Methods and arrangements for device profiles in wireless networks

A device comprising:

• a memory;
• a medium access control (MAC) logic comprising a processor coupled with the memory to determine a value to identify a device category from a group of device categories;
• determine a value to identify a device type from a group of device types, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor;
• generate a frame comprising data indicative of the device category and the device type associated with the communications device, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises the value to identify the device category from the group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises the value to identify the device type from the group of device types;
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• a physical layer (PHY) device coupled with the MAC logic to create a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising the frame with a preamble and transmit the PPDU.

A system comprising:

• a medium access control (MAC) logic to determine a value to identify a device category from a group of device categories;
• determine a value to identify a device type from a group of device types, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor;
• generate a frame comprising data indicative of the device category and the device type to associate with the communications device, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises the value to identify the device category from the group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises the value to identify the device type from the group of device types;
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• a physical layer (PHY) device to create a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising the frame with a preamble;
• the PHY device comprising an antenna array to transmit the PPDU.

A machine-accessible product comprising:

• a non-transitory medium comprising instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:
• determining a value to identify a device category from a group of device categories;
• determining a value to identify a device type from a group of device types, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor;
• generating a frame comprising data indicative of the device category and the device type to associate with the communications device, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises the value to identify the device category from the group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises the value to identify the device type from the group of device types.

A machine-accessible product comprising:

• a non-transitory medium comprising instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:
• receiving a frame to identify data indicative of a device category of a communications device and data indicative of a device type, the device type descriptive of a type of the communications device in the device category, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises a value to identify the device category from a group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises a value to identify the device type from a group of device types;
• decoding the frame to determine the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type of the communications device;
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• determining characteristics of the communications device based on the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a medium access control (MAC) logic, a frame comprising data indicative of a device category and a device type to associate with a communications device, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises a value to identify the device category from a group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises a value to identify the device type from a group of device types;
• decoding, by a processor of the MAC logic, the frame to determine the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type;
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• determining, by the processor, characteristics of the communications device based on the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor.

A device comprising:

• a memory;
• a medium access control (MAC) logic comprising a processor coupled with the memory to receive a frame comprising data indicative of a device category and a device type to associate with a communications device, wherein the data indicative of the device category comprises a value to identify the device category from a group of device categories and the data indicative of the device type comprises a value to identify the device type from a group of device types;
• to decode the frame to determine the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type;
• to determine characteristics of the communications device based on the value to identify the device category and the value to identify the device type, wherein the value to identify the device type indicates if a communications device is a sensor.