WO2017078800A1 - Resource allocation in full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output communications - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus related to a full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system. A device may determine a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. The device may determine one or more first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. The device may determine a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices. The device may determine a number of threads of a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth. The device may cause to send the HE-SIG-A field to at least one of the first devices.

Description

RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN FULL-BAND MULTIUSER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/251,599 filed November 5, 2015, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] This disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and devices for wireless communications and, more particularly, to resource allocation in full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications.

BACKGROUND

[0003] Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a wireless technology that uses multiple transmitters and receivers to transfer data. MIMO technology may take advantage of multipath behavior by using multiple transmitters and receivers, with an added spatial dimension, to increase throughput and performance. In order to implement MIMO, communication devices (e.g., access point (AP) devices, STAs, or the like) are configured to support MIMO. MU-MIMO provides a means for wireless devices to communicate with each other using multiple antennas such that the wireless devices may transmit at the same time and frequency and still be separated by their spatial signatures. For example, using MU-MIMO technology, an AP may be able to communicate with multiple devices using multiple antennas to simultaneously send and receive data.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0004] The accompanying drawings form an integral part of the disclosure and are incorporated into the present specification. The drawings illustrate example embodiments of the disclosure and, in conjunction with the description and claims, serve to explain at least in part various principles, features, or aspects of the disclosure. Certain embodiments of the disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, various aspects of the disclosure can be implemented in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the implementations set forth herein. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

[0005] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an operational environment for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0006] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of another operational environment for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0007] FIGs. 3(a)-(c) illustrate examples of preambles for signaling a full-band multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) mode for different channel bandwidths in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0008] FIGs. 4(a)-(b) illustrate examples of high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B) thread(s) for different channel bandwidths in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0009] FIG. 5 depicts a flow diagram of an illustrative process for a full-band MU- MIMO resource allocation system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0010] FIG. 6 depicts a flow diagram of an illustrative process for a full-band MU- MIMO resource allocation system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0011] FIG. 7 presents an example of a communication device for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0012] FIG. 8 presents an example of a radio unit for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0013] FIG. 9 presents an example of a computational environment for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0014] FIG. 10 presents another example of a communication device for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] The disclosure recognizes and addresses, in at least certain aspects, the issue of resource allocation in wireless communications. More specifically, MU-MIMO is a technique for multiplex users that are operating at substantially the same time and in substantially the same frequency band. [0016] MU-MIMO can rely on directional beams (or streams) and/or a precoding matrix at an access point device (or another type of transmitter device) in a way that can achieve satisfactory (e.g., minimal) interferences between client devices. Embodiments of the disclosure include systems, devices, computer-program products, and techniques that provide resource allocation in full-band MU-MIMO. Operation in full-band MU-MIMO may be referred to as pure MU-MIMO mode. In such a mode, each one of the user devices that operate in pure MU-MIMO mode can transmit and/or receive information (e.g., data and/or signaling) over the entire channel bandwidth available for communication. In addition, in pure MU-MIMO mode, the entire channel bandwidth can be allocated as a single resource. During communication between two devices, one or more frames may be sent and received. These frames may include one or more fields that may be based on an IEEE 802.11 standard. In a high efficiency communication (e.g., HEW), these one or more fields may be represented by one or more orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) symbols.

[0017] Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and devices for a full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system. Embodiments of the disclosure provide signaling for such a mode in a preamble of IEEE 802.1 lax, also referred to as high-efficiency WLAN (HEW).

[0018] In one embodiment, high-efficiency signaling between one or more devices may be split into two fields: the high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field and the high- efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field. Taken together, the two fields may describe the included frame attributes such as the channel width, modulation and coding, and whether the frame is a single or multiuser frame. The HE-SIG-A field comes first in a high- efficiency frame. The HE-SIG-A field format may depend on whether the transmission is single user or multiuser.

[0019] The HE-SIG-B field may describe attributes of the one or more frames, such as the channel width, the modulation and coding, and whether the frame is a single or multiuser frame. The HE-SIG-B field may include a common part and one or more user specific parts. It is understood that a user specific part refers to a station device (STA) specific part. For example, the common part may be common to all user devices, and the user specific parts may be specific to each user device receiving at least one of the one or more frames. The HE-SIG-B in the HEW preamble may have two content channels or threads denoted by HE-SIG-B 1 and HE-SIG-B2. These content channels or threads may carry at least in part resource allocation information for multiple users. Each content channel or thread may carry scheduling information for a different set of users. Each content channel or thread may have its own common part and user specific part(s). The common part of the channel or thread may specify information common to all the users scheduled by the channel or thread. The user specific parts may be specific to each user. Since these content channels or threads may have the same capacity, and may start and end at the same time, it may be desired to balance the loads between them in order to minimize unfilled slots in the content channels or threads.

[0020] In some embodiments, the signaling maximizes or otherwise leverages the reuse of existing elements and/or components in IEEE 802.1 lax. More specifically, in some embodiments, one or more bits (e.g., three bits) in the HE-SIG-A field may be used to specify the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols. As such, in some embodiments, the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field may be reused to specify other information such as a number of user devices that may be addressed for the pure MU-MIMO mode. That is, the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field that were used to specify the number of HE- SIG-B OFDM symbols may be reused to indicate the number of users. For example, using three bits may permit specifying up to 2³ = 8 user devices, which is compatible with the greatest number of user devices that can be supported in MU-MIMO operation in conventional IEEE 802.11 ax wireless environments.

[0021] In one embodiment, the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols may be calculated or otherwise determined from the number of user devices and the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field instead of using the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field that may be now used for determining the number of users.

[0022] In one embodiment, the full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system may remove the common part of the HE-SIG-B field and keep the user-specific parts in the HE-SIG-B field. In that case, the user specific parts may be split between the first thread (e.g., HE-SIG-B1) and the second thread (e.g., HE-SIG-B2) for load balancing. For example, if a user device determines the number of users based on the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field, the user device may be able to determine which spatial stream is allocated to it in order for it to send its data. A user device requires a spatial stream to be assigned to it in order to transmit its data. Based on a stream allocation index, the user device may determine which spatial stream is allocated to it. In order to do so, the user device determines the number of user devices based on the HE-SIG-A field. Based on the user device number or ID, the user device may determine the spatial stream to transmit its data. For example, looking at stream allocation index 1, User 2 may determine that it is allocated the sixth spatial stream since User 2 is allocated the first five spatial streams.

[0023] In one embodiment, the full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system may facilitate load-balancing by splitting the user specific parts between HE-SIG-Bl and HE- SIG-B2. For example, if an AP is addressing four users (User 1, User 2, User 3, and User 4), half of the users may be assigned to HE-SIG-Bl and the other have may be assigned to HE-SIG-B2. Without load-balancing, one of the threads (e.g., HE-SIG-Bl or HE-SIG-B2) may be assigned a larger number of users than the other thread. In another example, user specific parts may be split based on being odd-numbered user devices and even-numbered user devices. For example, odd-numbered user devices may be assigned to HE-SIG-Bl and even-numbered user devices may be assigned to HE-SIG-B2 or vice versa. It should be understood that other load-balancing techniques might be employed by the full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system.

[0024] While resource allocation for full-band MU-MIMO mode in accordance with aspects of this disclosure is illustrated with reference to MU-MIMO in IEEE 802.1 lax, the disclosure is not limited in that respect and the embodiments of the disclosure can applied to or implemented in any standardized ratio technology protocol that supports MU-MIMO communications.

[0025] With reference to the drawings, FIG. 1 presents a block diagram of an example operational environment 100 for wireless communication in accordance with at least certain aspects of the disclosure. The operational environment 100 includes several telecommunication infrastructures and devices, which collectively can embody or otherwise constitute a telecommunication environment. The devices can communicate wirelessly or otherwise. More specifically, yet not exclusively, the telecommunication infrastructures can include, for example, a satellite system 104. As described herein, the satellite system 104 can be embodied in or can include, for example, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), Galileo, GLONASS (Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema), BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), and/or the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). In addition, the telecommunication infrastructures can include, for example, a macro-cellular or large-cell system; which is represented with three base stations 108a-108c; a micro-cellular or small- cell system, which is represented with three access points (or low-power base stations) 114a-114c; and a sensor-based system— which can include, for example, proximity sensor(s), beacon device(s), pseudo-stationary device(s), and/or wearable device(s)— represented with functional elements 1 16a-1 16c. As illustrated, in one implementation, each of the transmitter(s), receiver(s), and/or transceiver(s) included in respective computing devices (such as telecommunication infrastructure) can be functionally coupled (e.g., communicatively or otherwise operationally coupled) with the wireless device 110a (also referred to as communication device 1 10a) via wireless link(s) in accordance with specific radio technology protocols (e.g., IEEE 802.11 a, IEEE 802.1 1ax, etc.) in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. For another example, a base station (e.g., base station 108a) can be functionally coupled to the wireless devices 110a, 1 10b, and 1 10c via respective an upstream wireless link (UL) and a downstream link (DL) configured in accordance with a radio technology protocol for macro-cellular wireless communication (e.g., 3^rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) or "3G," "3G"; 3 GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), or LTE); LTE Advanced (LTE-A)). For yet another example, an access point (e.g., access point 1 14a) can be functionally coupled to one or more of the wireless devices 1 10a, 110b, or 110c via a respective UL and DL configured in accordance with a radio technology protocol for small-cell wireless communication (e.g., femtocell protocols, Wi-Fi, and the like). For still another example, a beacon device (e.g., device 1 16a) can be functionally coupled to the wireless device 110a with a UL-only (ULO), a DL-only, or an UL and DL, each of such wireless links (represented with open-head arrows) can be configured in accordance with a radio technology protocol for point-to-point or short-range wireless communication (e.g., Zigbee, Bluetooth, or near field communication (NFC) standards, ultrasonic communication protocols, or the like).

