Methods, systems and apparatuses to enable short frames
Generally, embodiments to enable short frames are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to reduce the size of a packet by determining a short frame, transmitting the short frame, communicating that the frame is a short frame and interpreting the short frame at the receiving device. Embodiments may determine and transmit and/or receive and interpret short frames.
1. A method for communication of a packet with a short frame, the method comprising:
generating, by a medium access control sublayer logic, a frame comprising a type field and a subtype field;
communicating, by the medium access control sublayer logic with a physical layer device, an indication that the frame is a short frame;
setting, by the physical layer device, a bit in a preamble for creating a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame, in response to the indication, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is the short frame; and
creating, by the physical layer device, a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame and the preamble.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the frame comprises generating the frame with a medium access control header having a structure defined for a short frame.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the frame comprises generating the frame with a medium access control header that is smaller than a standard medium access control header.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the bit comprises setting a bit in a signal field of the preamble.
5. An apparatus for communication of a packet with a short frame, the apparatus comprising:
a medium access control sublayer logic to generate a frame comprising a type field and a subtype field; and communicate with a physical layer device an indication that the frame is the short frame; and
the physical layer device to set a bit in a preamble for creating a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame, in response to the indication, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is a short frame; and to create the physical layer protocol data unit with the frame and the preamble.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the medium access control sublayer logic comprises logic to generate the frame with a medium access control header having a structure defined for a short frame.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the medium access control sublayer logic comprises logic to generate the frame with a medium access control header that is smaller than a standard medium access control header.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the physical layer device comprises logic to set the bit in a signal field of the preamble.
9. A system for communication of a packet with a short frame, the system comprising:
a medium access control sublayer logic to generate a frame comprising a type field and a subtype field; and communicate with physical layer device an indication that the frame is a short frame;
the physical layer device to set a bit in a preamble for creating a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame, in response to the indication, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is a short frame; and to create the physical layer protocol data unit with the frame and the preamble; and
an antenna coupled with the physical layer logic to transmit the frame.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the medium access control sublayer logic comprises logic to generate the frame with a medium access control header having a structure defined for a short frame.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the medium access control sublayer logic comprises logic to generate the frame with a medium access control header that is smaller than a standard medium access control header.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the physical layer device comprises logic to set the bit in a signal field of the preamble.
13. A method for communication of a packet with a short frame, the method comprising:
receiving, by a physical layer device, a frame comprising a type field and a subtype field, the frame in a physical layer protocol data unit with a preamble;
communicating, by physical layer device with the medium access control sublayer logic, a bit from the preamble, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is a short frame;
determining, by the medium access control sublayer logic, based upon communication of the bit, the structure of the frame being a structure for the short frame.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein communicating the bit from the preamble comprises communicating the bit from a signal field of the preamble.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein communicating the bit from the preamble comprises communicating an indication that the frame is the short frame.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the structure comprises determining that the medium access control header is a short frame header.
17. An apparatus for communication of a packet with a short frame, the apparatus comprising:
a physical layer device to determine a bit in a preamble of a physical layer data unit with a frame, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is a short frame; and to parse the frame from the physical layer protocol data unit; and
a medium access control sublayer logic coupled with the physical layer device to receive an indication from the physical layer device that the frame is a short frame and to receive the frame comprising a type field and a subtype field.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the medium access control sublayer logic comprises logic to determine that the frame has a structure defined for a short frame.
19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the physical layer device comprises logic to communicate the bit in a signal field of the preamble to the medium access control sublayer logic.
20. A system for communication of a packet with a short frame, the system comprising:
a physical layer device to determine a bit in a preamble of a physical layer data unit with a frame, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is a short frame; and to parse the frame from the physical layer protocol data unit;
a medium access control sublayer logic coupled with the physical layer device to receive an indication from the physical layer device that the frame is a short frame and to receive the frame comprising a type field and a subtype field; and
an antenna coupled with the physical layer device to receive the physical layer data unit.
21. The system of claim 20 , further comprising memory to store at least part of the frame.
22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the physical layer device comprises logic to communicate the bit in a signal field of the preamble to the medium access control sublayer logic.