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- Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the field of network communication, and more specifically, to the field of communication protocols used in wireless communication.
- Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access is a widely used digital modulation scheme that enables multi-user (MU) access by allocating resource units (RUs) to individual user stations.
- Each RU is composed of a prescribed number of frequency subcarriers or tones, e.g., 13 tones, 26 tones, 52 tones, or 106 tones, and etc.
- each user station in an OFDMA transmission is allocated with a single RU.
- This can impose a great constraint in the WLAN network performance and efficiency.
- each station can be allocated with a 106-tone RU to maximize the channel usage efficiency as allowed by the IEEE.11ax Standards.
- this largest RU there are two 13-tone RUs in the center of the 20 MHz channel left unused, causing loss of more than 10% of the spectral efficiency.
- adjacent RUs may be nulled. Due to the HE WLAN RU allocation constraint, a large portion of the frequency channel is wasted and cannot be used.
- This constraint can also undesirably reduce the frequency diversity during wideband transmissions.
- the channel response of an individual user station typically exhibits good response characteristics in the non-contiguous ranges of [0:20] MHz and [60:80] MHz, but has poor characteristics in the center [20:60] MHz range.
- the first user station can only be allocated with an RU in either the [0:20] MHz or the [60:80] MHz range because only one RU can be allocated.
- frequency diversity cannot be fully exploited in such a
- systems and methods disclosed herein provide effective and backwards-compatible communication protocols to enable flexible allocation of multiple frequency subchannels (or resource units (RUs)) to a single user for OFDMA transmissions in a wireless local area network (WLAN), thereby enhancing spectral usage efficiency and frequency diversity of the network.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- Embodiments of the present disclosure include using an access point (AP) to allocate multiple RUs to a non-AP STA (or herein “STA” for brevity unless specified otherwise) for the STA to transmit or receive in an OFDMA transmission.
- the multiple RU allocation is communicated to the STA by identifying the STA in multiple user fields in a packet preamble, each corresponding to a respective RU.
- the RUs allocated the STA can be contiguous or non-contiguous.
- the packet has a multi-user (MU) format in which a plurality of user fields are originally defined for RU allocation to multiple users, each user corresponding to a respective RU and identified by its STA ID in a user field.
- MU multi-user
- the user STA receiving the packet can still recognize various packet fields correctly and decipher the RU allocation information based on the multiple user fields.
- This reused packet portion advantageously causes no incorrect operation or transmission interference by legacy receive STAs that do not support the reuse scheme, advantageously achieving backward compatibility with the legacy receive STAs.
- the AP for a downlink OFDMA transmission, the AP generates a multi-user (MU) Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) which specifies the multiple RUs allocated to an STA in the common field of the “SIG-B” field in the preamble.
- the STA ID is repeated the same number of times in the multiple “STA-ID” fields of the “SIG-B” user field.
- multiple association IDs (AIDs) of the same STA can be respectively specified in the multiple “STA-ID” fields.
- An additional indication can be inserted to the “SIG-A” field to indicate that multiple RUs are assigned to the STA.
- the PPDU is then transmitted to the STA in OFDMA and by using the allocated multiple RUs.
- the STA resolves all the information that is transmitted in the multiple RUs associated with its STA ID or AIDs.
- the AP transmits a trigger frame to initiate an STA to transmit a trigger-based PPDU in OFDMA to the AP.
- the trigger frame multiple RUs are specified in the user information field, and the same STA ID is repeated in the same number of times in the “STA-ID” field of the user information fields.
- multiple association IDs (AIDs) of the same STA can be specified in the “STA-ID” fields.
- the STA identifies the multiple RUs associated with its STA ID or AIDs and transmits a PPDU to the AP in OFDMA by using the multiple RUs.
- the user fields designed for identifying multiple users are reused for identifying a single STA and thereby associate the STA with the allocated multiple RUs.
- This advantageously enables multiple-RU allocation to a single STA without requiring a new packet format or any complicated modifications in the current AP and STA products.
- multiple-RU allocation to a single STA can be achieved in a backward compatible manner.
- FIG. 1A illustrates the format of an exemplary downlink (DL) HE multi-user (MU) PPDU including indications of multiple-RU allocations to a single non-AP STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- DL downlink
- MU multi-user
- FIG. 1B illustrates format of the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 in the exemplary PPDU 100 in which an STA ID is repeated in the user specific fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to one STA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1C illustrates the format of the “HE-SIG-B” field in the exemplary PPDU in which different AIDs of an STA are assigned in the user fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to the STA according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the format of an exemplary uplink (UL) trigger frame used to trigger an OFDMA transmission from an STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- UL uplink
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process of allocating multiple RUs to an STA and transmitting a DL PPDU to the STA in OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process of transmitting a trigger frame from an AP to an STA in order to trigger a UL OFDMA transmission from the STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for separate Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding and separate tone mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- LDPC Low Density Parity Check
- FIG. 6 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding and separate modulation with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 8 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding, joint stream parsing and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for separate Binary Convolutional Codes (BCC) encoding and separate constellation mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- BCC Binary Convolutional Codes
- FIG. 10 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint BCC encoding, joint BCC interleaving and joint constellation mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless communication device capable of generating and transmitting an HE PPDU to an STA by using multiple RUs in an OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) structure as defined in the high efficiency (HE) WLAN based IEEE 802.11 family of Specifications and Standards.
- PLCP Physical Layer Convergence Protocol
- PPDU protocol data unit
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide communication protocols for transmitting a PPDU to, or from, a single user station (STA) in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) transmission by using multiple frequency subchannels, e.g., multiple resource units (RUs).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access
- RUs resource units
- an access point (AP) allocates multiple RUs to an STA for an OFDMA transmission and correspondingly specifies the STA ID repeatedly in the user specific field of a “SIG-B” field in a downlink PPDU, or in the user information field of a trigger frame.
- multiple AIDs of the STA can be specified in the user specific field or the user information field instead of repeating the same STA ID.
