Multi-carier configuration, activation and scheduling
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSolomon B. Trainin, Robert J. Stacey
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Abstract
Embodiments of block acknowledgements request apparatus, systems, and methods are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. An aggregated block of a plurality of data frames is received from an originator transmission, with each data frame including a medium access control (MAC) header. An acknowledgement policy that is solicited by the originator is identified in a quality of service field in at least one of the MAC headers of the received transmission. A single block acknowledgement is transmitted to the originator acknowledging receipt of one or more of the plurality of data frames in the aggregated block of data frames.
Claims7
A method of communicating in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first transmission from an originator in the wireless local area network, the first transmission comprising a single transmission having an aggregated block of a plurality of data frames each data frame including a medium access control (MAC) header, wherein the first transmission does not include a separate block acknowledgement request (BlockAckReq) frame;
- identifying an acknowledgement policy solicited by the originator in a quality of service (QoS) field as a BlockAck policy or a Normal acknowledgement policy in at least one of the MAC headers of the received first transmission;
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- transmitting a single block acknowledgement (BlockAck) to the originator acknowledging receipt of one or more of the plurality of data frames in the aggregated block of data frames.
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive and demodulate a first wireless transmission from an originator, the first wireless transmission comprising a single transmission including an aggregated block of a plurality of data frames, with each data frame including a respective medium access control (MAC) header;
- a processor coupled to the receiver to identify an acknowledgement policy solicited by the originator in a quality of service (QoS) field as a BlockAck policy or a Normal acknowledgement policy in at least one of the MAC headers of the received transmission and to prepare a block acknowledgment (BlockAck) message acknowledging receipt of the plurality of data frames of the aggregated block in a single frame;
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- a transmitter coupled to the processor to modulate and transmit the block acknowledgement to the originator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.