Device, system and method of selectively aborting reception of wireless communication packets

摘要

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of selectively aborting reception of wireless communication packets. For example, a receiver may at least partially process a portion of a wireless communication packet, to determine based on the portion of the communication packet whether the packet is intended to be received by the receiver and, if the packet is not intended to be received by the receiver, to abort processing of a remainder of the communication packet by one or more components of a physical layer of the receiver. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. A wireless communication device comprising:
a receiver, including a physical (PHY) layer and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, to process signals of a wireless communication packet, the packet including a PHY header and a MAC header, wherein the PHY layer is to at least partially process a portion of the PHY header to determine, based on the portion of the PHY header, whether the packet is to be received by the receiver and, if the packet is not to be received by the receiver, to abort processing of the packet, wherein if processing is not to be aborted based on the portion of the PHY header, the MAC layer is to determine based on the MAC header whether the packet is to be received by the receiver and, if the packet is not to be received by the receiver, the receiver is to abort processing of the packet, and wherein the receiver is to determine whether Transmit Opportunity (TxOp) termination is to be implemented or not based on an indication in a beacon, the receiver to abort processing of the packet by powering down one or more receiver components for a power-down period, the one or more receiver components comprising at least one radio-frequency (RF) component having a power-up delay period, the receiver to determine the power-down period based at least on the power-up delay period, the receiver to determine the power-down period based at least on a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) header when TxOp termination is implemented, and to determine the power-down period based at least on a duration field of the MAC header when TxOp termination is not implemented.