- FIG. 1A illustrates the format of an exemplary downlink (DL) HE multi-user (MU) PPDU 100 including indications of multiple-RU allocations to a single non-AP STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the multiple RUs may be contiguous or non-contiguous RUs and may have varying sizes.
- the PPDU 100 includes a preamble 110 and a payload 120 .
- the PPDU 100 is generated by an AP and carries data 150 encoded and modulated in multiple RUs and directed to a single STA.
- the preamble 110 includes the short and long training fields (“L-STF,” “L-LTF,” “HE-STF,” and “HE-LTF”) and the signaling fields (“L-SIG,” “RL-SIG,” “HE-SIG-A,” “HE-SIG-B”).
- An additional indication may be included in the “HE-SIG-A” field 130 to indicate the enhanced RU allocation scheme. For example, a reserved bit, e.g., B 7 , in “HE-SIG-A” is used. Based on this indication, the receive STA can determine whether to resolve only one user field or multiple fields in the “HE-SIG-B” as described in greater detail with reference to FIGS. 1B and 1C .
- FIG. 1B illustrates format of the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 in the exemplary PPDU 100 in which an STA ID is repeated in the user specific fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to one STA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 is separately encoded on each 20 MHz.
- the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 includes a “Common Field” 160 and a “User Specific Field” 170 .
- the “Common Field” 160 carries the RU allocation subfield for indicating the RU assignments in the frequency domain. Depending on the total bandwidth allocated to the PPDU, the “Common Field” 160 can contain multiple RU allocation subfields.
- the “User Specific Field” 170 includes zero or more “User Block Fields,” e.g., field 171 , 172 and 173 which may be followed by padding 174 .
- Each “User Block Field” includes two user fields designed to contain information for up to two STAs to decode their payloads, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) sequence and a trail.
- Each user field includes a “STA-ID” field, the value of which represents the identification of the one or two STAs.
- Each user field may further include fields for information related to the STAs, such as number of spatial streams (e.g., “NSTS”), use of transmit beamforming (e.g., “TX Beam-forming”), modulation and coding scheme (e.g., “MCS”), dual carrier modulation (e.g., “DCM”) and coding mechanism (e.g., “Coding”).
- NSS number of spatial streams
- TX Beam-forming use of transmit beamforming
- MCS modulation and coding scheme
- DCM dual carrier modulation
- Coding e.g., “Coding”.
- the values in the “STA-ID” fields of the user fields represent the STA IDs, e.g., two STA IDs in one user block field.
- the ID of one STA (STA ID) is repeated multiple times in the one or more user fields in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA.
- multiple STA IDs or associate station IDs are assigned to one STA, which can be specified in the one or more user fields in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA.
- FIG. 1C illustrates the format of the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 in the exemplary PPDU 100 in which different AIDs of an STA are assigned in the user fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to the STA according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the AIDs are assigned in the “HE-SIG-B” field 140 in a particular order such that, when the STA locates one AID in the PPDU, it knows whether to wait to resolve for another RU allocation with its next AID.
- the downlink PPDU may be an MU PPDU and directed to multiple user STAs and therefore also include RU allocation or spatial stream allocation information related to one or more other STAs besides the STA allocated with multiple RUs as described in FIGS. 1A-1C .
- the one or more other STAs may be allocated with a single RU or multiple RUs.
- an AP may first send a trigger frame to an STA enclosing the RU allocation information.
- the STA transmits a PPDU to the AP in an OFDMA transmission and by using allocated multiple RUs.
- the allocated RUs may be contiguous or non-contiguous RUs and may have varying sizes.
- the trigger frame may itself be included in a PPDU transmitted from the AP.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the format of an exemplary uplink (UL) trigger frame 200 used to trigger an OFDMA transmission from an STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the trigger frame 200 includes a frame control field (e.g., “Frame Control”), a transmission duration field (“Duration”), receiver address and transport address fields (“RA” and “TA”), a common information field (“Common Info”) and one or more user information field (“User info”), a padding (“Padding”) and a frequency check sequence (“FCS”).
- the common field 210 has a subfield used to indicate the type of trigger frame.
- each user information field 220 contains the IDs of the multiple STAs to be triggered (e.g., “AID 12 ”), allocated RUs (“RU Allocation”), allocated spatial streams (“SS Allocation Random Access RU Information”) as well as other information required for the uplink MU transmission, such as coding type, modulation and coding scheme (“MCS”), dual carrier modulation (“DCM”), target received signal strength indicator (“Target RSSI”), and trigger dependent user information.
- AID 12 the IDs of the multiple STAs to be triggered
- RU Allocation allocated RUs
- SS Allocation Random Access RU Information allocated spatial streams
- other information required for the uplink MU transmission such as coding type, modulation and coding scheme (“MCS”), dual carrier modulation (“DCM”), target received signal strength indicator (“Target RSSI”), and trigger dependent user information.
- the ID or IDs of a single STA can be specified in the user information fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to it.
- the “RU allocation” field 221 contains the information related to a number of RUs allocated to a single STA, and the “AID 12 ” field 222 repeats the STA IDs in the same number of times.
- the “AID 12 ” field 222 lists different AIDs of the same STA in correspondence to the multiple-RU allocation specified in the “RU allocation” field 221 .
- the repeated STA ID or the list of AIDs in combination with the RU allocation information serve to signal the receive STA to generate a subsequent uplink PPDU (e.g., HE TB PPDU) and transmit the PPDU to the AP in OFDMA according to the allocated RUs.
- a subsequent uplink PPDU e.g., HE TB PPDU
- the trigger frame (e.g., in the form of an HE PPDU) may be directed to multiple user STAs and therefore also may include RU allocation or spatial stream allocation information related to one or more other STAs besides the STA allocated with multiple RUs described above.
- the one or more other STAs may be allocated with a single RU or multiple RUs in another user information field 230 .
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process 300 of allocating multiple RUs to an STA and transmitting a DL PPDU to the STA in OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- an AP allocates a plurality of RUs to an STA for transmitting an HE PPDU in a downlink OFDMA transmission.
- the AP generates the DL HE PPDU.