[0026] In the operational environment 100, the small-cell system and/or the beacon devices can be contained in a confined area 118 that can include, for example, an indoor region (e.g., a commercial facility, such as a shopping mall) and/or a spatially-confined outdoor region (such as an open or semi-open parking lot or garage). The small-cell system and/or the beacon devices can provide wireless service to a device (e.g., wireless device 110a or 1 10b) within the confined area 118. For instance, the wireless device 1 10a can handover from macro-cellular wireless service to wireless service provided by the small-cell system present within the confined area 1 18. Similarly, in certain scenarios, the macro-cellular system can provide wireless service to a device (e.g., the wireless device 110a) within the confined area 118.

[0027] In certain embodiments, the wireless device 1 10a, as well as other devices (which can communicate wirelessly or otherwise) contemplated in the present disclosure, can include electronic devices having computational resources, including processing resources (e.g., processors )), memory resources (memory devices (also referred to as memory), and communication resources for exchange of information within the wireless device 110a and/or with other computing devices. Such resources can have different levels of architectural complexity depending on specific device functionality. Exchange of information among computing devices in accordance with aspects of the disclosure can be performed wirelessly as described herein, and thus, in one aspect, the wireless device 110a also can be referred to as wireless communication device 1 10a, wireless computing device 1 10a, communication device 110a, or computing device 1 10a interchangeably. The same nomenclature considerations apply to wireless device 1 10b and wireless device 110c. More generally, in the present disclosure, a communication device can be referred to as a computing device and, in certain instances, the terminology "communication device" can be used interchangeably with the terminology "computing device," unless context clearly dictates that a distinction should be made. In addition, a communication device (e.g., communication device 1 10a or 1 10b or 110c) that operates according to HEW can utilize or leverage a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) and related PLCP protocol data units (PPDUs) in order to transmit and/or receive wireless communications. Example of the computing devices that can communicate wirelessly in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure can include, for example, desktop computers with wireless communication resources; mobile computers, such as tablet computers, smartphones, notebook computers, laptop computers with wireless communication resources, Ultrabook™ computers; gaming consoles, mobile telephones; blade computers; programmable logic controllers; near field communication devices; customer premises equipment with wireless communication resources, such as set-top boxes, wireless routers, wireless-enabled television sets, or the like; and so forth. The wireless communication resources can include, for example, radio units (also referred to as radios) having circuitry for processing of wireless signals, processor(s), memory device(s), and the like, where the radio, the processor(s), and the memory device(s) can be coupled via a bus architecture. [0028] At least some of the computing devices included in the example operational environment 100, as well as other computing devices contemplated in the present disclosure, can operate or otherwise can be configured to operate in full-band MU-MIMO wireless communications, as described herein. It should be appreciated that other functional elements (e.g., servers, routers, gateways, and the like) can be included in the operational environment 100. It should be appreciated that the elements of this disclosure in connection with resource allocation and/or other operation in full-band MU-MIMO communications can be implemented in any telecommunication environment including a wireline network (e.g., a cable network, an internet-protocol (IP) network, an industrial control network, any wide area network (WAN), a local area network (LAN), a personal area network (PAN), a sensor-based network, or the like); a wireless network (e.g., a cellular network (either small-cell network or macro-cell network), a wireless WAN (WW AN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless PAN (WPAN), a sensor-based network, a satellite network, or the like); a combination thereof; or the like.

[0029] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of another operational environment 200 for wireless communication in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure. The AP device 210 can allocate resources for full-band MU-MIMO operation of a STA 220 and a STA 230. The allocation of resources can be implemented in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. More specifically, upon or after the number of MIMO user devices is signaled by the AP device 210 (via a component therein, such as a communication component (not shown)), the AP device 210 can transmit a preamble including an HE-SIG-A field in which one or more bits (e.g., three (3) bits) can permit specifying a number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols. The HE-SIG-B field can be included in the preamble transmitted by the AP device 210. In addition, in some embodiments, the AP device 210 can reuse the structure of the HE-SIG-A field— e.g., the one or more bits (such as three bits)— to specify a number of user devices for full-band MU-MIMO operation. As such, in one example scenario, the AP device 210 can rely on three bits to specify that both STA 220 and STA 230 operate in a pure MU-MIMO mode.

[0030] In addition or in other embodiments, the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols can be calculated or otherwise determined from the number of user devices and the MCS of HE-SIG-B because the length of each user specific block can be known. Accordingly, in one example, each of the STA 220 and the STA 230 can determine the number of HE- SIG-B OFDM symbols as described herein. [0031] FIGs. 3(a)-(c) illustrate examples of preambles for signaling a full-band MU- MIMO mode for different channel bandwidths in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0032] Referring to FIG. 3(a), there is shown an HEW frame containing, at least in part, a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated L-SIG (R-L-SIG) field, an HE-SIG-A field 302, an HE-SIG-B field 304, a high-efficiency short training field (HE-STF), a high- efficiency long training field (HE-LTF), and a data field. In this example, the HEW frame is sent using a communication channel having a 20 MHz bandwidth. In this case, none of the fields included in the HEW frame may be repeated in frequency.

[0033] Referring to FIGs. 3(b) and 3(c), there is shown an HEW frame containing similar fields as FIG. 3(a). However, in this case, the HEW frame may be sent using a communication channel having a 40 MHz bandwidth (e.g., FIG. 3(b)) or an 80 MHz bandwidth (e.g., FIG. 3(c)). Some of the fields (e.g., L-SIG, R-L-SIG, HE-SIG-A) are repeated per 20 MHz subchannel. For channel bandwidths equal to 40 MHz, 60 MHz, 80 MHz, and 160 MHz, the HE-SIG-B may be divided into HE-SIG-B 1 and HE-SIG-B2 threads. For example, in FIG. 3(b), the HE-SIG-B may be divided into HE-SIG-B 1 306 on a first 20 MHz subchannel and HE-SIG-B2 308 on a second 20 MHz subchannel. The division may be based on 20 MHz subchannels and thus, when permissible, HE-SIG-B 1 and HE-SIG-B2 can be repeated per 20 MHz. That is, in the example of FIG. 3(c), the HE-SIG-B field 310 may be sent over four 20 MHz subchannels. In this example, HE- SIG-B 1 is sent on a first 20 MHz subchannel and repeated in a third 20 MHz subchannel, while HE-SIG-B2 is sent on a second 20 MHz subchannel and repeated in a fourth 20 MHz subchannel.

[0034] In some implementations, an indication for a pure MU-MIMO mode can be included in HE-SIG-A. When a user device receives the HE-SIG-A, the user device may decode or otherwise access such an indication. The user device may then determine, based on the indication, how to interpret HE-SIG-B accordingly. For example, one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field may be used to indicate and to specify other information such as a number of user devices that may be addressed in the case of a pure MU-MIMO mode. That is, the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field that were used to specify the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols may be reused to indicate the number of user devices. This information may assist a receiving device in determining how to interpret the HE-SIG-B when it is received. Knowing the number of user devices from decoding or accessing the indication in the HE-SIG-A field may assist the receiving device in determining which resource (e.g., spatial stream), etc., is assigned to that receiving device.

[0035] In addition or in other embodiments, the common part in HE-SIG-B can be removed in the pure MU-MIMO mode because the common part is mainly utilized or otherwise relied upon for partitioning the channel bandwidth into resource units (RUs), and the entire channel bandwidth is utilized for MU-MIMO as a single resource in a pure MU-MIMO mode.

[0036] In one embodiment, a spatial stream allocation can be specified in each user specific part of a preamble or field. Each user specific block can include one user specific part or two user specific parts. Each user specific part corresponds to a specific user device. One example of stream allocation is shown in Table 1 below. A number of user devices can be known or otherwise accessible from a common part of HE-SIG-B in conventional designs for mode(s) of communication other than the pure MU-MIMO mode. In some implementations, a stream allocation table can be associated with each (or, in some embodiments, at least one) of the M user devices. As an illustration, the number of user devices in the stream allocation table shown in Table 1 is M = 4. The allocation of the streams to each of the M = 4 user devices can be indexed by a stream allocation index. Each user device can access (e.g., can decode) a respective user index by counting the user specific parts and matching user IDs. The streams can be sequentially allocated to the user devices.

[0037] Table 1 illustrates an example of a stream allocation table for four user devices (referred to as User 1, User 2, User 3, and User 4).

