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- This invention generally relates to wireless communication systems, and in particular, to systems, methods, and apparatus for a low rate PHY structure in Wi-Fi communications.
- the physical layer is the first and lowest layer in the seven-layer open systems interconnection (OSI) model of computer networking, and it provides certain communication foundations for wireless communications using the IEEE 802.11 standards, IEEE Std. 802.11- 2007, published in 2007.
- OSI open systems interconnection
- the implementation of the physical layer is often termed PHY; however, the physical layer itself includes the basic hardware transmission technologies of a network, and defines how raw bits are transmitted over a network.
- the bit stream may be grouped into code words or symbols and converted to a physical signal for transmission over a hardware transmission medium.
- the physical layer provides an electrical, mechanical, and procedural interface to the transmission medium, including the broadcast frequencies and the modulation schemes.
- Wi-Fi wireless local area network
- Wi-Fi wireless local area network
- system operating speeds of around 54 Mbps are commonplace and Wi-Fi is able to compete well with wired systems.
- Wi-Fi hotpots are in common use, and they allow communications without cable connections.
- Some of the established IEEE 802.11 standards may provide wireless connectivity for common devices such as laptops and smartphones.
- high bandwidth communications protocols may not be ideal for Internet connectivity with certain devices, such as small, battery- powered sensors that may have limited battery capacity, that may require extended wireless link ranges, or that do not need to communicate at high data rates.
- the IEEE 802.11 ah task group was recently formed to provide an orthogonal frequency- division multiplexing (OFDM) system operating in the 1 GHz and lower bands.
- OFDM orthogonal frequency- division multiplexing
- One of the goals of the IEEE 802.11 ah task group is to reuse the IEEE 802.11n/ac system with new features that meet certain criteria, including long range, low data rate service (for long-range sensors, for example). Therefore, systems having bandwidths of approximately 1 to 16 MHz are being investigated for use with IEEE 802.11 ah. These bandwidths may be provided by down-clocking the IEEE 802.1 lac system; however, not all of the requirements for providing service may be met without additional modifications to the IEEE 802.11 ac PHY structure.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an 802.1 lac PHY payload.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an illustrative low rate PHY preamble and payload, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an 802.1 lac L-SIG field.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of example repeated L-STF and L-LTF fields for a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation coding scheme according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- BPSK binary phase shift keying
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of example repeated L-STF and L-LTF fields for quadrature phase shift keying modulation (QPSK) coding scheme according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- QPSK quadrature phase shift keying modulation
- FIG. 6 shows an example packet structure for a low rate PHY for BPSK, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 7 shows an example packet structure for a low rate PHY for QPSK, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a low rate PHY transceiver and communications system, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flow diagram of an example method, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for a low rate PHY structure.
- a method is provided for generating a low rate PHY structure with low overhead. The method may include generating a preamble comprising one or more training fields; generating a data field; grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure that is compatible with an IEEE 802.1 lac PHY structure; and converting the low rate PHY structure for wireless transmission over a hardware transmission medium.
- a system may include one or more sensing or information devices; one or more antennas; at least one memory for storing data and computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and the one or more sensing or information devices.
- the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer- executable instructions for: generating a preamble comprising one or more training fields; generating a data field comprising information associated with the one or more sensing or information devices; grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure; and converting the low rate PHY structure into a physical signal for wireless transmission over a hardware transmission medium, wherein the hardware transmission medium comprises at least one of the one or more antennas.
- Example embodiments may include an apparatus.
- the apparatus may include at least one memory for storing data and computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory.
- the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions for: generating a preamble comprising one or more training fields; generating a data field comprising information associated with the one or more sensing or information devices; grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure; and converting the low rate PHY structure into a physical signal for wireless transmission over a hardware transmission medium.
- Certain embodiments of the invention may enable a new physical layer implementation (PHY) structure within an open systems interconnection model (OSI model) for detection and reception associated with certain wireless communications protocols.