- one or more user block fields in user specific field of the HE-SIG-B field are set for the STA. Each user field in a block field identifies the STA once by using the same STA ID or a different AID.
- an STA ID may be repeated the same number of times in the user specific field, as shown in FIG. 1B .
- different AIDs of the STA are assigned in the user specific field, each corresponding to an RU allocated to the STA.
- a particular bit in the HE-SIG-A field of the PPDU preamble is set to indicate that one STA is assigned with multiple RUs, or the enhanced RU allocation mode.
- encoding, constellation mapping and tone mapping are performed on the PPDU according to the RU allocation.
- the PPDU is transmitted to the STA in a DL OFDMA transmission through a wireless network by using the allocated multiple RUs.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process 400 of transmitting a trigger frame from an AP to an STA in order to trigger a UL OFDMA transmission from the STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the AP allocates a plurality of RUs to an STA for a UL OFDMA transmission.
- an HE PPDU is generated which includes a trigger frame operable to trigger the STA to transmit a PPDU to the AP in an OFDMA transmission.
- the common field in the trigger frame is set to indicate the type of the trigger fame.
- one or more user information fields in trigger frame are set, where each field includes one or two RUs of the multiple RUs allocated to the STA and an ID or a list of IDs of the STA.
- the STA ID may be repeated the same number of times in the user information fields, as shown in FIG. 2 .
- different AIDs of the STA are set in the user information fields, each AID corresponding to an RU allocated to the STA.
- the PPDU is transmitted to the STA in DL OFDMA through a wireless network by using the allocated multiple RUs.
- the trigger frame PPDU is transmitted from the AP to the STA.
- the STA transmits an uplink PPDU (e.g., HE TB PPDU) in OFDMA to the AP by using the allocated multiple RUs as specified in the trigger frame.
- an uplink PPDU e.g., HE TB PPDU
- Each of the transmitters illustrated in FIGS. 5-10 may be included in an AP and operable to transmit a DL PPDU in OFDMA to an STA in the enhanced RU allocation scheme.
- each of the transmitters illustrated in FIGS. 5-10 may be included in an STA operable to transmit a UL PPDU in OFDMA to an AP in the enhanced RU allocation scheme and in response to a trigger frame which specifies the RU allocation.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 500 configured for separate Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding and separate tone mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- LDPC Low Density Parity Check
- two RUs are allocated to an STA for the OFDMA transmission, RU # 1 and RU # 2 .
- the paths 510 and 520 are configured to generate information to be carried in RU # 1 and RU # 2 , respectively.
- information to be carried by the two RUs is encoded separately and independently.
- Constellation mapping and LDPC tone mapping are performed on each RU independently.
- different coding rates and constellation schemes can be used for the different RUs.
- the path 510 is configured to process data associated with RU # 1 , and includes an LDPC encoder 511 , a stream parser 512 , a constellation mapper 513 and a LDPC tone mapper 514 .
- the scrambled bits of the data associated with RU # 1 are fed to the path 510 .
- the path 520 is configured to process data associated with RU # 2 , and includes an LDPC encoder 521 , a stream parser 522 , a constellation mapper 523 (assuming a two-point constellation scheme) and a LDPC tone mapper 524 .
- the scrambled bits of the data associated with RU # 2 are fed to the path 510 .
- all the RUs allocated to one STA is encoded using one encoder and in a single code rate. Constellation mapping and tone mapping can be performed with respect to each RU either independently or jointly depending on the embodiment.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 600 configured for joint LDPC encoding and separate modulation with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- RU # 1 and RU # 2 are allocated to one STA for the OFDMA transmission and the scrambled bits associated therewith are jointly encoded in a single code rate and by using one encoder 610 .
- Two stream parsers 612 and 622 are used to parse the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 respectively.
- two constellation mappers 613 and 623 and two tone mappers 614 and 624 are used to operate on the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 respectively.
- a joint encoder can be associated with a single LDPC tone mapper that maps the modulated tones across all the RUs allocated to the STA.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 700 configured for joint LDPC encoding and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a joint encoder 710 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA.
- Two stream parsers 711 and 722 are used to parse the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 respectively.
- a single LDPC tone mapper 714 is used to map the modulated tones (output from the constellation mappers 713 and 723 ) associated with both RU # 1 and RU # 2 by interleaving.
- a joint encoder can be associated with a single stream parser and a single LDPC tone mapper that maps the modulated tones across all the RUs allocated to the STA.
- FIG. 8 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 800 configured for joint LDPC encoding, joint stream parsing and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a single joint encoder 810 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA.
- a single stream parser 820 is used to parse the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 .
- a single LDPC tone mapper 840 is used to map the modulated tones (output from the constellation mapper 830 ) associated with both RU # 1 and RU # 2 by interleaving.
- the streams of both RUs have the same special streams and the same constellation mapping.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 900 configured for separate Binary Convolutional Codes (BCC) encoding and separate constellation mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- BCC Binary Convolutional Codes
- the paths 910 and 920 are configured to generate information carried in RU # 1 and RU # 2 , respectively.
- information to be carried by the two RUs is encoded in BCC separately and independently.
- Streaming parsing, BCC interleaving and constellation mapping are also performed with respect to each RU independently.
- different coding rates and constellation schemes can be used for the different RUs.
- the path 910 is configured to process the scrambled bits associated with RU # 1 , and includes a BCC encoder 911 , a stream parser 912 , a BCC interleaver 913 , a constellation mapper 914 .
- the path 920 is configured to process the scrambled bits associated with RU # 2 , and includes a BCC encoder 921 , a stream parser 922 , a BCC interleaver 923 , a constellation mapper 924 .
- a joint BCC encoder can be associated with a single stream parser and a single BCC interleaver and a single constellation mapper. If all the RUs allocated to a single STA are encoded jointly, the BCC interleaver is configured based on the total coded bits contained in all the allocated RUs.
- FIG. 10 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 800 configured for joint BCC encoding, joint BCC interleaving and joint constellation mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a single joint BCC encoder 1010 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA.
- a stream parser 1020 is used to parse the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 .