Stream No. of No. of No. of No. of Total

Allocation Streams Streams Streams Streams No. of

Index of User of User 2 of User of User Streams

1 3 4

1 5 1 1 1

2 4 2 1 1

3 3 3 1 1 8

4 3 2 2 1

5 2 2 2

6 4 1 1 1

7 3 2 1 1 7

8 2 2 2 1

9 3 1 1 1

10 2 2 1 1 6

1 1 2 1 1 1 5

12 1 1 1 1 4

TABLE

[0038] In one embodiment, in order to preserve backwards compatibility and/or simplify implementation, for example, for pure MU-MIMO mode, the structure or design of a stream allocation table (e.g., Table 1) may be preserved or modified judiciously. As such, it is recognized that a number of user devices may not be specified in a common part of HE-SIG-B because the common part for a pure MU-MIMO mode may be absent or otherwise may be removed. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the number of user devices can be specified in HE-SIG-A. For example, one or more bits (e.g., three bits) in an HE-SIG-A field may specify a number of OFDM symbols for the HE-SIG-B field. The one or more bits may be reused to specify or otherwise convey the number of users. For example, three bits may result in a number of up to 2³ = 8 user devices that may be signaled or otherwise specified. In some implementations, Q bits may permit signaling or otherwise specifying a number of up to 2^Q devices, where Q is an integer. These one or more bits may have been used to determine the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols in the HE-SIG-B field. However, the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols may be calculated from the number of users and the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of HE- SIG-B specified in another field of HE-SIG-A because the respective sizes of the user specific part and the user specific block may be available (e.g., accessible or accessed), and the number of payload bits per OFDM symbol also may be available. It is understood that the above descriptions are for purposes of illustration and are not meant to be limiting.

[0039] FIGs. 4(a)-(b) illustrate examples of HE-SIG-B thread(s) for different channel bandwidths in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0040] Referring to FIG. 4(a), there is shown an example of HE-SIG-A 402 and HE- SIG-B 404 fields that may be sent on a communication channel having a 20 MHz bandwidth. In this case, the HE-SIG-B may not be split into two threads since only one 20 MHz channel is used. In this example, the HE-SIG-A 402 may indicate the number of user devices 406 that the preamble is addressed to. This information may allow a device receiving this preamble to determine various user blocks 408 that may be encoded or otherwise available in the HE-SIG-B 404.

[0041] Referring to FIG. 4(b), there is shown an example of HE-SIG-A 410, and HE- SIG-B1 412 and HE-SIG-B2 414, which are two threads of an HE-SIG-B field that may be transmitted. In this example, the channel bandwidth may be 40 MHz, 60 MHz, 80 MHz, or 160 MHz. Since these channel bandwidths are greater than 20 MHz, the HE- SIG-B field may be split into multiple threads (e.g., HE-SIG-B1 412 and HE-SIG-B2 414). A user specific block usually has two user specific parts, and the last block in each thread may have one or two user specific parts, depending on the number of user specific parts. Each user specific part corresponds to a specific user device. Referring to FIG. 4(b), user blocks 416, including user blocks 1... N, where N is an integer, may be assigned to HE-SIG-B1 412, and user blocks 418, including user blocks a... z, where z is an integer, may be assigned to HE-SIG-B2 414.

[0042] In some embodiments, a rule may be defined (e.g., in a standard for a radio technology protocol for wireless communication) for distributing the user devices into the two threads (e.g., HE-SIG-B1 412 and HE-SIG-B2 414). The rule may be based on a floor function and a ceiling function. For example, the first - user devices (or, in other embodiments, the first ) user devices may be assigned to HE-SIG-B1 412 and the rest may be assigned to HE-SIG-B2 414. Here K is the number of user devices, and [x] is a floor function and [xl is a ceiling function applied to a value x, where x is a real number. The floor and ceiling functions map a real number to the largest previous or the smallest following integer, respectively. More precisely, floor(x) = [x] is the largest integer less than or equal to x and ceiling(x) = [x] is the smallest integer greater than or equal to x. [0043] In other embodiments, the even-numbered (or, in some embodiments, the odd- numbered) user devices can be represented in HE-SIG-Bl and the rest can be represented in HE-SIG-B2. It should be understood that the user devices may be sequentially allocated to be represented by one or more of the user blocks. In yet other embodiments, an AP device (or, in some embodiments, another type of transmitter device) may distribute the user devices between HE-SIG-Bl and HE-SIG-B2 in a defined way. In the latter embodiments, additional changes may be implemented. For example, a user index may be added into each user specific part. In addition or in another example, a user distribution indication (according to the defined way, for example) can be added to HE-SIG-A.

[0044] In some embodiments, other contents in the common part of HE-SIG-B can be moved to HE-SIG-A at least because the common part can be absent or otherwise removed in a pure MU-MIMO mode. Such contents can include at least the following: (i) first information indicative or otherwise representative of a number of user devices; (ii) second information indicative or otherwise representative of a frame extension indicator; and/or (iii) third information indicative or otherwise representative of an LTF type (e.g., 2x LTF or 4x LTF). The first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information can be indicated or otherwise conveyed (e.g., encoded, indexed, and/or transmitted) individually or jointly. More specifically, in some implementations, two or three bits can indicate one out of 2² = 4 or 2³ = 8 combinations. Further, in an aspect of this disclosure, the number of LTF symbols (e.g., two symbols ("2x") or four symbols ("4x")) can be conveyed in the common part of HE-SIG-B. This information may not need to be moved to HE-SIG-A in a pure MU-MIMO mode because a user device can access (e.g., can decode) a spatial stream allocation index (see Table 1 for an example) in the user device's user specific part in order to determine a total number of spatial streams. The number of LTF symbols is just the smallest number in {2, 4, 6, 8} that is greater than the total number of streams. As an illustration, a user device can access a stream allocation index representing (3,2,1,1), e.g., three streams allocated to a first user device, two streams allocated to a second user device, one stream allocated to a third user device, and one stream allocated to a fourth user device. As such, the total number of streams is seven, and thus, the number of LTF symbols can be eight.

[0045] FIG. 5 illustrates a flow diagram of an illustrative process 500 for a full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure. [0046] At block 502, a user device may determine a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. For example, during a communication between an AP and one or more user devices, a communication channel may be established between the AP and the one or more user devices such that the communication channel may have a frequency bandwidth of 20/40/60/80/160 MHz, or any other communication channel bandwidth.

[0047] At block 504, the device may determine one or more first user devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. For example, the AP and the one or more user devices may be operating in an MU-MIMO mode such that the AP may be able to communicate with the one or more user devices using multiple antennas to simultaneously send and receive data.

[0048] At block 506, the device may determine a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG- A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices. For example, during the communication between the AP and the one or more user devices, the AP may determine a preamble that includes one or more fields such as the HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B fields. The AP may determine a number of the one or more user devices that the AP intends to communicate with. The AP may then encode or otherwise include the number of the one or more user devices in one or more bits of the HE-SIG-A field. In this communication, the AP and the one or more user devices may be operating in a full-band MU-MIMO mode, which is also referred to as a pure MU-MIMO mode. In such a mode, each one of the user devices that operate in a pure MU-MIMO mode can transmit and/or receive information (e.g., data and/or signaling) over the entire channel bandwidth available for communication.

[0049] At block 508, the device may determine a number of threads of a high- efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth. For example, the HE-SIG-B field may be comprised of two threads or parts, each of which corresponds to one or more OFDM symbols based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth being greater than 20 MHz. These two threads are referred to as HE-SIG-B 1 and HE-SIG-B2. In the case where the communication channel is 20 MHz, the HE-SIG-B may not be split into two threads since only one 20 MHz channel is used for communication between the AP and the one or more user devices.

[0050] At block 510, the device may cause to send the HE-SIG-A field to at least one of the first devices. For example, the HE-SIG-A field may be sent to the one or more user devices. When the one or more user devices receive the HE-SIG-A field, the one or more user devices may decode or otherwise retrieve the information stored in the one or more bits of the HE-SIG-A field that may indicate to the one or more user devices the number of user devices addressed by the AP. This information may assist a receiving device in determining how to interpret the HE-SIG-B when it is received. Knowing the number of user devices from decoding or accessing the indication in the HE-SIG-A field may assist the receiving device in determining which resource (e.g., spatial stream), etc., is assigned to that receiving device. It is understood that the above descriptions are for purposes of illustration and are not meant to be limiting.

[0051] FIG. 6 illustrates a flow diagram of an illustrative process 600 for a full-band MU-MIMO resource allocation system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

[0052] At block 602, a user device may identify a high efficiency preamble on a wireless communication channel received from a first device, the high efficiency preamble including, at least in part, one or more high efficiency signal fields. For example, a user device may receive a preamble in accordance with IEEE 802.1 lax from an AP on a wireless communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. The communication channel bandwidth may be any of 20/40/60/80/160 MHz, or any other communication channel bandwidth. The preamble may include, at least in part, one or more high-efficiency signal fields such as a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field and a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field.

