.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause a communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a trigger frame from another communication apparatus,
• wherein the trigger frame notifies one or more communication apparatuses including the communication apparatus of a splitting of at least one wireless communication channel in a frequency domain into a plurality of resource units which are available for use by the one or more other communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the trigger frame includes an indicator for each of the plurality of resource units, each indicator being associated with a respective resource unit and each indicator indicating an access category defined in IEEE 802.11 standard;
• and
• transmitting data to the another communication apparatus on one or more resource units notified by the trigger frame.