- a BCC interleaver 1030 interleaves the streams associated with RU # 1 and RU # 2 jointly.
- a constellation mapper 1040 is used to map the interleaved tones associated with both RU # 1 and RU # 2 by interleaving.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless communication device 1100 capable of generating and transmitting an HE PPDU to an STA by using multiple RUs in an OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the communication device 1100 may be an AP or an STA device having a transceiver configured for data communication, e.g., a general purpose computer, a smart phone, a portable electronic device, a tablet wearable device, a sensor used on Internet of Things (IoT), and etc.
- IoT Internet of Things
- the device 1100 includes a main processor 1130 , a memory 1120 and a transceiver 1140 coupled to an array of antenna 1101 - 1104 .
- the memory 1120 stores the HE PPDU formats including the format of signaling the enhanced RU allocation to a single STA as described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1A-2 .
- the memory also stores processor-executable instructions that implement an enhanced RU allocation module 1122 and HE PPDU generation module 1123 .
- the enhanced RU allocation module 1122 may use any suitable RU allocation algorithms, methods or policies to allocate multiple RUs to an STA without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
- the HE PPDU generation module 1123 can generate signaling and indications related to the enhanced RU allocation in the HE-SIG-B and HE-SIG-A fields as described with reference to FIGS. 1A-4 , as well as other sections of the PPDU.
- the transceiver 1140 includes a signal processor 1150 having various modules of the transmit path which is configured to generate each section of a PPDU or any other type of communication transmission unit.
- the signal processor 1150 includes a transmit First-In-First-Out (TX FIFO) 1111 , an encoder 1112 , a scrambler 1113 , an interleaver 1114 , a constellation mapper 1115 , an inversed discrete Fourier transformer (IDFT) 1117 , and a guard interval (GI) and windowing insertion module 1116 .
- TX FIFO transmit First-In-First-Out
- IDFT inversed discrete Fourier transformer
- GI guard interval
- the transceiver 1140 in FIG. 11 may include a wide range of other suitable components that are well known in the art.
- the various components can be implemented in any suitable manner that is well known in the art and can be implemented using hardware, firmware and software logic or any combination thereof. Further, in some embodiments, the transceiver 1140 in FIG. 11 may as well include the components in a receiving path.
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Systems and methods of transmitting a PPDU to or from a single user station (STA) in an OFDMA transmission by using multiple RUs. An access point (AP) allocates multiple RUs to an STA for an OFDMA transmission and correspondingly specifies the STA ID repeatedly in the user specific field of a SIG-B field in a downlink PPDU, or in the user information fields of a trigger frame. Alternatively, multiple AIDs of the STA can be specified in the user specific field or the user information fields instead of repeating the same STA ID. An indication may be inserted in the SIG-A field to indicate that the enhanced RU allocation scheme is used for the OFDMA transmission.
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- This application claims the benefit of and priority to and is a continuation of copending US patent application, Ser. No. 16/255,623, Attorney Docket Number MEDT-0037-01U00US, entitled “ENHANCED RESOURCE UNIT ALLOCATION SCHEMES FOR OFDMA TRANSMISSION IN WLAN,” with filing date Jan. 23, 2019, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/624,860, entitled “ENHANCED RESOURCE UNIT ALLOCATION SCHEMES FOR OFDMA TRANSMISSION IN WLAN,” filed on Feb. 1, 2018, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety as if fully set forth below.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the field of network communication, and more specifically, to the field of communication protocols used in wireless communication.
- Wireless local area networks (WLANs) and mobile communication devices have become increasingly ubiquitous, such as smart phones, wearable devices, various sensors, Internet-of-Things (IoTs), etc. Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) is a widely used digital modulation scheme that enables multi-user (MU) access by allocating resource units (RUs) to individual user stations. Each RU is composed of a prescribed number of frequency subcarriers or tones, e.g., 13 tones, 26 tones, 52 tones, or 106 tones, and etc.
- According to the IEEE.11ax Standards and Specifications for high efficiency (HE)-WLAN, each user station in an OFDMA transmission is allocated with a single RU. This can impose a great constraint in the WLAN network performance and efficiency. For example, in order to use a 20 MHz channel for an OFDMA transmission to or from two user stations, each station can be allocated with a 106-tone RU to maximize the channel usage efficiency as allowed by the IEEE.11ax Standards. However, even with allocation of this largest RU, there are two 13-tone RUs in the center of the 20 MHz channel left unused, causing loss of more than 10% of the spectral efficiency. In some preamble puncture scenarios, to mitigate the interference to the punctured subbands, adjacent RUs may be nulled. Due to the HE WLAN RU allocation constraint, a large portion of the frequency channel is wasted and cannot be used.
- This constraint can also undesirably reduce the frequency diversity during wideband transmissions. For example, given an 80 MHz channel, the channel response of an individual user station (the “first user station”) typically exhibits good response characteristics in the non-contiguous ranges of [0:20] MHz and [60:80] MHz, but has poor characteristics in the center [20:60] MHz range. In the case of an OFDMA transmission that also involves another user station, the first user station can only be allocated with an RU in either the [0:20] MHz or the [60:80] MHz range because only one RU can be allocated. As a result, due to the constraint, frequency diversity cannot be fully exploited in such a
- Accordingly, systems and methods disclosed herein provide effective and backwards-compatible communication protocols to enable flexible allocation of multiple frequency subchannels (or resource units (RUs)) to a single user for OFDMA transmissions in a wireless local area network (WLAN), thereby enhancing spectral usage efficiency and frequency diversity of the network.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure include using an access point (AP) to allocate multiple RUs to a non-AP STA (or herein “STA” for brevity unless specified otherwise) for the STA to transmit or receive in an OFDMA transmission. The multiple RU allocation is communicated to the STA by identifying the STA in multiple user fields in a packet preamble, each corresponding to a respective RU. The RUs allocated the STA can be contiguous or non-contiguous. In some embodiments, the packet has a multi-user (MU) format in which a plurality of user fields are originally defined for RU allocation to multiple users, each user corresponding to a respective RU and identified by its STA ID in a user field. By reusing the user fields in the MU format to allocate multiple RUs to a single user station, the user STA receiving the packet can still recognize various packet fields correctly and decipher the RU allocation information based on the multiple user fields. This reused packet portion advantageously causes no incorrect operation or transmission interference by legacy receive STAs that do not support the reuse scheme, advantageously achieving backward compatibility with the legacy receive STAs.
