Apparatus and methods for improved frames
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAlfred Asterjadhi, Simone Merlin, Maarten Menzo Wentink
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating frames in a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes determining a protocol version field value for a frame control field of a wireless message, generating the frame control field, the frame control field generated to comprise a protocol version field having the protocol version field value, and a type field having a length based on the protocol version field value, generating the wireless message, the wireless message comprising a media access control header, the media access control header comprising the frame control field; and transmitting the wireless frame.
Claims23
A method of communicating in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- determining a protocol version field value for a frame control field of a wireless message;
- generating the frame control field, the frame control field generated to comprise a protocol version field having the protocol version field value, and a type field having a length based on the protocol version field value;
- generating the wireless message, the wireless message comprising a media access control header, the media access control header comprising the frame control field;
- and
- transmitting the wireless frame.
An apparatus for communicating in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising
- a processing system configured to
- determine a protocol version field value for a frame control field of a wireless message,
- generate the frame control field, the frame control field generated to comprise a protocol version field having the protocol version field value, and a type field having a length based on the protocol version field value,
- generate the wireless message, the wireless message comprising a media access control header, the media access control header comprising the frame control field, and
- transmit the wireless frame.
A method of communicating in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving a wireless communication frame;
- decoding the wireless communication frame to identify a media access control header;
- decoding the media access control header to identify a frame control field;
- decoding the frame control field to determine a value of a protocol version field;
- determining a length of a type field in the frame control field based on the value of the protocol version field;
- determining a value of the type field based on the length;
- and
- processing the wireless communication frame based on the type field value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.