[0053] At block 604, the device may identify one or more indications included in at least one of the one or more high efficiency signal fields. For example, one or more bits (e.g., three bits) included in the HE-SIG-A field may be used to specify the number of HE- SIG-B OFDM symbols. These one or more bits may indicate to a user device receiving the preamble, the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols. However, in some embodiments, these one or more bits may be reused for a different purpose, such as determining an indication of the number of user devices communicating with the AP.

[0054] At block 606, the device may determine the number of devices based at least in part on the one or more indications, wherein the devices operate in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode on the wireless communication. As such, in some embodiments, the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field may be reused to specify the number of user devices that may be addressed for the pure MU-MIMO mode (also referred to as full-band MU-MIMO mode). That is, the one or more bits in the HE- SIG-A field that were used to specify the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols may be reused to indicate the number of users. For example, using three bits may permit specifying up to 2³ = 8 user devices, which is compatible with the greatest number of user devices that can be supported in MU-MIMO operation in conventional IEEE 802.1 lax wireless environments. As such, the number of HE-SIG-B OFDM symbols may be calculated or otherwise determined from the number of user devices and the MCS of the HE-SIG-B instead of using the one or more bits in the HE-SIG-A field that may be now used for determining the number of users. The user device receiving the preamble may determine its allocated spatial stream based at least in part on the number of users that was indicated in the HE-SIG-A field.

[0055] FIG. 7 illustrates a block-diagram of an example embodiment 700 of a device 710 that can operate in accordance with at least certain aspects of the disclosure. In one aspect, the device 710 can operate as a wireless device and can embody or can comprise an access point, a mobile computing device (e.g., user equipment or station), or other types of communication device that can transmit and/or receive wireless communications in accordance with this disclosure. To permit wireless communication, including resource allocation and/or another type of operation in full-band MU-MIMO as described herein, the device 710 includes a radio unit 714 and a communication unit 726. In certain implementations, the communication unit 726 can generate packets or other types of information blocks via a network stack, for example, and can convey the packets or other types of information block to the radio unit 714 for wireless communication. In one embodiment, the network stack (not shown) can be embodied in or can constitute a library or other types of programming module, and the communication unit 726 can execute the network stack in order to generate a packet or other types of information block. Generation of the packet or the information block can include, for example, generation of control information (e.g., checksum data, communication address(es)), traffic information (e.g., pay load data), and/or formatting of such information into a specific packet header.

[0056] As illustrated, the radio unit 714 can include one or more antennas 716 and a multi-mode communication processing unit 718. In certain embodiments, the antenna(s) 716 can be embodied in or can include, for example, directional or omnidirectional antennas, including, for example, dipole antennas, monopole antennas, patch antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas or other types of antennas suitable for transmission of RF signals. In addition, or in other embodiments, at least some of the antenna(s) 716 can be physically separated to leverage spatial diversity and related different channel characteristics associated with such diversity. In addition or in other embodiments, the multi-mode communication processing unit 718 that can process at least wireless signals in accordance with one or more radio technology protocols and/or modes (such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), single-input multiple-output (SIMO), multiple- input single-output (MISO), and the like. Each of such protocol(s) can be configured to communicate (e.g., transmit, receive, or exchange) data, metadata, and/or signaling over a specific air interface. The one or more radio technology protocols can include 3GPP UMTS; LTE; LTE-A; Wi-Fi protocols, such as those of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards; Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX); radio technologies and related protocols for ad hoc networks, such as Bluetooth or ZigBee; other protocols for packetized wireless communication; or the like). The multi-mode communication processing unit 718 also can process non-wireless signals (analogic, digital, a combination thereof, or the like).

[0057] In one embodiment, e.g., example embodiment 800 shown in FIG. 8, the multi- mode communication processing unit 718 of FIG. 7 can comprise a set of one or more transmitters/receivers 804, and components therein (amplifiers, filters, analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, etc.), functionally coupled to a multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) unit 808, a modulator/demodulator (mod/demod) unit 818 (also referred to as modem 818), and a coder/decoder unit 812 (also referred to as codec 812). Each of the transmitter(s)/receiver(s) can form respective transceiver(s) that can transmit and receive wireless signal (e.g., electromagnetic radiation) via the one or more antennas 716 of FIG. 7. It should be appreciated that in other embodiments, the multi-mode communication processing unit 718 of FIG. 7 can include, for example, other functional elements, such as one or more sensors, a sensor hub, an offload engine or unit, a combination thereof, or the like. While illustrated as separate blocks in the device 710 of FIG. 7, it should be appreciated that in certain embodiments, at least a portion of the multi-mode communication processing unit 718 of FIG. 7and the communication unit 726 of FIG. 7can be integrated into a single unit (e.g., a single chipset or other type of solid state circuitry). In one aspect, such a unit can be configured by programmed instructions retained in the memory 734 of FIG. 7 and/or other memory devices integrated into or functionally coupled to the unit. [0058] Electronic components and associated circuitry, such as mux/demux unit 808, codec 812, and modem 818 can permit or facilitate processing and manipulation, e.g., coding/decoding, deciphering, and/or modulation/demodulation, of signal(s) received by the communication device 710 and signal(s) to be transmitted by the device 710 of FIG. 7. In one aspect, as described herein, received and transmitted wireless signals can be modulated and/or coded, or otherwise processed, in accordance with one or more radio technology protocols. Such radio technology protocol(s) can include 3GPP UMTS; 3GPP LTE; LTE-A; Wi-Fi protocols, such as IEEE 802.11 family of standards (IEEE 802.ac, IEEE 802. ax, and the like); WiMAX; radio technologies and related protocols for ad hoc networks, such as Bluetooth or ZigBee; other protocols for packetized wireless communication; or the like.

[0059] The electronic components in the described communication unit, including the one or more transmitters/receivers 804, can exchange information (e.g., data, metadata, code instructions, signaling and related payload data, combinations thereof, or the like) through a bus 814, which can embody or can comprise at least one of a system bus, an address bus, a data bus, a message bus, a reference link or interface, a combination thereof, or the like. Each of the one or more receivers/transmitters 804 can convert signal from analog to digital and vice versa. In addition or in the alternative, the receivers )/transmitter(s) 804 can divide a single data stream into multiple parallel data streams, or perform the reciprocal operation. Such operations may be conducted as part of various multiplexing schemes. As illustrated, the mux/demux unit 808 is functionally coupled to the one or more receivers/transmitters 804 and can permit processing of signals in time and frequency domain. In one aspect, the mux/demux unit 808 can multiplex and demultiplex information (e.g., data, metadata, and/or signaling) according to various multiplexing schemes such as time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), space division multiplexing (SDM). In addition or in the alternative, in another aspect, the mux/demux unit 808 can scramble and spread information (e.g., codes) according to most any code, such as Hadamard-Walsh codes, Baker codes, Kasami codes, polyphase codes, and the like. The modem 816 can modulate and demodulate information (e.g., data, metadata, signaling, or a combination thereof) according to various modulation techniques, such as frequency modulation (e.g., frequency -shift keying), amplitude modulation (e.g., M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), with M a positive integer; amplitude-shift keying (ASK)), phase-shift keying (PSK), and the like). In addition, processor(s) that can be included in the device 710 of FIG. 7 (e.g., processor(s) included in the radio unit 714 of FIG. 7 or other functional element(s) of the device 710 of FIG. 7) can permit processing data (e.g., symbols, bits, or chips) for multiplexing/demultiplexing, modulation/demodulation (such as implementing direct and inverse fast Fourier transforms) selection of modulation rates, selection of data packet formats, inter-packet times, and the like.

[0060] The codec 812 can operate on information (e.g., data, metadata, signaling, or a combination thereof) in accordance with one or more coding/decoding schemes suitable for communication, at least in part, through the one or more transceivers formed from respective transmitter(s)/receiver(s) 804. In one aspect, such coding/decoding schemes, or related procedure(s), can be retained as a group of one or more computer-accessible instructions (computer-readable instructions, computer-executable instructions, or a combination thereof) in one or more memory devices 734 of FIG. 7 (referred to as memory 734). In a scenario in which wireless communication among the device 710 and another computing device (e.g., a station or other types of user equipment) utilizes MIMO, MISO, SIMO, or SISO operation, the codec 812 can implement at least one of space-time block coding (STBC) and associated decoding, or space-frequency block (SFBC) coding and associated decoding. In addition or in the alternative, the codec 812 can extract information from data streams coded in accordance with spatial multiplexing scheme. In one aspect, to decode received information (e.g., data, metadata, signaling, or a combination thereof), the codec 812 can implement at least one of computation of log- likelihood ratios (LLR) associated with constellation realization for a specific demodulation; maximal ratio combining (MRC) filtering, maximum-likelihood (ML) detection, successive interference cancellation (SIC) detection, zero forcing (ZF) and minimum mean square error estimation (MMSE) detection, or the like. The codec 812 can utilize, at least in part, mux/demux unit 808 and mod/demod unit 816 to operate in accordance with aspects described herein.