- In some embodiments, for a downlink OFDMA transmission, the AP generates a multi-user (MU) Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) which specifies the multiple RUs allocated to an STA in the common field of the “SIG-B” field in the preamble. Correspondingly, the STA ID is repeated the same number of times in the multiple “STA-ID” fields of the “SIG-B” user field. Alternatively, multiple association IDs (AIDs) of the same STA can be respectively specified in the multiple “STA-ID” fields. An additional indication can be inserted to the “SIG-A” field to indicate that multiple RUs are assigned to the STA. The PPDU is then transmitted to the STA in OFDMA and by using the allocated multiple RUs. Upon receiving the PPDU, the STA resolves all the information that is transmitted in the multiple RUs associated with its STA ID or AIDs.
- For an uplink OFDMA transmission, the AP transmits a trigger frame to initiate an STA to transmit a trigger-based PPDU in OFDMA to the AP. In the trigger frame, multiple RUs are specified in the user information field, and the same STA ID is repeated in the same number of times in the “STA-ID” field of the user information fields. Alternatively, multiple association IDs (AIDs) of the same STA can be specified in the “STA-ID” fields. Upon receiving the trigger frame, the STA identifies the multiple RUs associated with its STA ID or AIDs and transmits a PPDU to the AP in OFDMA by using the multiple RUs.
- According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the user fields designed for identifying multiple users are reused for identifying a single STA and thereby associate the STA with the allocated multiple RUs. This advantageously enables multiple-RU allocation to a single STA without requiring a new packet format or any complicated modifications in the current AP and STA products. Hence multiple-RU allocation to a single STA can be achieved in a backward compatible manner.
- The foregoing is a summary and thus contains, by necessity, simplifications, generalizations, and omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. Other aspects, inventive features, and advantages of the present invention, as defined solely by the claims, will become apparent in the non-limiting detailed description set forth below.
- Embodiments of the present invention will be better understood from a reading of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures, in which like reference characters designate like elements.
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FIG. 1A illustrates the format of an exemplary downlink (DL) HE multi-user (MU) PPDU including indications of multiple-RU allocations to a single non-AP STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 1B illustrates format of the “HE-SIG-B”field 140 in theexemplary PPDU 100 in which an STA ID is repeated in the user specific fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to one STA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 1C illustrates the format of the “HE-SIG-B” field in the exemplary PPDU in which different AIDs of an STA are assigned in the user fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to the STA according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 illustrates the format of an exemplary uplink (UL) trigger frame used to trigger an OFDMA transmission from an STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 3 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process of allocating multiple RUs to an STA and transmitting a DL PPDU to the STA in OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 4 is a flow chart depicting an exemplary process of transmitting a trigger frame from an AP to an STA in order to trigger a UL OFDMA transmission from the STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 5 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for separate Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding and separate tone mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 6 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding and separate modulation with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 7 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 8 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint LDPC encoding, joint stream parsing and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for separate Binary Convolutional Codes (BCC) encoding and separate constellation mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 10 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter configured for joint BCC encoding, joint BCC interleaving and joint constellation mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary wireless communication device capable of generating and transmitting an HE PPDU to an STA by using multiple RUs in an OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. - Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Furthermore, in the following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments of the present invention. Although a method may be depicted as a sequence of numbered steps for clarity, the numbering does not necessarily dictate the order of the steps. It should be understood that some of the steps may be skipped, performed in parallel, or performed without the requirement of maintaining a strict order of sequence. The drawings showing embodiments of the invention are semi-diagrammatic and not to scale and, particularly, some of the dimensions are for the clarity of presentation and are shown exaggerated in the Figures. Similarly, although the views in the drawings for the ease of description generally show similar orientations, this depiction in the Figures is arbitrary for the most part. Generally, the invention can be operated in any orientation.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) structure as defined in the high efficiency (HE) WLAN based IEEE 802.11 family of Specifications and Standards. However, the present disclosure is not limited to any specific packet formats or structures, nor limited to any specific industry standards or specifications.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide communication protocols for transmitting a PPDU to, or from, a single user station (STA) in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) transmission by using multiple frequency subchannels, e.g., multiple resource units (RUs). Herein, the scheme of allocating multiple RUs to a single user STA may be referred to as enhanced RU allocation scheme. In some embodiments, an access point (AP) allocates multiple RUs to an STA for an OFDMA transmission and correspondingly specifies the STA ID repeatedly in the user specific field of a “SIG-B” field in a downlink PPDU, or in the user information field of a trigger frame. Alternatively, multiple AIDs of the STA can be specified in the user specific field or the user information field instead of repeating the same STA ID.
