Acknowledgement (ACK) type indication and deferral time determination
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMaarten Menzo Wentink, Alfred Asterjadhi
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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMaarten Menzo Wentink, Alfred Asterjadhi
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Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for indicating a type of response for acknowledging a protocol data unit. One example method for wireless communications by a first apparatus generally includes transmitting a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to a second apparatus and setting at least one bit in a PLCP header of the PPDU to indicate a type of response expected from the second apparatus responsive to the transmitted PPDU.
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
A method for wireless communications by an apparatus, comprising:
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions executable to:
A wireless station, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals: physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK
Details of the supervisory signal: using bitmaps
Details of the supervisory signal: the supervisory signal being transmitted in response to a specific request, e.g. to a polling signal
Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end: scheduling and prioritising arrangements
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Field of the Invention
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to indicating a type of response for acknowledging a protocol data unit.
Relevant Background
So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects.
FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless communications network, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example access point and user terminals, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method which is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.
The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects.
Although particular aspects are described herein, many variations and permutations of these aspects fall within the scope of the disclosure. Although some benefits and advantages of the preferred aspects are mentioned, the scope of the disclosure is not intended to be limited to particular benefits, uses, or objectives. Rather, aspects of the disclosure are intended to be broadly applicable to different wireless technologies, system configurations, networks, and transmission protocols, some of which are illustrated by way of example in the figures and in the following description of the preferred aspects. The detailed description and drawings are merely illustrative of the disclosure rather than limiting, the scope of the disclosure being defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.