- PHY physical layer implementation
- OSI model open systems interconnection model
- Example embodiments may enable certain increased range requirements, for example, for use in wirelessly connecting long-range sensors to the Internet.
- Example embodiments may enable reduced power requirements for wireless communication, for example, with battery- powered devices.
- certain requirement goals associated with the IEEE 802.1 lah wireless communication standard may be enabled.
- Example embodiments may include a new preamble structure for the long-range portion of the IEEE 802.11 ah specification.
- Example embodiments may allow reuse or re-purposing of certain hardware.
- Example embodiments may modify the IEEE 802.1 lac PHY to provide lower clock rates.
- PHY structure according to the IEEE 802.1 lac specification, may not include a sufficiently long enough preamble to detect devices at longer ranges. Simply repeating the data portion of the payload may not allow the receiver to function properly since the preamble may not be sufficiently long enough for quality acquisition, timing and channel estimation.
- Using spread spectrum technologies (such as code division multiple access) may provide certain benefits for acquisition, timing, and channel estimation at the lower clock rates, but such technologies may require a different PHY and may not allow complete reuse of the OFDM hardware that may be required for the other modes of IEEE802.1 lah.
- a preamble structure is created for the long range portion (also referred to as low rate PHY) of the IEEE 802.11 ah system.
- Example embodiments may allow sufficient detection and reception of the payload, in addition to repetition in the data portion of the payload.
- the payload may use OFDM signals to allow reuse of hardware.
- the structure may include an additional option for the preamble to allow additional reuse of the hardware.
- Data that may be used to configure the receiver or to convey the payload structure in the preamble portion may cause a great deal of overhead in long-range signals. This is because long-range signals may require repetition of the data to allow acceptable detection probability. Thus, any reduction in the signaling that is required to make the receiver aware of the payload contents may be beneficial to the overall system performance. According to an example embodiment, the overhead associated with the preamble may be minimized.
- L- SIG legacy signal field
- FIG. 1 shows the payload 100 for an IEEE 802.1 lac system.
- the preamble includes a legacy short training field (L-STF) 102, a legacy long training field (L-LTF) 104, a legacy signal field (L-SIG) 106, a very high throughput signal field A (VHT-SIG-A) 108, a very high throughput short training field (VHT-STF) 110, very high throughput long training fields (VHT-LTFs) 112, a very high throughput signal field B (VHT-SIG-B) 114, followed by the data 116.
- L-STF legacy short training field
- L-LTF legacy long training field
- VHT-SIG-A very high throughput signal field A
- VHT-STF very high throughput short training field
- VHT-LTFs very high throughput long training fields
- VHT-SIG-B very high throughput signal field B
- the overhead for a low rate PHY would be the L-SIG 106, VHT-SIG-A 108, VHT-STF 110, VHT-LTF 112 and VHT-SIG-B 114. According to an example embodiment, this overhead (which in an IEEE 802.11 ac system may take 24 s) may be unnecessary for use in an IEEE 802.11 ah system. As an example, if the IEEE 802.1 lac system were down-clocked by 1/8 to fit the bandwidth requirements of the IEEE 802.11 ah system, there would be 152 s associated with such overhead.
- the low rate PHY may provide single stream support for binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation coding schemes and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation schemes or modulation rates, and may extend the range of operation.
- BPSK binary phase shift keying
- QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
- the overhead fields after the L-SIG 106 may not be required.
- the L-SIG 106 field may be omitted as well.
- FIG. 2 depicts a low rate PHY preamble 200, according to an example embodiment.
- the low rate PHY preamble 200 may include a low rate short training field (LR-STF) 202 followed by a low rate long training field (LR-LTF) 204, and then followed by data 206.
- LR-STF low rate short training field
- LR-LTF low rate long training field
- no signal fields or additional training fields may be needed.
- the additional training fields may not be necessary since there may be no need for multi-stream transmissions for the low rate PHY.