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FIG. 1A illustrates the format of an exemplary downlink (DL) HE multi-user (MU)PPDU 100 including indications of multiple-RU allocations to a single non-AP STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The multiple RUs may be contiguous or non-contiguous RUs and may have varying sizes. ThePPDU 100 includes apreamble 110 and apayload 120. ThePPDU 100 is generated by an AP and carriesdata 150 encoded and modulated in multiple RUs and directed to a single STA. Thepreamble 110 includes the short and long training fields (“L-STF,” “L-LTF,” “HE-STF,” and “HE-LTF”) and the signaling fields (“L-SIG,” “RL-SIG,” “HE-SIG-A,” “HE-SIG-B”). - The “HE-SIG-B”
field 140 as defined in the current IEEE 802.11 Specifications and Standards can provide DL MU RU allocation information to allow multiple receive STAs to look up the corresponding RUs in the data field of the packet. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, allocation of multiple RUs for a single STA is specified in the “HE-SIG-B”field 140 as described in greater detail with reference toFIGS. 1B and 1C . - An additional indication may be included in the “HE-SIG-A”
field 130 to indicate the enhanced RU allocation scheme. For example, a reserved bit, e.g., B7, in “HE-SIG-A” is used. Based on this indication, the receive STA can determine whether to resolve only one user field or multiple fields in the “HE-SIG-B” as described in greater detail with reference toFIGS. 1B and 1C . -
FIG. 1B illustrates format of the “HE-SIG-B”field 140 in theexemplary PPDU 100 in which an STA ID is repeated in the user specific fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to one STA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the “HE-SIG-B”field 140 is separately encoded on each 20 MHz. The “HE-SIG-B”field 140 includes a “Common Field” 160 and a “User Specific Field” 170. The “Common Field” 160 carries the RU allocation subfield for indicating the RU assignments in the frequency domain. Depending on the total bandwidth allocated to the PPDU, the “Common Field” 160 can contain multiple RU allocation subfields. - The “User Specific Field” 170 includes zero or more “User Block Fields,” e.g.,
field padding 174. Each “User Block Field” includes two user fields designed to contain information for up to two STAs to decode their payloads, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) sequence and a trail. Each user field includes a “STA-ID” field, the value of which represents the identification of the one or two STAs. Each user field may further include fields for information related to the STAs, such as number of spatial streams (e.g., “NSTS”), use of transmit beamforming (e.g., “TX Beam-forming”), modulation and coding scheme (e.g., “MCS”), dual carrier modulation (e.g., “DCM”) and coding mechanism (e.g., “Coding”). - For an MU PPDU that allocates different RUs to multiple user STAs, the values in the “STA-ID” fields of the user fields represent the STA IDs, e.g., two STA IDs in one user block field. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the ID of one STA (STA ID) is repeated multiple times in the one or more user fields in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA. Once the STA receives the PPDU and locates the STA IDs in the user fields, it can resolve all the information that is transmitted in the multiple allocated RUs. For any other STAs that receive the PPDU, including legacy STAs, this part of the information is ignored and would not cause unwanted operations. That is, one STA can be allocated with multiple RUs for one OFDMA transmission in a backward compatible manner.
- In some other embodiments, multiple STA IDs or associate station IDs (AIDs) are assigned to one STA, which can be specified in the one or more user fields in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA.
FIG. 1C illustrates the format of the “HE-SIG-B”field 140 in theexemplary PPDU 100 in which different AIDs of an STA are assigned in the user fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to the STA according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Once the STA receives the PPDU and locate the AIDs, the STA can resolve all the information that is the transmitted in the RUs and associated with its STA AIDs in the PPDU. Similarly, for any other STAs that receive the PPDU, including legacy STAs, this part of the information is ignored and would not cause unwanted operations. - In some embodiments, the AIDs are assigned in the “HE-SIG-B”
field 140 in a particular order such that, when the STA locates one AID in the PPDU, it knows whether to wait to resolve for another RU allocation with its next AID. - It will be appreciated that, the downlink PPDU may be an MU PPDU and directed to multiple user STAs and therefore also include RU allocation or spatial stream allocation information related to one or more other STAs besides the STA allocated with multiple RUs as described in
FIGS. 1A-1C . For example, the one or more other STAs may be allocated with a single RU or multiple RUs. - To initiate an uplink OFDMA transmission in a WLAN, an AP may first send a trigger frame to an STA enclosing the RU allocation information. According to the RU allocation signaling in the trigger frame, the STA transmits a PPDU to the AP in an OFDMA transmission and by using allocated multiple RUs. The allocated RUs may be contiguous or non-contiguous RUs and may have varying sizes. The trigger frame may itself be included in a PPDU transmitted from the AP.
FIG. 2 illustrates the format of an exemplary uplink (UL)trigger frame 200 used to trigger an OFDMA transmission from an STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. - The
trigger frame 200 includes a frame control field (e.g., “Frame Control”), a transmission duration field (“Duration”), receiver address and transport address fields (“RA” and “TA”), a common information field (“Common Info”) and one or more user information field (“User info”), a padding (“Padding”) and a frequency check sequence (“FCS”). The common field 210 has a subfield used to indicate the type of trigger frame. For a conventional MU transmission, eachuser information field 220 contains the IDs of the multiple STAs to be triggered (e.g., “AID12”), allocated RUs (“RU Allocation”), allocated spatial streams (“SS Allocation Random Access RU Information”) as well as other information required for the uplink MU transmission, such as coding type, modulation and coding scheme (“MCS”), dual carrier modulation (“DCM”), target received signal strength indicator (“Target RSSI”), and trigger dependent user information. - According to embodiments of the present disclosure. The ID or IDs of a single STA can be specified in the user information fields in correspondence to the multiple RUs allocated to it. As shown, the “RU allocation” field 221 contains the information related to a number of RUs allocated to a single STA, and the “AID12” field 222 repeats the STA IDs in the same number of times. In some other embodiments, the “AID12” field 222 lists different AIDs of the same STA in correspondence to the multiple-RU allocation specified in the “RU allocation” field 221. The repeated STA ID or the list of AIDs in combination with the RU allocation information serve to signal the receive STA to generate a subsequent uplink PPDU (e.g., HE TB PPDU) and transmit the PPDU to the AP in OFDMA according to the allocated RUs.
- It will be appreciated that, the trigger frame (e.g., in the form of an HE PPDU) may be directed to multiple user STAs and therefore also may include RU allocation or spatial stream allocation information related to one or more other STAs besides the STA allocated with multiple RUs described above. For example, the one or more other STAs may be allocated with a single RU or multiple RUs in another
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FIG. 3 is a flow chart depicting anexemplary process 300 of allocating multiple RUs to an STA and transmitting a DL PPDU to the STA in OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. At 301, an AP allocates a plurality of RUs to an STA for transmitting an HE PPDU in a downlink OFDMA transmission. At 302, the AP generates the DL HE PPDU. At 303, in the PPDU preamble, one or more user block fields in user specific field of the HE-SIG-B field are set for the STA. Each user field in a block field identifies the STA once by using the same STA ID or a different AID. In some embodiments, in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA, an STA ID may be repeated the same number of times in the user specific field, as shown inFIG. 1B . In some other embodiments, different AIDs of the STA are assigned in the user specific field, each corresponding to an RU allocated to the STA. - At 304, a particular bit in the HE-SIG-A field of the PPDU preamble is set to indicate that one STA is assigned with multiple RUs, or the enhanced RU allocation mode. At 305, encoding, constellation mapping and tone mapping are performed on the PPDU according to the RU allocation. At 306, the PPDU is transmitted to the STA in a DL OFDMA transmission through a wireless network by using the allocated multiple RUs.
