Device, system and method of scheduling communications with a group of wireless communication units
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMichelle X. Gong, Robert J. Stacey
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of scheduling communications with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a wireless communication unit may transmit at least one scheduling frame including an indication of a downlink period allocated for simultaneous transmission from the wireless communication unit to at least one group of a plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit a plurality of different wireless communication transmissions to the plurality of wireless communication devices of the group during the downlink period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims26
A device including a processor, a memory, one or more antennas, and a wireless communication unit, the wireless communication unit capable to:
- transmit a Power Save Multi-Poll (PSMP) frame to wireless communication devices of a group of wireless communication devices, the PSMP frame including:
- a station information (STA_INFO) type field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission period (PSMP-DTT) field to indicate a PSMP-DTT, during which the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit to the group of wireless communication devices;
- a PSMP downlink transmission start offset (PSMP-DTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-DTT;
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- a PSMP group address ID field to indicate an address assigned to the group of wireless communication devices;
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- simultaneously transmit a plurality of different wireless transmissions to respective ones of wireless communication devices of the group during the PSMP-DTT.
A device including a processor, a memory, one or more antennas, and a wireless communication unit, the wireless communication unit capable to:
- transmit a Power Save Multi-Poll (PSMP) frame to wireless communication devices of a group of wireless communication devices, the PSMP frame including:
- a station information (STA_INFO) type field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission period (PSMP-DTT) field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission start offset (PSMP-DTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-DTT;
- a PSMP group address ID field to indicate an address assigned to the group of wireless communication devices;
- a PSMP uplink transmission period (PSMP-UTT) field to indicate a PSMP-UTT, during which the wireless communication unit is to receive an uplink transmission from one or more of the wireless communication devices of the group;
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- a PSMP uplink transmission start offset (PSMP-UTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-UTT;
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- simultaneously receive a plurality of different uplink wireless transmissions from respective ones of wireless communication devices of the group during the PSMP-UTT.
A method comprising:
- transmitting a Power Save Multi-Poll (PSMP) frame to wireless communication devices of a group of wireless communication devices, the PSMP frame including:
- a station information (STA_INFO) type field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission period (PSMP-DTT) field to indicate a PSMP-DTT for simultaneously transmitting to the group of wireless communication devices;
- a PSMP downlink transmission start offset (PSMP-DTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-DTT;
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- a PSMP group address ID field to indicate an address assigned to the group of wireless communication devices;
- and
- simultaneously transmitting a plurality of different wireless transmissions to respective ones of wireless communication devices of the group during the PSMP-DTT.
A method comprising:
- transmitting a Power Save Multi-Poll (PSMP) frame to wireless communication devices of a group of wireless communication devices, the PSMP frame including:
- a station information (STA_INFO) type field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission period (PSMP-DTT) field;
- a PSMP downlink transmission start offset (PSMP-DTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-DTT;
- a PSMP group address ID field to indicate an address assigned to the group of wireless communication devices;
- a PSMP uplink transmission period (PSMP-UTT) field to indicate a PSMP-UTT, during which an uplink transmission is to be received from one or more of the wireless communication devices of the group;
- and
- a PSMP uplink transmission start offset (PSMP-UTT start offset) field to indicate a time of initiation of the PSMP-UTT;
- and
- simultaneously receiving a plurality of different uplink wireless transmissions from respective ones of wireless communication devices of the group during the PSMP-UTT.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.