- FIG. 3 depicts an allocation of the L-SIG field 300 (which may also correspond to
- the L-SIG 300 includes a rate field 302, a reserved bit 304, a length field 306, a parity bit 308, and signal tail bits 310.
- rate field 302 a reserved bit 304
- length field 306 a parity bit 308
- signal tail bits 310 a reserved bit 304
- such information may be conveyed to the receiver by other means, for example, by the LR- STF 202, the LR-LTF 204, or the data 206 fields as shown in FIG. 2.
- the rate field 302 may be replaced or represented by 1 bit to represent either BPSK or QPSK, which, according to an example embodiment, may be the only two modulation schemes used for the low rate PHY.
- such information may be conveyed to the receiver by other means, for example, by the LR-STF 202, the LR-LTF 204, or the data 206 fields as shown in FIG. 2.
- even providing an indication of the modulation scheme with a representation of the rate field 302 may be unnecessary, and may be omitted or removed.
- the reserved bit 304 is also not needed.
- the information provided in the length field 306 may be needed because it may be used to tell other devices to stay off the airwaves.
- the length field 306 information may be conveyed in the data field portion of the payload (for example, 206 of FIG. 2). In an example embodiment, such conveyance using the data field may be justified since, in the low data rate sensor application, the probability of two devices being awake and on the air transmitting/receiving at the same time is extremely small, on the order of .01%, for example.
- sensors for which embodiments of low rate PHY are likely to be utilized typically are very low power devices that have extremely low duty cycles. Even with many sensors (on the order of 100s) which have small bursts of data to transmit, the likelihood that two devices are awake at the same time is very low. According to an example embodiment, other devices may not see the transmission so the length field in the L-SIG for deferral information may not be needed.
- the parity bit 308 may not be needed if there is no signal field.
- the signal tail 310 which normally requires 6 bits to flush the encoder, may be unnecessary if there is no information being transmitted with the L-SIG field.
- certain legacy fields may include information that will need to be retained in the new low rate PHY for certain signaling.
- the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) signaling and data rate signaling may need to be conveyed in the new PHY structure.
- the low rate PHY may only need to convey two MCSs: BPSK and QPSK, both using code rate 1 ⁇ 2.
- the current IEEE 802.1 lac fields may be reused as much as possible.
- an overlay sequence may be used for the repetition for the LR-LTF and/or the LR-STF.
- the BPSK mode may repeat the L-LTF and send 4 L-LTF sequences.
- the BPSK mode may repeat the L-STF and send 4 L-STF sequences. An example of this embodiment is depicted in FIG. 4.
- the sequence may consist of repeated L-LTF and L-STF, but the 4x repetition to meet range requirements may include alternating the sequences by negating every other repetition of L-LTF 502.
- This example embodiment is depicted in FIG. 5.
- integration at the receiver of the total sequence may result in one of the modulations (BPSK or QPSK) being zero depending on the sequence the receiver is correlation against.
- the receiver may then have knowledge of the modulation that was used in the payload portion of the packet. This may remove the need for the L-SIG field which, in this example, may remove significant overhead. As noted, the data portion of the payload may include the information for length. This approach also reuses blocks of the IEEE 802.1 lac receiver by reusing the L-LTF and L-STF fields.
- FIGs. 6 and 7 represent example packet structures for a low rate PHY for BPSK and QPSK, respectively, according to example embodiments of the invention.
- the low rate PHY packet structures may include repeated L-STF fields to make up the LR-STF field.
- the LR-LTF field may include repeated L-LTF fields.
- alternating L-LTF fields may be negated, as discussed previously. According to an example embodiment, the alternating negating of the L-LTF fields may allow the receiver to determine the modulation coding scheme via correlation without needing to use overhead to signal the coding scheme.
- new signals could be defined for the L- LTF to allow signaling of the modulation.
- a waveform could be a PN-code, where two orthogonal, or nearly orthogonal, codes are used, one for each modulation.
