Flexible signaling to enable unequal modulation and multiple-layer transmissions in wireless communications

Abstract

Various schemes pertaining to flexible signaling to enable unequal modulation and multiple-layer transmissions in wireless communications are described. An apparatus (e.g., station (STA)) generates a physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) and performs a transmission of the PPDU with signaling to indicate one or more of: (1) whether the transmission is with an unequal modulation (UEQM) or multiple-layer coding (MLC) with unequal modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels (UEQ-MCS); (2) whether the transmission is for a single physical-layer convergence procedure (PLCP) service data unit (PSDU) or multiple PSDUs per user; and (3) whether the transmission is with a joint encoding or independent encoding.

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