[0061] With further reference to FIG. 7, the device 710 can operate in a variety of wireless environments having wireless signals conveyed in different electromagnetic radiation (EM) frequency bands. To at least such end, the multi-mode communication processing unit 718 in accordance with aspects of the disclosure can process (code, decode, format, etc.) wireless signals within a set of one or more EM frequency bands (also referred to as frequency bands) comprising one or more of radio frequency (RF) portions of the EM spectrum, microwave portion(s) of the EM spectrum, or infrared (IR) portion(s) of the EM spectrum. In one aspect, the set of one or more frequency bands can include at least one of (i) all or most licensed EM frequency bands, (such as the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands, including the 2.4 GHz band or the 5 GHz bands); or (ii) all or most unlicensed frequency bands (such as the 60 GHz band) currently available for telecommunication.

[0062] The device 710 can receive and/or transmit information encoded and/or modulated or otherwise processed in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. To at least such an end, in certain embodiments, the device 710 can acquire or otherwise access information wirelessly via the radio unit 714 (also referred to as radio 714), where at least a portion of such information can be encoded and/or modulated in accordance with aspects described herein. As illustrated, in certain embodiments, the device 710 can include one or more memory elements 736 (referred to as resource allocation specification 736) that can include, for example, information defining or otherwise specifying field attributes, field lengths, rules for distribution of user-specific (or device-specific) part between fields (e.g., HE-SIG-Bl and HE-SIG-B2), type of information (number of client devices, device-specific blocks, etc.) to be conveyed in a field (e.g., HE-SIG-A and/or HE- SIG-B) that can be utilized for resource allocation (and/or other types of operations) in full-band MU-MIMO wireless communications, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. In addition or in other embodiments, the resource allocation specification 736 can specify instructions and/or other information (e.g., data, such as parameters (e.g., number of streams, number of user devices, etc.) and/or signaling) for implementation of one or more operations for resource allocation in full-band MU-MIMO, as described herein. In addition, the device 710, via the communication unit 726, for example, can implement the resource allocation in full-band MU-MIMO of this disclosure according to instructions or other information retained in in one or more memory elements 738 (referred to as resource allocation information 738). It is noted that the operation(s) that can be implemented by the communication unit 726, for example, can be specific to the type of device that the device 710 embodies. Specifically, in some aspects, the operation(s) implemented by the communication unit 726 for a client device can be different than other operation(s) implemented by the communication unit 726 for an AP device. In some embodiments, the resource allocation specification 736 and/or the resource allocation information 738 also may change depending on whether the device 710 embodies or constitutes a client device or an AP device. In other some embodiments, the resource allocation specification 736 and/or the resource allocation information 738 also may remain unchanged depending on whether the device 710 embodies or constitutes a client device or an AP device.

[0063] The memory 734 can contain one or more memory elements having information suitable for processing information received according to a predetermined communication protocol (e.g., IEEE 802.1 l ac or IEEE 802.1 lax). While not shown, in certain embodiments, one or more memory elements of the memory 734 can include, for example, computer-accessible instructions that can be executed by one or more of the functional elements of the device 710 in order to implement at least some of the functionality for implementation of resource allocation and/or other type of operations in full-band MU-MIMO, in accordance with aspects described herein. One or more groups of such computer-accessible instructions can embody or can constitute a programming interface that can permit communication of information (e.g., data, metadata, and/or signaling) between functional elements of the device 710 for implementation of such functionality.

[0064] As illustrated, the device 710 can include one or more I/O interfaces 722. At least one of the I/O interface(s) 722 can permit the exchange of information between the device 710 and another computing device and/or a storage device. Such an exchange can be wireless (e.g., via near field communication or optically-switched communication) or wireline. At least another one of the I/O interface(s) 722 can permit presenting information visually, aurally, and/or via movement to an end-user of the device 710. In one example, a haptic device can embody the I/O interface of the I/O interface(s) 722 that permit conveying information via movement. In addition, in the illustrated device 710, a bus architecture 742 (also referred to as bus 742) can permit the exchange of information (e.g., data, metadata, and/or signaling) between two or more functional elements of the device 710. For instance, the bus 742 can permit exchange of information between two or more of (i) the radio unit 714 or a functional element therein, (ii) at least one of the I/O interface(s) 722, (iii) the communication unit 726, or (iv) the memory 734. In addition, one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) (not depicted in FIG. 7) or other types of programming interfaces that can permit exchange of information (e.g., data and/or metadata) between two or more of the functional elements of the device 710. At least one of such API(s) can be retained or otherwise stored in the memory 734. In certain embodiments, it should be appreciated that at least one of the API(s) or other programming interfaces can permit the exchange of information within components of the communication unit 726. The bus 742 also can permit a similar exchange of information. In certain embodiments, the bus 752 can embody or can include at least one of a system bus, an address bus, a data bus, a message bus, a reference link or interface, a combination thereof, or the like. In addition or in other embodiments, the bus 752 can include, for example, components for wireline and wireless communication.

[0065] It should be appreciated that portions of the device 710 can embody or can constitute an apparatus. For instance, the multi-mode communication processing unit 718, the communication unit 726, and at least a portion of the memory 734 can embody or can constitute an apparatus that can operate in accordance with one or more aspects of this disclosure.

[0066] FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a computational environment 900 for wireless communication in accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosure. The example computational environment 900 is only illustrative and is not intended to suggest or otherwise convey any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of such computational environments' architecture. In addition, the computational environment 900 should not be interpreted as having any dependency or requirement relating to any one or combination of components illustrated in this example computational environment. The illustrative computational environment 900 can embody or can include, for example, the device 710, one or more of the base stations 114a, 114b, 114c, AP device 210 of FIG. 2, and/or any other computing devices (device 110a, device 110b, STA 220, STA 230, and/or device 710) of FIG. 1 that can implement or otherwise leverage the elements described herein in connection with the resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO of this disclosure.

[0067] The computational environment 900 represents an example of a software implementation of the various aspects or features of the disclosure in which the processing or execution of operations described in connection with the implementation of resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO wireless communications in accordance with aspects described herein can be performed in response to execution of one or more software components at the computing device 910. It should be appreciated that the one or more software components can render the computing device 910, or any other computing device that contains such components, a particular machine for implementation (e.g., configuration, generation, and/or transmission) in wireless communication in accordance with aspects described herein, among other functional purposes. A software component can be embodied in or can comprise one or more computer-accessible instructions, e.g., computer-readable and/or computer-executable instructions. At least a portion of the computer-accessible instructions can embody one or more of the example techniques disclosed herein. For instance, to embody one such method, at least the portion of the computer-accessible instructions can be persisted (e.g., stored, made available, or stored and made available) in a computer storage non-transitory medium and executed by a processor. The one or more computer-accessible (or processor-accessible) instructions that embody a software component can be assembled into one or more program modules, for example, that can be compiled, linked, and/or executed at the computing device 910 or other computing devices. Generally, such program modules comprise computer code, routines, programs, objects, components, information structures (e.g., data structures and/or metadata structures), etc., that can perform particular tasks (e.g., one or more operations) in response to execution by one or more processors, which can be integrated into the computing device 910 or functionally coupled thereto.

[0068] The various example embodiments of the disclosure can be operational with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well-known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that can be suitable for implementation of various aspects or features of the disclosure in connection with the elements of implementation of resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO wireless communications can comprise personal computers; server computers; laptop devices; handheld computing devices, such as mobile tablets; wearable computing devices; and multiprocessor systems. Additional examples can include set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, blade computers, programmable logic controllers, distributed computing environments that comprise any of the above systems or devices, and the like.

[0069] As illustrated, the computing device 910 can comprise one or more processors 914, one or more input/output (I/O) interfaces 916, a memory 930, and a bus architecture 932 (also termed bus 932) that functionally couples various functional elements of the computing device 910. As illustrated, the computing device 910 also can include a radio unit 912. In one example, similarly to the radio unit 714 of FIG. 7, the radio unit 912 can include one or more antennas and a communication processing unit that can permit wireless communication between the computing device 910 and another device, such as one of the computing device(s) 970. The bus 932 can include at least one of a system bus, a memory bus, an address bus, or a message bus, and can permit exchange of information (data, metadata, and/or signaling) between the processor(s) 914, the I/O interface(s) 916, and/or the memory 930, or respective functional element therein. In certain scenarios, the bus 932 in conjunction with one or more internal programming interfaces 950 (also referred to as interface(s) 950) can permit such exchange of information. In scenarios in which processor(s) 914 include multiple processors, the computing device 910 can utilize parallel computing.

