Management frame map directed operational parameters within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications

摘要

Management frame map directed operational parameters within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A management frame map may be generated within and transmitted from a first wireless communication device to a number of other wireless communication devices. Thereafter, certain subsequently transmitted packets may be analyzed and processed by the receiving wireless communication devices based on that earlier received management frame map. One or more operational parameters are determined for a subsequently transmitted packet based on the previously received management frame map; such operational parameters then govern the manner in which at least a portion of the subsequently transmitted packet is processed. Some examples of such operational parameters include a cluster on which a least a portion of the packet is transmitted, a modulation coding scheme (MCS), a forward error correction (FEC) coding scheme, space time block coding (STBC), an antenna configuration within the wireless communication device, etc.

主权项

1. A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
transmitting a management frame map to a plurality of other wireless communication devices, the management frame map including operational parameters for a first and a second of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices, the operational parameters associated with a map index, wherein at least one of first operational parameters for the first wireless communication device of the other wireless communication devices are different than at least one of second operational parameters for the second wireless communication device of the other wireless communication devices; transmitting a multi-user packet to the plurality of other wireless communication devices of at least one of a plurality of clusters, the at least one cluster based on a tone mapping among one or more channels of one or more frequency bands, wherein the multi-user packet including the map index indicating, based on the management frame map, the at least one of the first operational parameters determined to be relevant to the first of the plurality of other wireless communication devices, and when relevant, the first of the plurality of other wireless communication devices employs the at least one of the first operational parameters to process at least one field of a subsequent multi-user packet based on the map index within the multi-user packet; and the map index further indicating:
the at least one of the second operational parameters determined to be relevant to the second of the plurality of other wireless communication devices, and when relevant, the second of the plurality of other wireless communication devices employs the at least one of the second operational parameters to process at least another field based on the map index within the multi-user packet.