Techniques for variable channel bandwidth support

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• and
• a communications management module for execution on the processor circuit to:
• determine a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network;
• generate a beamforming initiation message comprising a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth;
• transmit the beamforming initiation message;
• and
• receive a beamforming initiation confirmation message confirming the channel bandwidth parameter in response to the beamforming initiation message.

A method, comprising:

• determining a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network;
• generating a beamforming initiation message comprising a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth;
• transmitting the beamforming initiation message;
• and
• receiving a beamforming initiation confirmation message confirming the channel bandwidth parameter in response to the beamforming initiation message.

At least one machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• determine a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network during an access period, the determined channel bandwidth differing from a standard channel bandwidth for the channel;
• generate a beacon message comprising a scheduling element defining the access period and a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth for the access period;
• and
• cause transmission of the beacon message.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• and
• a communications management module for execution on the processor circuit to:
• receive a beacon message comprising a scheduling element defining an access period for a wireless network and a channel bandwidth parameter indicating a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of the wireless network during the access period, the channel bandwidth differing from a standard channel bandwidth for the channel;
• identify the access period based on the scheduling element;
• determine the channel bandwidth based on the channel bandwidth parameter;
• and
• transmit one or more messages over the channel during the access period based on the channel bandwidth.

A system, comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• a digital display communicatively coupled to the processor circuit;
• and
• a communications management module for execution on the processor circuit to:
• determine a channel bandwidth for communication over a channel of a wireless network during an access period, the determined channel bandwidth differing from a standard channel bandwidth for the channel;
• generate a beacon message comprising a scheduling element defining the access period and a channel bandwidth parameter indicating the determined channel bandwidth for the access period;
• and
• transmit the beacon message.