Doppler midamble signaling for wireless communications

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to:
• perform a capabilities exchange with another wireless communication device to coordinate a doppler operational mode among a plurality of doppler operational modes including a low doppler operational mode, a medium doppler operational mode, and a high doppler operational mode, wherein the doppler operational mode that is coordinated specifies a number of data symbols within each of a first one or more data symbols and a second one or more data symbols of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) packet;
• generate the OFDM packet that includes a preamble followed by the first one or more data symbols followed by a midamble followed by the second one or more data symbols, wherein the preamble includes a first one or more long training fields (LTFs) and the midamble includes a second one or more LTFs, and wherein each of the first one or more LTFs and the second one or more LTFs includes a same number of LTFs;
• and
• transmit the OFDM packet to the another wireless communication device to be processed by the another wireless communication device to perform a first channel estimation of a wireless communication channel between the wireless communication device using the preamble and a second channel estimation of the wireless communication channel between the wireless communication device using the midamble.