Method for auto-detection of WLAN packets using STF

A wireless device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wireless device to perform operations including:
• receiving in a 60 GHz band a wireless packet, the wireless packet comprising a first header and a second header, the first header carrying a plurality of bits, both of the first header and the second header being physical layer packet headers, the first header carrying a first parameter indicating a first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second header carrying a second parameter indicating a second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, wherein multiple input multiple output (MIMO) is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type but supported by the second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second parameter indicating a number of bonded channels, wherein channel bonding is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, and wherein the second header further carries one or more third parameters indicating a MIMO type, a MIMO order, or a combination thereof;
• and
• determining presence of the second header in the wireless packet according to a logical value of a subset of the plurality of bits in the first header.

A chipset comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the chipset to perform operations including:
• outputting a wireless packet to a system bus for transmission on a 60 GHz frequency band, the wireless packet comprising a first header and a second header, the first header carrying a plurality of bits, a logical value of a subset of the plurality of bits in the first header indicating presence of the second header in the wireless packet, both of the first header and the second header being physical layer packet headers, the first header carrying a first parameter indicating a first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second header carrying a second parameter indicating a second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second parameter indicating a number of bonded channels, wherein multiple input multiple output (MIMO) is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type but supported by the second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, wherein channel bonding is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, and wherein the second header further carries one or more third parameters indicating a MIMO type, a MIMO order, or a combination thereof.

A chipset comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the chipset to perform operations including:
• reading a wireless packet from a system bus, the wireless packet received on a 60 GHz band, the wireless packet comprising a first header and a second header, the first header carrying a plurality of bits, both of the first header and the second header being physical layer packet headers, the first header carrying a first parameter indicating a first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second header carrying a second parameter indicating a second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, the second parameter indicating a number of bonded channels, wherein multiple input multiple output (MIMO) is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type but supported by the second IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, wherein channel bonding is not supported by the first IEEE 802.11 protocol packet type, and wherein the second header further carries one or more third parameters indicating a MIMO type, a MIMO order, or a combination thereof;
• and
• determine presence of the second header in the wireless packet according to a logical value of a subset of the plurality of bits in the first header.