Method for signaling payload type in signaling field of a frame

摘要

A method of overloading a signaling subfield for different MAC frame types is proposed to provide enhanced functionality for the wireless communications network. In one embodiment, a transmitter encodes and transmits a bit stream into a frame having one or more subfields including a signaling subfield in a physical layer header of the bit stream. The signaling subfield has a type indication field that specifies the information carried in the one or more subfields is MAC layer or PHY layer information. The signaling subfield also has a sub-type indication field that specifies a type of MAC or PHY information. A receiver that receives the bit stream and decodes information carried in the one or more subfields in accordance with the type indication field and the sub-type indication field.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
(a) receiving a bit stream having one or more subfields in a wireless communications system, wherein at least one of the subfields is a signaling subfield in a physical layer header of the bit stream; (b) examining a type indication field of the signaling subfield, wherein the type indication field specifies whether the one or more subfields carry media access control (MAC) layer or physical (PHY) layer information; and (c) retrieving information carried in the one or more subfields in accordance with a sub-type indication field of the signaling subfield, wherein the sub-type indication field further specifies a type of MAC or PHY information.