Bandwidth and channel notification for wide-channel wireless communication
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMichelle X. Gong
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Abstract
In a wireless communications network in which a device may simultaneously use multiple 20 MHz channels for communicating with another network device, various embodiments of the invention provide a way for a network controller to indicate to a mobile device which channels are to be used in communicating with the mobile device.
Claims6
An apparatus, comprising
- a first wireless communications device containing a processor, a memory, and a radio having at least one receiver and at least one transmitter, the first device configured to:
- receive, through the at least one receiver, a communication from a second wireless communications device, the communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a wireless communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- receiving a wireless communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
An apparatus, comprising
- a first wireless communications device containing a processor, a memory, and a radio having at least one receiver and at least one transmitter, the first device configured to:
- transmit, through the at least one transmitter, a communication to a second wireless communications device, the communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a wireless communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
- transmitting a wireless communication comprising information defining a bandwidth of a data portion of the communication, the bandwidth consisting of a quantity of 20 MHz channels;
- wherein the bandwidth is to be indicated in a bit map in a SIG field of a preamble of the communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.