WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MULTI-USER REQUEST-TO-SEND AND CLEAR-TO-SEND IN A HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS LOCAL-AREA

摘要

Apparatuses, methods and computer readable media for multi-user request-to-send and clear-to-send are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency wireless local area network (HEW) master station comprising circuitry is disclosed. The circuitry may be configured to: select a first group of stations to transmit a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS) transmission to and generate a MU-RTS packet for the first group of stations. The circuitry may be configured to transmit the MU-RTS packet to the first group of stations. The MU-RTS may include a resource map that indicates a subchannel for each of the first group of stations to receive data on and/or a power control indication for at least one of the stations of the one or more stations. The MU-RTS may indicate that some of the first group of stations should transmit a multi-user clear-to-send (MU-CTS) and others of the first group of stations should not transmit a MU-CTS.

主权项

1. An apparatus of a high-efficiency wireless local area network (HEW) master station, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
select a first group of stations to transmit a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS) transmission to, wherein the first group of stations is selected from a plurality of stations for a transmission opportunity; generate a MU-RTS packet for the first group of stations; and transmit the MU-RTS packet to the first group of stations.