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FIG. 4 is a flow chart depicting anexemplary process 400 of transmitting a trigger frame from an AP to an STA in order to trigger a UL OFDMA transmission from the STA by using multiple RUs in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. At 401, the AP allocates a plurality of RUs to an STA for a UL OFDMA transmission. At 402, an HE PPDU is generated which includes a trigger frame operable to trigger the STA to transmit a PPDU to the AP in an OFDMA transmission. At 403, the common field in the trigger frame is set to indicate the type of the trigger fame. At 404, one or more user information fields in trigger frame are set, where each field includes one or two RUs of the multiple RUs allocated to the STA and an ID or a list of IDs of the STA. In some embodiments, in correspondence to the number of RUs allocated to the STA, the STA ID may be repeated the same number of times in the user information fields, as shown inFIG. 2 . In some other embodiments, different AIDs of the STA are set in the user information fields, each AID corresponding to an RU allocated to the STA. - At 405, encoding, constellation mapping and tone mapping are performed on the trigger frame PPDU. At 306, the PPDU is transmitted to the STA in DL OFDMA through a wireless network by using the allocated multiple RUs. At 406, the trigger frame PPDU is transmitted from the AP to the STA. In response, the STA transmits an uplink PPDU (e.g., HE TB PPDU) in OFDMA to the AP by using the allocated multiple RUs as specified in the trigger frame.
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FIGS. 5-10 may be included in an AP and operable to transmit a DL PPDU in OFDMA to an STA in the enhanced RU allocation scheme. Alternatively, each of the transmitters illustrated inFIGS. 5-10 may be included in an STA operable to transmit a UL PPDU in OFDMA to an AP in the enhanced RU allocation scheme and in response to a trigger frame which specifies the RU allocation. - In some embodiments, information associated with each RU is encoded separately.
FIG. 5 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in anexemplary transmitter 500 configured for separate Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding and separate tone mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this example, two RUs are allocated to an STA for the OFDMA transmission,RU # 1 andRU # 2. Thepaths RU # 1 andRU # 2, respectively. In this embodiment, information to be carried by the two RUs is encoded separately and independently. Constellation mapping and LDPC tone mapping are performed on each RU independently. In some embodiments, different coding rates and constellation schemes can be used for the different RUs. - For example, the
path 510 is configured to process data associated withRU # 1, and includes anLDPC encoder 511, astream parser 512, aconstellation mapper 513 and aLDPC tone mapper 514. The scrambled bits of the data associated withRU # 1 are fed to thepath 510. In parallel, thepath 520 is configured to process data associated withRU # 2, and includes anLDPC encoder 521, astream parser 522, a constellation mapper 523 (assuming a two-point constellation scheme) and aLDPC tone mapper 524. The scrambled bits of the data associated withRU # 2 are fed to thepath 510. - In some other embodiments, all the RUs allocated to one STA is encoded using one encoder and in a single code rate. Constellation mapping and tone mapping can be performed with respect to each RU either independently or jointly depending on the embodiment.
FIG. 6 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in anexemplary transmitter 600 configured for joint LDPC encoding and separate modulation with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. - In this example,
RU # 1 andRU # 2 are allocated to one STA for the OFDMA transmission and the scrambled bits associated therewith are jointly encoded in a single code rate and by using oneencoder 610. Twostream parsers RU # 1 andRU # 2 respectively. Similarly, twoconstellation mappers tone mappers RU # 1 andRU # 2 respectively. - In some embodiments, a joint encoder can be associated with a single LDPC tone mapper that maps the modulated tones across all the RUs allocated to the STA.
FIG. 7 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in an exemplary transmitter 700 configured for joint LDPC encoding and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, a joint encoder 710 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA. Twostream parsers RU # 1 andRU # 2 respectively. A singleLDPC tone mapper 714 is used to map the modulated tones (output from theconstellation mappers 713 and 723) associated with bothRU # 1 andRU # 2 by interleaving. - In some embodiments, a joint encoder can be associated with a single stream parser and a single LDPC tone mapper that maps the modulated tones across all the RUs allocated to the STA.
FIG. 8 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in anexemplary transmitter 800 configured for joint LDPC encoding, joint stream parsing and joint tone mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, a singlejoint encoder 810 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA. Asingle stream parser 820 is used to parse the streams associated withRU # 1 andRU # 2. A singleLDPC tone mapper 840 is used to map the modulated tones (output from the constellation mapper 830) associated with bothRU # 1 andRU # 2 by interleaving. In this configuration, the streams of both RUs have the same special streams and the same constellation mapping. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in anexemplary transmitter 900 configured for separate Binary Convolutional Codes (BCC) encoding and separate constellation mapping and used to enable enhanced RU allocation in an OFDMA transmission in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this example, two RUs are allocated to an STA for the OFDMA transmission,RU # 1 andRU # 2, and information associated with each RU is encoded in BCC separately. Thepaths RU # 1 andRU # 2, respectively. In this embodiment, information to be carried by the two RUs is encoded in BCC separately and independently. Streaming parsing, BCC interleaving and constellation mapping are also performed with respect to each RU independently. In some embodiments, different coding rates and constellation schemes can be used for the different RUs. - For example, the
path 910 is configured to process the scrambled bits associated withRU # 1, and includes aBCC encoder 911, astream parser 912, aBCC interleaver 913, aconstellation mapper 914. In parallel, thepath 920 is configured to process the scrambled bits associated withRU # 2, and includes a BCC encoder 921, astream parser 922, aBCC interleaver 923, aconstellation mapper 924. - In some embodiments, a joint BCC encoder can be associated with a single stream parser and a single BCC interleaver and a single constellation mapper. If all the RUs allocated to a single STA are encoded jointly, the BCC interleaver is configured based on the total coded bits contained in all the allocated RUs.