[0070] The I/O interface(s) 916 can permit or otherwise facilitate communication of information between the computing device and an external device, such as another computing device, e.g., a network element or an end-user device. Such communication can include, for example, direct communication or indirect communication, such as exchange of information between the computing device 910 and the external device via a network or elements thereof. As illustrated, the I/O interface(s) 916 can comprise one or more of network adapter(s) 918, peripheral adapter(s) 922, and display unit(s) 926. Such adapter(s) can permit or facilitate connectivity between the external device and one or more of the processor(s) 914 or the memory 930. In one aspect, at least one of the network adapter(s) 918 can couple functionally the computing device 910 to one or more computing devices 970 via one or more traffic and signaling pipes 960 that can permit or facilitate exchange of traffic 962 and signaling 964 between the computing device 910 and the one or more computing devices 970. Such network coupling provided at least in part by the at least one of the network adapter(s) 918 can be implemented in a wired environment, a wireless environment, or both. Therefore, it should be appreciated that in certain embodiments, the functionality of the radio unit 912 can be provided by a combination of at least one of the network adapter(s) 918 and at least one of the processor(s) 914. Accordingly, in such embodiments, the radio unit 912 may not be included in the computing device 910. The information that is communicated by the at least one network adapter can result from implementation of one or more operations in a method of the disclosure. Such output can be any form of visual representation, including, but not limited to, textual, graphical, animation, audio, tactile, and the like. In certain scenarios, each of the computing device(s) 970 can have substantially the same architecture as the computing device 910. In addition or in the alternative, the display unit(s) 926 can include functional elements (e.g., lights, such as light-emitting diodes; a display, such as liquid crystal display (LCD), combinations thereof, or the like) that can permit control of the operation of the computing device 910, or can permit conveying or revealing operational conditions of the computing device 910.

[0071] In one aspect, the bus 932 represents one or more of several possible types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. As an illustration, such architectures can comprise an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, an Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) bus, and a Peripheral Component Interconnects (PCI) bus, a PCI- Express bus, a Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association (PCMCIA) bus, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and the like. The bus 932, and all buses described herein can be implemented over a wired or wireless network connection and each of the subsystems, including the processor(s) 914, the memory 930 and memory elements therein, and the I/O interface(s) 916 can be contained within one or more remote computing devices 970 at physically separate locations, connected through buses of this form, in effect implementing a fully distributed system.

[0072] The computing device 910 can comprise a variety of computer-readable media. Computer readable media can be any available media (transitory and non-transitory) that can be accessed by a computing device. In one aspect, computer-readable media can comprise computer non-transitory storage media (or computer-readable non-transitory storage media) and communications media. Example computer-readable non-transitory storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by the computing device 910, and can comprise, for example, both volatile and non-volatile media, and removable and/or non-removable media. In one aspect, the memory 930 can comprise computer- readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM), and/or non-volatile memory, such as read only memory (ROM).

[0073] The memory 930 can comprise functionality instructions storage 934 and functionality information storage 938. The functionality instructions storage 934 can comprise computer-accessible instructions that, in response to execution (by at least one of the processor(s) 914), can implement one or more of the functionalities of the disclosure. The computer-accessible instructions can embody or can comprise one or more software components illustrated as resource allocation component(s) 936. In one scenario, execution of at least one component of the resource allocation component(s) 936 can implement one or more of the techniques disclosed herein. For instance, such execution can cause a processor that executes the at least one component to carry out a disclosed example method. It should be appreciated that, in one aspect, a processor of the processor(s) 914 that executes at least one of the resource allocation component(s) 936 can retrieve information from or retain information in a memory element 940 in the functionality information storage 938 in order to operate in accordance with the functionality programmed or otherwise configured by the resource allocation component(s) 936. Such information can include at least one of code instructions, information structures, or the like. At least one of the one or more interfaces 950 (e.g., application programming interface(s)) can permit or facilitate communication of information between two or more components within the functionality instructions storage 934. The information that is communicated by the at least one interface can result from implementation of one or more operations in a method of the disclosure. In certain embodiments, one or more of the functionality instructions storage 934 and the functionality information storage 938 can be embodied in or can comprise removable/nonremovable, and/or volatile/non-volatile computer storage media.

[0074] At least a portion of at least one of the resource allocation component(s) 936 or resource allocation information 940 can program or otherwise configure one or more of the processors 914 to operate at least in accordance with the functionality described herein. One or more of the processor(s) 914 can execute at least one of such components and leverage at least a portion of the information in the storage 938 in order to provide resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO communications in accordance with one or more aspects described herein. More specifically, yet not exclusively, execution of one or more of the component(s) 936 can permit transmitting and/or receiving information at the computing device 910, where the at least a portion of the information can include, for example, one or more rules for distribution of user-specific (or device-specific) part between fields (e.g., HE-SIG-B1 and HE-SIG-B2); first information (e.g., one or more bits) indicative or otherwise representative of a first field (e.g., HE-SIG-A) of preamble that can convey a number of user devices that operate in full-band MU-MIMO; second information indicative of a second field (e.g., HE-SIG-B, HE-SIG-B1, and/or HE-SIG-B2) of the preamble in accordance with the resource allocation in full-band MU-MIMO of this disclosure; a combination thereof; or the like, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As such, it should be appreciated that in certain embodiments, a combination of the processor(s) 914, the resource allocation component(s) 936, and the resource allocation information 940 can form means for providing specific functionality for implementation of resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO wireless communications in accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosure. Similarly to other embodiments described herein, it is noted that the operation(s) and/or means for providing functionality that can be implemented by a combination of the processor(s) 914, the resource allocation component(s) 936, and the resource allocation information 940, for example, can be specific to the type of device that the device 910 embodies. Specifically, in some aspects, the operation(s) implemented by the resource allocation component(s) 936 and the processor(s) 914 for a client device can be different than other operation(s) implemented by the resource allocation component(s) 936 and the processor(s) 914 for an AP device. In some embodiments, the resource allocation component(s) 936 and/or the resource allocation information 940 also may change depending on whether the device 910 embodies or constitutes a client device or an AP device. In other some embodiments, the resource allocation component(s) 936 and/or the resource allocation information 940 also may remain unchanged depending on whether the device 910 embodies or constitutes a client device or an AP device.

[0075] It should be appreciated that, in certain scenarios, the functionality instruction(s) storage 934 can embody or can comprise a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having computer-accessible instructions that, in response to execution, cause at least one processor (e.g., one or more of processor(s) 914) to perform a group of operations comprising the operations or blocks described in connection with the disclosed techniques for resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU- MIMO wireless communications.

[0076] In addition, the memory 930 can comprise computer-accessible instructions and information (e.g., data and/or metadata) that permit or facilitate operation and/or administration (e.g., upgrades, software installation, any other configuration, or the like) of the computing device 910. Accordingly, as illustrated, the memory 930 can comprise a memory element 942 (labeled OS instruction(s) 942) that contains one or more program modules that embody or include one or more OSs, such as Windows operating system, Unix, Linux, Symbian, Android, Chromium, and substantially any OS suitable for mobile computing devices or tethered computing devices. In one aspect, the operational and/or architecture complexity of the computing device 910 can dictate a suitable OS. The memory 930 also comprises a system information storage 946 having data and/or metadata that permits or facilitate operation and/or administration of the computing device 910. Elements of the OS instruction(s) 942 and the system information storage 946 can be accessible or can be operated on by at least one of the processor(s) 914.

[0077] It should be recognized that while the functionality instructions storage 934 and other executable program components, such as the operating system instruction(s) 942, are illustrated herein as discrete blocks, such software components can reside at various times in different memory components of the computing device 910, and can be executed by at least one of the processor(s) 914. In certain scenarios, an implementation of the resource allocation component(s) 936 can be retained on or transmitted across some form of computer readable media.

[0078] The computing device 910 and/or one of the computing device(s) 970 can include a power supply (not shown), which can power up components or functional elements within such devices. The power supply can be a rechargeable power supply, e.g., a rechargeable battery, and it can include one or more transformers to achieve a power level suitable for operation of the computing device 910 and/or one of the computing device(s) 970, and components, functional elements, and related circuitry therein. In certain scenarios, the power supply can be attached to a conventional power grid to recharge and ensure that such devices can be operational. In one aspect, the power supply can include an I/O interface (e.g., one of the network adapter(s) 918) to connect operationally to the conventional power grid. In another aspect, the power supply can include an energy conversion component, such as a solar panel, to provide additional or alternative power resources or autonomy for the computing device 910 and/or one of the computing device(s) 970.

[0079] The computing device 910 can operate in a networked environment by utilizing connections to one or more remote computing devices 970. As an illustration, a remote computing device can be a personal computer, a portable computer, a server, a router, a network computer, a peer device or other common network node, and so on. As described herein, connections (physical and/or logical) between the computing device 910 and a computing device of the one or more remote computing devices 970 can be made via one or more traffic and signaling pipes 960, which can comprise wireline link(s) and/or wireless link(s) and several network elements (such as routers or switches, concentrators, servers, and the like) that form a PAN, a LAN, a WAN, a WPAN, a WLAN, and/or a WW AN. Such networking environments are conventional and commonplace in dwellings, offices, enterprise-wide computer networks, intranets, local area networks, and wide area networks.

[0080] It should be appreciated that portions of the computing device 910 can embody or can constitute an apparatus. For instance, at least one of the processor(s) 914; at least a portion of the memory 930, including a portion of the resource allocation component(s) 936 and a portion of the resource allocation information 940; and at least a portion of the bus 932 can embody or can constitute an apparatus that can operate in accordance with one or more aspects of this disclosure.