- detection may be achieved by correlating against the two different codes.
- the L-STF and/or L- LTF fields may include a single instance, or may be repeated as necessary to meet range requirements.
- FIG. 8 depicts a block diagram of a low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800, according to an example embodiment of the invention.
- the system 800 may be utilized for wirelessly communicating with an access point 830, either directly, via a wireless network 824, or among other modem/transceivers 826, 828 associated with the wireless network 824.
- the system 800 may include a modem 802 that may provide input from a sensing or information device 822, and may provide output information via the input/output 808, or via a radio frequency transceiver 810.
- the sensing or information device 822 could include a computer, a laptop, a switch, a detector, a myriad of sensor types, etc.
- the radio frequency transceiver 810 may connect to one or more internal antennas.
- the radio frequency transceiver 810 may connect to one or more external antennas, which according to example embodiments, may or may not be considered an integral component of the modem 802.
- the modem 802 of the system 800 may perform the basic functions associated with communicating information from the sensing or information device 822 to the access point 830 or other modem/transceivers 826, 828 in the wireless network 824.
- the modem 802 may include a memory 804, processor(s) 806, an input/output port 808, and a radio frequency transceiver 810.
- the memory 804 may include an operating system 812 or microprocessor-readable instructions.
- the memory 804 may include and handle data 814.
- the memory may include buffers 818.
- at least a portion of the memory 804 may be utilized as a sampler 816.
- the sampling may be considered as hardware related and may be considered to be handled by processor(s) 806.
- the memory 804 may include a section dedicated to the PHY structure 820.
- the PHY structure 820 may be handled by processor(s) 806.
- the method 900 starts in block 902, and according to an example embodiment includes generating a preamble comprising one or more training fields.
- the method 900 includes generating a data field.
- the method 900 includes grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure.
- the method 900 includes converting the low rate PHY structure into a physical signal for wireless transmission over a hardware transmission medium.
- the method 900 ends after block 908.
- generating the one or more training fields includes generating a low rate short training field (LR-STF), wherein the LR-STF includes at least one legacy short training field (L-STF) and one or more repetitions of the L-STF, wherein a number of repetitions of the L-STF corresponds to range or sensitivity requirements of the hardware transmission medium.
- generating the one or more training fields includes generating a low rate long training field (LR-LTF), wherein the LR-LTF includes generating at least one legacy long training field (L-LTF) and one or more repetitions of the L- LTF, wherein a number of repetitions of the L-LTF corresponds to range or sensitivity requirements of the hardware transmission medium.
- grouping the preamble and data field provides a low rate PHY structure that is compatible with an IEEE 802.11 ah PHY structure.
- generating the data field includes conveying length field information in the data field.
- grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure includes coding one or more modulation coding schemes into the preamble, wherein the modulation coding schemes include one or more of binary phase shift keying (BPSK) or quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), wherein coding one or more modulation coding schemes into the preamble may include selectively negating one or more alternating L-LTF fields.
- BPSK binary phase shift keying
- QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
- Example embodiments may relate to the IEEE 802.1 ln/ac/a/g specification, but may operate on a separate frequency.
- Example embodiments may process the low rate PHY, utilizing systems based on the IEEE 802.1 lac specification.
- Example embodiments of the low rate PHY structure may include a low rate PHY packet, which may include STF, LTF, and data.
- the PHY structure may be a creation of a PHY layer packet for transmission.
- Example embodiments include a system and an apparatus.
- the system may include one or more sensing or information devices and one or more antennas.
- the system and the apparatus may include at least one memory for storing data and computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and the one or more sensing or information devices, and further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions for: generating a preamble comprising one or more training fields; generating a data field comprising information associated with the one or more sensing or information devices; grouping the preamble and the data field into a low rate PHY structure that is compatible with an IEEE 802.1 lac PHY structure; and converting the low rate PHY structure into a physical signal for wireless transmission over a hardware transmission medium.