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FIG. 10 illustrates the exemplary circuitry components and data flow in anexemplary transmitter 800 configured for joint BCC encoding, joint BCC interleaving and joint constellation mapping with respect to the steams associated with different RUs allocated to an STA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this embodiment, a singlejoint BCC encoder 1010 is used to encode the scrambled bits associated with both RUs allocated to the STA. Astream parser 1020 is used to parse the streams associated withRU # 1 andRU # 2. ABCC interleaver 1030 interleaves the streams associated withRU # 1 andRU # 2 jointly. Aconstellation mapper 1040 is used to map the interleaved tones associated with bothRU # 1 andRU # 2 by interleaving. -
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplarywireless communication device 1100 capable of generating and transmitting an HE PPDU to an STA by using multiple RUs in an OFDMA in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Thecommunication device 1100 may be an AP or an STA device having a transceiver configured for data communication, e.g., a general purpose computer, a smart phone, a portable electronic device, a tablet wearable device, a sensor used on Internet of Things (IoT), and etc. - The
device 1100 includes amain processor 1130, amemory 1120 and atransceiver 1140 coupled to an array of antenna 1101-1104. Thememory 1120 stores the HE PPDU formats including the format of signaling the enhanced RU allocation to a single STA as described in detail with reference toFIGS. 1A-2 . The memory also stores processor-executable instructions that implement an enhancedRU allocation module 1122 and HEPPDU generation module 1123. The enhancedRU allocation module 1122 may use any suitable RU allocation algorithms, methods or policies to allocate multiple RUs to an STA without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The HEPPDU generation module 1123 can generate signaling and indications related to the enhanced RU allocation in the HE-SIG-B and HE-SIG-A fields as described with reference toFIGS. 1A-4 , as well as other sections of the PPDU. - The
transceiver 1140 includes asignal processor 1150 having various modules of the transmit path which is configured to generate each section of a PPDU or any other type of communication transmission unit. For instance, thesignal processor 1150 includes a transmit First-In-First-Out (TX FIFO) 1111, anencoder 1112, ascrambler 1113, aninterleaver 1114, aconstellation mapper 1115, an inversed discrete Fourier transformer (IDFT) 1117, and a guard interval (GI) andwindowing insertion module 1116. - It will be appreciated that the
transceiver 1140 inFIG. 11 may include a wide range of other suitable components that are well known in the art. The various components can be implemented in any suitable manner that is well known in the art and can be implemented using hardware, firmware and software logic or any combination thereof. Further, in some embodiments, thetransceiver 1140 inFIG. 11 may as well include the components in a receiving path. - Although certain preferred embodiments and methods have been disclosed herein, it will be apparent from the foregoing disclosure to those skilled in the art that variations and modifications of such embodiments and methods may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is intended that the invention shall be limited only to the extent required by the appended claims and the rules and principles of applicable law.
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1. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
allocating a first resource unit (RU) and a second RU for an Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission;
setting a common field of preamble of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to indicate multiple RU allocation;
encoding data associated with the first RU and data associated with the second RU using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder; and
transmitting the PPDU in the OFDMA transmission, wherein the PPDU comprises the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing LDPC tone mapping on the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing LDPC tone mapping on the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU using an LDPC tone mapper
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing constellation mapping on the first RU and the second RU separately and independently.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the performing constellation mapping on the first RU and the second RU uses different constellation schemes.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing stream parsing for the first RU using a first stream parser; and
performing stream parsing for the second RU using a second stream parser.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding data associated with the first RU and data associated with the second RU using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder uses a same coding rate.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the OFDMA transmission is a downlink data transmission of the PPDU, and wherein the preamble further comprises multiple user fields contained in a SIG-B field indicating multiple RU allocation.
9. A wireless communication device comprising:
a processor that causes the wireless communication device to allocate a first resource unit (RU) and a second RU to a receive station for an Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission; and
a transceiver, configured to:
setting a common field of preamble of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to indicate multiple RU allocation to the receive station;
encode data associated with the first RU and encode data associated with the second RU using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder; and
transmit the PPDU in the OFDMA transmission, wherein the PPDU comprises the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU.
10. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform LDPC tone mapping on the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU using an LDPC tone mapper.
11. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the encode data associated with the first RU is performed separately and independently from the encode data associated with the second RU.
12. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform constellation mapping on the first RU and the second RU separately and independently.
13. The wireless communication device of claim 12 , wherein the encode data associated with the first RU and encode data associated with the second RU using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder uses a same coding rate.
14. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:
perform stream parsing for the first RU and using a first stream parser; and
perform stream parsing for the second RU and using a second stream parser.
15. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is configured as an access point (AP) station and the receive station is a non-AP station, wherein the OFDMA transmission is a downlink data transmission of the PPDU, and wherein the preamble further comprises multiple user fields contained in a SIG-B field indicating multiple RU allocation to the receive station.
16. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
allocating a first resource unit (RU) and a second RU for an Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission;
setting a common field of preamble of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) to indicate multiple RU allocation to the receive station;
performing LDPC tone mapping on data associated with the first RU and data associated with the second RU using an LDPC tone mapper; and
transmit the PPDU in the OFDMA transmission, wherein the PPDU comprises the data associated with the first RU and the data associated with the second RU.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising encoding data associated with the first RU and data associated with the second RU using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising parsing a stream associated with the first RU and a stream associated with the second RU using a stream parser.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising performing constellation mapping on the first RU and the second RU using a same constellation mapping.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the OFDMA transmission is a downlink data transmission of the PPDU, and wherein the preamble further comprises multiple user fields contained in a SIG-B field indicating multiple RU allocation.
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