Apparatus and methods for block acknowledgment compression

摘要

Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a block acknowledgment frame comprising a plurality of fields in the following order: a block acknowledgment identifier field including an identifier of the block acknowledgment frame; a starting sequence control field including at least one of a sequence number and a function of a sequence number of a data unit for which the block acknowledgement frame is sent; and a block acknowledgement bitmap field indicating a received status of a number of data units. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting the block acknowledgment frame.

主权项

1. A method of communicating in a wireless network, the method comprising:
generating a block acknowledgment frame comprising a plurality of fields in the following order:
a block acknowledgment identifier field including an identifier of the block acknowledgment frame, wherein the block acknowledgement identifier field is set to two least significant bits of a scrambler seed of a physical layer service data unit;a starting sequence control field including at least one of a sequence number and a function of a sequence number of a data unit for which the block acknowledgement frame is sent; anda block acknowledgement bitmap field indicating a received status of a number of data units; and wirelessly transmitting the block acknowledgment frame.