- the hardware transmission medium may include at least one of the one or more antennas.
- the one or more training fields may include a low rate short training field (LR-STF), wherein the LR-STF may include at least one legacy short training field (L-STF) and one or more repetitions of the L-STF, wherein a number of repetitions of the L-STF corresponds to range or sensitivity requirements of the hardware transmission medium.
- the one or more training fields may include a low rate long training field (LR-LTF), wherein the LR-LTF may include at least one legacy long training field (L-LTF) and one or more repetitions of the L-LTF, wherein a number of repetitions of the L-LTF corresponds to range or sensitivity requirements of the hardware transmission medium.
- LR-STF low rate short training field
- L-STF legacy short training field
- the one or more training fields may include a low rate long training field (LR-LTF), wherein the LR-LTF may include at least one legacy long training field (L-LTF) and one or more repetitions of the L-LTF, where
- the data field may include length field information.
- the preamble may include one or more modulation coding schemes, wherein the modulation coding schemes comprise one or more of binary phase shift keying (BPSK) or quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK).
- the one or more modulation coding schemes may be coded into the preamble by selectively negating one or more alternating L-LTF fields.
- certain technical effects may be provided, such as creating certain systems and methods that may enable increased wireless range communications by connecting long-range sensors to a wireless network.
- Example embodiments of the invention may provide the further technical effects of providing systems and methods for reducing power requirements of devices connected to a wireless network.
- the low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800 may include any number of hardware and/or software applications that are executed to facilitate any of the operations.
- one or more input/output interfaces may facilitate communication between the low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800 and one or more input/output devices.
- a universal serial bus port, a serial port, a disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, and/or one or more user interface devices such as a display, keyboard, keypad, mouse, control panel, touch screen display, microphone, etc., may facilitate user interaction with the low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800.
- the one or more input/output interfaces may be utilized to receive or collect data and/or user instructions from a wide variety of input devices. Received data may be processed by one or more computer processors as desired in various embodiments of the invention and/or stored in one or more memory devices.
- One or more network interfaces may facilitate connection of the low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800 inputs and outputs to one or more suitable networks and/or connections; for example, the connections that facilitate communication with any number of sensors associated with the system.
- the one or more network interfaces may further facilitate connection to one or more suitable networks; for example, a local area network, a wide area network, the Internet, a cellular network, a radio frequency network, a BluetoothTM (owned by Konaktiebolaget LM Ericsson) enabled network, a Wi-FiTM (owned by Wi-Fi Alliance) enabled network, a satellite-based network, any wired network, any wireless network, etc., for communication with external devices and/or systems.
- embodiments of the invention may include the low rate PHY transceiver and communications system 800 with more or less of the components illustrated in FIG. 8.
- Certain embodiments of the invention are described above with reference to block and flow diagrams of systems and methods and/or computer program products according to example embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that one or more blocks of the block diagrams and flow diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and flow diagrams, respectively, may be implemented by computer-executable program instructions. Likewise, some blocks of the block diagrams and flow diagrams may not necessarily need to be performed in the order presented, or may not necessarily need to be performed at all, according to some embodiments of the invention.
- These computer-executable program instructions may be loaded onto a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a particular machine, such that the instructions that execute on the computer, processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing one or more functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
- These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement one or more functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
- embodiments of the invention may provide for a computer program product, comprising a computer-usable medium having a computer-readable program code or program instructions embodied therein, said computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement one or more functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
- the computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational elements or steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer- implemented process such that the instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide elements or steps for implementing the functions specified in the flow diagram block or blocks.
- blocks of the block diagrams and flow diagrams support combinations of means for performing the specified functions, combinations of elements or steps for performing the specified functions and program instruction means for performing the specified functions. It will also be understood that each block of the block diagrams and flow diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and flow diagrams, may be implemented by special-purpose, hardware-based computer systems that perform the specified functions, elements or steps, or combinations of special-purpose hardware and computer instructions.
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