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US 12,603,723 B2Granted
Communication device, information processing device, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirohiko Inohiza
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Abstract
A communication device transmits a radio frame including a preamble and a data field of a physical (PHY) layer. The preamble includes an L-STF, an L-LTF, an L-SIG, an EHT-SIG-A, an EHT-STF, and an EHT-LTF, the EHT-SIG-A includes a subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a code rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme), the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the modulation scheme and the code rate indicated by the subfield, and the subfield is configured to be capable of designating one of at least 2048 QAM and 4096 QAM as the modulation scheme.
Claims26
A communication device, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processing circuit,
- wherein the communication device is caused, by the at least one processing circuit executing the instructions and/or the at least one processing circuit itself operating, to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is transmitted right after a transmission of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information used by a plurality of partner devices in common,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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A communication device, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processing circuit,
- wherein the communication device is caused, by the at least one processing circuit executing the instructions and/or the at least one processing circuit itself operating, to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is received right after a receiving of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information commonly used by a plurality of communication devices including the communication device,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processing circuit,
- wherein the information processing apparatus is caused, by the at least one processing circuit executing the instructions and/or the at least one processing circuit itself operating, to perform operations comprising:
- generating a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is transmitted right after a transmission of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information used by a plurality of partner devices in common,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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A communication method, comprising:
- transmitting a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is transmitted right after a transmission of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information used by a plurality of partner devices in common,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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A communication method, comprising:
- receiving a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is received right after a receiving of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information commonly used by a plurality of communication devices,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executed by at least one circuit to cause a communication device to perform:
- transmitting a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is transmitted right after a transmission of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information used by a plurality of partner devices in common,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executed by at least one circuit to cause a communication device to perform:
- receiving a radio frame including a preamble of a physical (PHY) layer and a data field,
- wherein the preamble includes a first SIG (Signal Field) and a second SIG,
- the second SIG is received right after a receiving of the first SIG,
- the first SIG includes a first subfield indicating information of a modulation scheme and a coding rate (MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme) of the second SIG, the MCS of the second SIG being used for modulation and coding of information commonly used by a plurality of communication devices including the communication device,
- the first subfield does not designate any MCS of which a data rate is greater than a data rate of a MCS that is 64QAM modulation and 1/2 coding rate, and the first subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate,
- the second SIG includes a second subfield indicating information of a MCS of the data field,
- the data field includes data modulated and encoded in accordance with the information of the MCS indicated by the second subfield, and
- the second subfield is configured to be capable of designating a MCS from at least BPSK and 1/2 coding rate, QPSK and 1/2 coding rate, 16 QAM and 1/2 coding rate, and 4096QAM and 3/4 coding rate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.