[0081] FIG. 10 presents another example embodiment 1000 of a device 1010 in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure. The device 1010 can embody or can include, for example, one of the communication devices 110a, 110b, 110c; one or more of the base stations 114a, 114b, 114c of FIG. 1; and/or any other computing device (e.g., device 710 of FIG. 7 or device 910 of FIG. 9) that implements or otherwise leverages the elements described herein in connection with implementation of resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO. In certain embodiments, the communication device 1010 can be a HEW-compliant device that may be configured to communicate with one or more other HEW devices and/or other types of communication devices, such as legacy communication devices. HEW devices and legacy devices also may be referred to as HEW stations (HEW STAs) and legacy STAs, respectively. In one implementation, the communication device 1010 can operate as an access point (such as AP device 114a, AP device 114b, or AP device 114c of FIG. 1). As illustrated, the communication device 1010 can include, among other things, physical layer (PHY) circuitry 1020 and medium-access-control layer (MAC) circuitry 1030. In one aspect, the PHY circuitry 1010 and the MAC circuitry 1030 can be HEW compliant layers and can be compliant with one or more legacy IEEE 802.11 standards. In one aspect, the MAC circuitry 1030 can be arranged to configure physical layer converge protocol (PLCP) protocol data units (PPDUs) and arranged to transmit and receive PPDUs, among other things. In addition or in other embodiments, the communication device 1010 also can include other hardware processing circuitry 1040 (e.g., one or more processors) and one or more memory devices 1050 configured to perform the various operations described herein.

[0082] In certain embodiments, the MAC circuitry 1030 can be arranged to contend for a wireless medium during a contention period to receive control of the medium for the HEW control period and configure an HEW PPDU. In addition or in other embodiments, the PHY circuitry 1020 can be arranged to transmit the HEW PPDU. The PHY circuitry 1020 can include circuitry for modulation/demodulation, upconversion/downconversion, filtering, amplification, etc. As such, the communication device 1010 can include a transceiver to transmit and receive data such as HEW PPDU. In certain embodiments, the hardware processing circuitry 1040 can include one or more processors. The hardware processing circuitry 1040 can be configured to perform functions based on instructions being stored in a memory device (e.g., RAM or ROM) or based on special purpose circuitry. In certain embodiments, the hardware processing circuitry 1040 can be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein, such as allocating bandwidth or receiving allocations of bandwidth.

[0083] In certain embodiments, one or more antennas may be coupled to or included in the PHY circuitry 1020. The antenna(s) can transmit and receive wireless signals, including transmission of HEW packets or other type of radio packets. As described herein, the one or more antennas can include one or more directional or omnidirectional antennas, including dipole antennas, monopole antennas, patch antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas or other types of antennas suitable for transmission of RF signals. In scenarios in which MIMO communication is utilized, the antennas may be physically separated to leverage spatial diversity and the different channel characteristics that may result.

[0084] The memory 1050 can retain or otherwise store information for configuring the other circuitry to perform operations for configuring and transmitting HEW packets or other types of radio packets, and performing the various operations described herein including, for example, implementation of resource allocation and/or other types of operations in full-band MU-MIMO in accordance with one or more embodiments of this disclosure. [0085] The communication device 1010 can be configured to communicate using OFDM communication signals over a multicarrier communication channel. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the communication device 1010 can be configured to communicate in accordance with one or more specific radio technology protocols, such as the IEEE family of standards including IEEE 802.1 1, IEEE 802.1 1η, IEEE 802.1 l ac, IEEE 802.1 lax, DensiFi, and/or proposed specifications for WLANs. In one of such embodiments, the communication device 1010 can utilize or otherwise rely on symbols having a duration that is four times the symbol duration of IEEE 802.11η and/or IEEE 802.1 l ac. It should be appreciated that the disclosure is not limited in this respect and, in certain embodiments, the communication device 1010 also can transmit and/or receive wireless communications in accordance with other protocols and/or standards.

[0086] The communication device 1010 can be embodied in or can constitute a portable wireless communication device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop or portable computer with wireless communication capability, a web tablet, a wireless telephone, a smartphone, a wireless headset, a pager, an instant messaging device, a digital camera, an access point, a television, a medical device (e.g., a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, etc.), an access point, a base station, a transmit receive device for a wireless standard such as IEEE 802.11 or IEEE 802.16, or other types of communication device that may receive and/or transmit information wirelessly. Similarly, to the computing device 910 of FIG. 9, the communication device 1010 can include, for example, one or more of a keyboard, a display, a non-volatile memory port, multiple antennas, a graphics processor, an application processor, speakers, and other mobile device elements. The display may be an LCD screen including a touch screen.

[0087] It should be appreciated that while the communication device 1010 is illustrated as having several separate functional elements, one or more of the functional elements may be combined and may be implemented by combinations of software- configured elements, such as processing elements including digital signal processors (DSPs), and/or other hardware elements. For example, some elements may comprise one or more microprocessors, DSPs, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) and combinations of various hardware and logic circuitry for performing at least the functions described herein. In certain embodiments, the functional elements may refer to one or more processes operating or otherwise executing on one or more processors. It should further be appreciated that portions of the communication device 1010 can embody or can constitute an apparatus. For instance, the processing circuitry 1040 and the memory 1050 can embody or can constitute an apparatus that can operate in accordance with one or more aspects of this disclosure. The apparatus also can include functional elements (e.g., a bus architecture and/or API(s) as described herein) that can permit exchange of information between the processing circuitry 1040 and the memory 1050.

[0088] Various embodiments of the disclosure may take the form of an entirely or partially hardware embodiment, an entirely or partially software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware (e.g., a firmware embodiment). Furthermore, as described herein, various embodiments of the disclosure (e.g., methods and systems) may take the form of a computer program product comprising a computer-readable non- transitory storage medium having computer-accessible instructions (e.g., computer- readable and/or computer-executable instructions) such as computer software, encoded or otherwise embodied in such storage medium. Those instructions can be read or otherwise accessed and executed by one or more processors to perform or permit performance of the operations described herein. The instructions can be provided in any suitable form, such as source code, compiled code, interpreted code, executable code, static code, dynamic code, assembler code, combinations of the foregoing, and the like. Any suitable computer-readable non-transitory storage medium may be utilized to form the computer program product. For instance, the computer-readable medium may include any tangible non-transitory medium for storing information in a form readable or otherwise accessible by one or more computers or processor(s) functionally coupled thereto. Non-transitory storage media can include read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory, etc.

[0089] Embodiments of the operational environments and techniques (procedures, methods, processes, and the like) are described herein with reference to block diagrams and flowchart illustrations of methods, systems, apparatuses and computer program products. It can be understood that each block of the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, respectively, can be implemented by computer-accessible instructions. In certain implementations, the computer-accessible instructions may be loaded or otherwise incorporated into a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable information processing apparatus to produce a particular machine, such that the operations or functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks can be implemented in response to execution at the computer or processing apparatus.

[0090] According to example embodiments of the disclosure, there may be a device. The device may include at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions. The device may further include instructions to at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. The device may further include instructions to determine one or more first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. The device may further include instructions to determine a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices. The device may further include instructions to determine a number of threads of a high- efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth. The device may further include instructions to cause to send the HE-SIG-A field to at least one of the one or more first devices.

[0091] The implementations may include one or more of the following features. The first field may include one or more bits encoded based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to encode a stream allocation index associated with a number of spatial streams assigned to the one or more first devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a number of HE-SIG-B symbols based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices and a modulation encoding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field. The at least one processor may be further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a division of the one or more first devices between a first thread and a second thread within a preamble when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz. The one or more first devices are divided into a first set and a second set, and wherein the first set is associated with the first thread and the second set is associated with the second thread. One or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel. The one or more user- specific parts are associated with the one or more first devices and are distributed such that a floor number of half of a number of the one or more first devices is assigned to the first thread and a remainder of the one or more first devices is assigned to the second thread. The preamble may include the HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B, and wherein the HE-SIG-A field may include an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the HE-SIG-B field. The device may further include a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The device may further include one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

[0092] According to example embodiments of the disclosure, there may be a non- transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include determining a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. The operations may include determining one or more first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. The operations may include determining a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices. The operations may include determining a number of threads of a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth. The operations may include causing to send the HE- SIG-A field to at least one of the one or more first devices.

[0093] The implementations may include one or more of the following features. The first field may include one or more bits encoded based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices. The computer-executable instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising encoding a stream allocation index associated with a number of spatial streams assigned to the one or more first devices. The computer- executable instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising determining a number of HE-SIG-B symbols based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices and a modulation encoding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field. The computer-executable instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising determining a division of the one or more first devices between a first thread and a second thread within a preamble when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz. The one or more first devices are divided into a first set and a second set, and wherein the first set is associated with the first thread and the second set is associated with the second thread. One or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel. The one or more user-specific parts are associated with the one or more first devices and are distributed such that a floor number of half of a number of the one or more first devices is assigned to the first thread and a remainder of the one or more first devices is assigned to the second thread. The preamble may include the HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B, and wherein the HE-SIG-A field may include an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the HE-SIG-B field.

[0094] In example embodiments of the disclosure, there may be an apparatus. The apparatus may include means for determining a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth. The apparatus may include means for determining one or more first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. The apparatus may include means for determining a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices. The apparatus may include means for determining a number of threads of a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth. The apparatus may include means for causing to send the HE-SIG-A field to at least one of the one or more first devices.

