Compressed PSDU format for NBA-MMS-UWB control signals

1 . A method for a wireless device, the method comprising:

encoding data into a compressed physical layer (PHY) service data unit (PSDU) comprising a poll transmission, a response transmission, or a report transmission, wherein the compressed PSDU is associated with an operation to determine an estimated distance between the wireless device and a second wireless device,

wherein the compressed PSDU comprises:

an identifier (ID) field indicating whether the compressed PSDU is the poll transmission, the response transmission, or the report transmission, and

ID specific content following the ID field; and

transmitting the compressed PSDU to the second wireless device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PSDU further comprises an address field that indicates an address of the second wireless device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the ID field indicates that the PSDU is the poll transmission or the response transmission, the ID specific content comprises a block index.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving a Physical Layer Header (PHR) length field,

receiving a second compressed PSDU from the second wireless device, and

determining presence of the block index based on the PHR length field.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the ID field indicates that the PSDU is the report transmission, the ID specific content comprises one or more timestamps.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting one or more transmissions;

receiving a compressed report PSDU from the second wireless device comprising one or more timestamps corresponding to when the second wireless device receives the one or more transmissions, and

determining a number of timestamps in the compressed report PSDU based on a PHR length field,

decoding the compressed report PSDU, and

determining a distance between the wireless device and the second wireless device based on the one or more timestamps in the compressed report PSDU.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

encoding a header information element (IE) by mapping the compressed PSDU to fields in the header IE; and

transmitting the header IE.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PSDU is transmitted using Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (O-QPSK) PHY.

9 . A wireless device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the wireless device to:

encode data for a poll transmission for an operation to determine an estimated distance between the wireless device and a second wireless device into a compressed physical layer (PHY) service data unit (PSDU), wherein the compressed PSDU comprises:

an identifier (ID) field indicate that the PSDU is the poll transmission, and

a block index that indicates a count for the poll transmission; and

transmit the compressed PSDU to the second wireless device to configure the operation with the second wireless device.

10 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the compressed PSDU further comprises an address field that indicates an address of the second wireless device.

11 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the wireless device to encode and transmit a Physical Layer Header (PHR) length field indicating presence of the block index in the PSDU.

12 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the wireless device to:

transmit one or more transmissions for an operation to estimate a distance between the wireless device and a second wireless device;

receive a compressed report PSDU from the second wireless device comprising one or more timestamps corresponding to when the second wireless device receives the one or more transmissions, and

determine a number of timestamps in the compressed report PSDU based on a PHR length field,

decode the compressed report PSDU, and

determine a distance between the wireless device and the second wireless device based on the one or more timestamps in the compressed report PSDU.

13 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the wireless device to:

encode a header information element (IE) by mapping the compressed PSDU to fields in the header IE; and

transmit the header IE.

14 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the PSDU is transmitted using Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (O-QPSK) PHY 500 k.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

encode data into a compressed physical layer (PHY) service data unit (PSDU) comprising a poll transmission, a response transmission, or a report transmission, wherein the compressed PSDU is associated with an operation to determine an estimated distance between the wireless device and a second wireless device,

wherein the compressed PSDU comprises:

an identifier (ID) field indicating whether the compressed PSDU is the poll transmission, the response transmission, or the report transmission, and

ID specific content follow the ID field; and

transmit the compressed PSDU to the second wireless device.

16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the PSDU further comprises an address field that indicates an address of the second wireless device.

17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein when the ID field indicates that the PSDU is the poll transmission or the response transmission, the ID specific content comprises a block index.

18 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further configure the wireless device to:

receive a Physical Layer Header (PHR) length field,

receive a second compressed PSDU from the second wireless device, and

determine presence of the block index based on the PHR length field.

19 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein when the ID field indicates that the PSDU is the report transmission, the ID specific content comprises one or more timestamps.

20 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further configure the wireless device to:

transmit one or more transmissions;

receive a compressed report PSDU from the second wireless device comprising one or more timestamps corresponding to when the second wireless device receives the one or more transmissions, and

determine a number of timestamps in the compressed report PSDU based on a PHR length field,

decode the compressed report PSDU, and

determine a distance between the wireless device and the second wireless device based on the one or more timestamps in the compressed report PSDU.