[0095] The implementations may include one or more of the following features. The first field includes one or more bits encoded based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to encode a stream allocation index associated with a number of spatial streams assigned to the one or more first devices. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a number of HE-SIG-B symbols based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices and a modulation encoding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a division of the one or more first devices between a first thread and a second thread within a preamble when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz. The one or more first devices are divided into a first set and a second set, and wherein the first set is associated with the first thread and the second set is associated with the second thread. One or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel. The one or more user- specific parts are associated with the one or more first devices and are distributed such that a floor number of half of a number of the one or more first devices is assigned to the first thread and a remainder of the one or more first devices is assigned to the second thread. The preamble includes the HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B, and wherein the HE-SIG-A field includes an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the HE- SIG-B field.

[0096] According to example embodiments of the disclosure, there may include a method. The method may include identifying a high efficiency preamble on a wireless communication channel received from a first device, the high efficiency preamble including, at least in part, one or more high efficiency signal fields. The method may include identifying one or more indications included in at least one of the one or more high efficiency signal fields. The method may include determining a number of devices based at least in part on the one or more indications, wherein the devices operate in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode on the wireless communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth.

[0097] The implementations may include one or more of the following features. The method may further include determining a stream allocation index based at least in part on the number of devices. The method may include determining a number of streams to be used by at least one of the devices. The one or more high efficiency signal fields include at least one of a high efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field and a high efficiency signal B (HE- SIG-B) field. The method may further include determining a first thread of the HE-SIG-B field and a second thread of the HE-SIG-B field when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz. The one or more indications include at least in part one or more bits included in the HE-SIG-A field. The HE-SIG-B is distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel. [0098] Unless otherwise expressly stated, it is in no way intended that any protocol, procedure, process, or method set forth herein be construed as requiring that its acts or steps be performed in a specific order. Accordingly, where a process or method claim does not actually recite an order to be followed by its acts or steps or it is not otherwise specifically recited in the claims or descriptions of the subject disclosure that the steps are to be limited to a specific order, it is in no way intended that an order be inferred, in any respect. This holds for any possible non-express basis for interpretation, including: matters of logic with respect to arrangement of steps or operational flow; plain meaning derived from grammatical organization or punctuation; the number or type of embodiments described in the specification or annexed drawings, or the like.

[0099] As used in this application, the terms "component," "environment," "system," "architecture," "interface," "unit," "engine," "platform," "module," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity or an entity related to an operational apparatus with one or more specific functionalities. Such entities may be either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. As an example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable portion of software, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computing device. For example, both a software application executing on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution. A component may be localized on one computing device or distributed between two or more computing devices. As described herein, a component can execute from various computer-readable non-transitory media having various data structures stored thereon. Components can communicate via local and/or remote processes in accordance, for example, with a signal (either analogic or digital) having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as a wide area network with other systems via the signal). As another example, a component can be an apparatus with specific functionality provided by mechanical parts operated by electric or electronic circuitry that is controlled by a software application or firmware application executed by a processor, wherein the processor can be internal or external to the apparatus and can execute at least a part of the software or firmware application. As yet another example, a component can be an apparatus that provides specific functionality through electronic components without mechanical parts, the electronic components can include a processor therein to execute software or firmware that confers at least in part the functionality of the electronic components. An interface can include input/output (I/O) components as well as associated processor, application, and/or other programming components. The terms "component," "environment," "system," "architecture," "interface," "unit," "engine," "platform," "module" can be utilized interchangeably and can be referred to collectively as functional elements.

[0100] In the present specification and annexed drawings, reference to a "processor" is made. As utilized herein, a processor can refer to any computing processing unit or device comprising single-core processors; single-processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors; multi-core processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors with hardware multithread technology; parallel platforms; and parallel platforms with distributed shared memory. Additionally, a processor can refer to an integrated circuit (IC), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic controller (PLC), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A processor can be implemented as a combination of computing processing units. In certain embodiments, processors can utilize nanoscale architectures such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum-dot based transistors, switches and gates, in order to optimize space usage or enhance performance of user equipment.

[0101] In addition, in the present specification and annexed drawings, terms such as "store," storage," "data store," "data storage," "memory," "repository," and substantially any other information storage component relevant to operation and functionality of a component of the disclosure, refer to "memory components," entities embodied in a "memory," or components forming the memory. It can be appreciated that the memory components or memories described herein embody or comprise non-transitory computer storage media that can be readable or otherwise accessible by a computing device. Such media can be implemented in any methods or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, information structures, program modules, or other information objects. The memory components or memories can be either volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memory. In addition, the memory components or memories can be removable or non-removable, and/or internal or external to a computing device or component. Example of various types of non-transitory storage media can comprise hard-disc drives, zip drives, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, flash memory cards or other types of memory cards, cartridges, or any other non-transitory medium suitable to retain the desired information and which can be accessed by a computing device.

[0102] As an illustration, non-volatile memory can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM). The disclosed memory components or memories of operational environments described herein are intended to comprise one or more of these and/or any other suitable types of memory.

[0103] Conditional language, such as, among others, "can," "could," "might," or "may," unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain implementations could include, while other implementations do not include, certain features, elements, and/or operations. Thus, such conditional language generally is not intended to imply that features, elements, and/or operations are in any way required for one or more implementations or that one or more implementations necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without user input or prompting, whether these features, elements, and/or operations are included or are to be performed in any particular implementation.

[0104] What has been described herein in the present specification and annexed drawings includes examples of systems, devices, techniques, and computer program products that provide a resource allocation for full-band multiuser MIMO communications and/or other types of wireless communications. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of elements and/or methods for purposes of describing the various features of the disclosure, but it can be recognized that many further combinations and permutations of the disclosed features are possible. Accordingly, it may be apparent that various modifications can be made to the disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit thereof. In addition or in the alternative, other embodiments of the disclosure may be apparent from consideration of the specification and annexed drawings, and practice of the disclosure as presented herein. It is intended that the examples put forward in the specification and annexed drawings be considered, in all respects, as illustrative and not restrictive. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

Claims

CLAIMS What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:

at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

determine a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth;

determine one or more first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode;

determine a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, including at least in part a first field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of the one or more first devices;

determine a number of threads of a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field based at least in part on the communication channel bandwidth; and

cause to send the HE-SIG-A field to at least one of the first devices.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first field includes one or more bits encoded based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to encode a stream allocation index associated with a number of spatial streams assigned to the one or more first devices.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a number of HE-SIG-B symbols based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices and a modulation encoding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a division of the one or more first devices between a first thread and a second thread within a preamble when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the first devices are divided into a first set and a second set, and wherein the first set is associated with the first thread and the second set is associated with the second thread.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein one or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the one or more user-specific parts are associated with the one or more first devices and are distributed such that a floor number of half of a number of the one or more first devices is assigned to the first thread and a remainder of the one or more first devices is assigned to the second thread.

9. The device of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the preamble includes the HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B, and wherein the HE-SIG-A field includes an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the HE-SIG-B field.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:

identifying a high efficiency preamble on a wireless communication channel received from a first device, the high efficiency preamble including, at least in part, one or more high efficiency signal fields;

identifying one or more indications included in at least one of the one or more high efficiency signal fields; and determining a number of devices based at least in part on the one or more indications, wherein the devices operate in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode on the wireless communication channel having a communication channel bandwidthA

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the computer- executable instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising:

determining a stream allocation index based at least in part on the number of devices; and

determining a number of streams to be used by at least one of the devices.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the one or more high efficiency signal fields include at least one of a high efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field and a high efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the computer- executable instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising determining a first thread of the HE-SIG-B field and a second thread of the HE-SIG-B field when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more indications include at least in part one or more bits included in the HE-SIG-A field.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of any one of claims 11-16, wherein one or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel.

18. A method comprising:

determining a first field included in a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field, wherein the first field is associated with a number of first devices operating in a full-band multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode on a communication channel having a communication channel bandwidth;

determining a second field included in the HE-SIG-A field is associated with a number of threads of a high-efficiency signal B (HE-SIG-B) field; and causing to send the HE-SIG-A field to the first devices.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first field includes one or more bits encoded based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to encode a stream allocation index associated with a number of spatial streams assigned to the one or more first devices.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a number of HE-SIG-B symbols based at least in part on the number of the one or more first devices and a modulation encoding scheme (MCS) of the HE-SIG-B field.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a division of the one or more first devices between a first thread and a second thread within a preamble when the communication channel bandwidth is greater than 20 MHz.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more first devices are divided into a first set and a second set, and wherein the first set is associated with the first thread and the second set is associated with the second thread.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein one or more user-specific parts of the HE-SIG-B are distributed using the first thread and the second thread, wherein the first thread is transmitted on a first subchannel of the communication channel and the second thread is transmitted on a second subchannel of the communication channel.

25. The method of any one of claims 18-24, wherein the one or more user-specific parts are associated with the one or more first devices and are distributed such that a floor number of half of a number of the one or more first devices is assigned to the first thread and a remainder of the one or more first devices is assigned to the second thread.