Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless transmission according to a physical layer scheme
View Patent ↗Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless transmission according to a Physical Layer scheme. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame including a header and a data portion, the header including a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value of an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM) Physical layer (PHY) scheme or a Low Power Single Carrier (LPSC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the header according to a Single Carrier (SC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the data portion according to the OFDM PHY scheme or the LPSC PHY scheme; and process transmission of the frame.
1. An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to:
generate a frame comprising a channel estimation (CE) field, a first header, a second header, and a data portion, the first header comprising an indication of the second header, a first length value configured according to a length of the second header and the data portion, and a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value, the second header comprising a second length value configured according to a length of the data portion, and a second MCS value;
modulate and encode the CE field, the first header and the second header according to a Single Carrier (SC) Physical layer (PHY) scheme;
modulate and encode the data portion according to an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM) PHY scheme or a Low Power SC (LPSC) PHY scheme; and
process transmission of the frame.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a reserved bit set to a predefined value to indicate presence of the second header.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first length value comprises a number of SC blocks corresponding to the length of the second header and the data portion.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first MCS value is between 1 and 12, and the second MCS value is greater than 12.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 configured to cause the wireless station to set the second MCS value to a value between 13 and 24, and to modulate and encode the data portion according to the OFDM PHY scheme.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to cause the wireless station to process transmission of the first and second headers over a single carrier, and the data portion over a multi-carrier.
7. The apparatus of claim 4 configured to cause the wireless station to set the second MCS value to a value between 25 and 31, and to modulate and encode the data portion according to the LPSC PHY scheme.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas, and a memory.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless station is a Direct Multi-Gigabit (DMG) station.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 configured to cause the wireless station to process transmission of the frame over a DMG frequency band.
11. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to cause a wireless station to:
generate a frame comprising a channel estimation (CE) field, a first header, a second header, and a data portion, the first header comprising an indication of the second header, a first length value configured according to a length of the second header and the data portion, and a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value, the second header comprising a second length value configured according to a length of the data portion, and a second MCS value;
modulate and encode the CE field, the first header and the second header according to a Single Carrier (SC) Physical layer (PHY) scheme;
modulate and encode the data portion according to an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM) PHY scheme or a Low Power SC (LPSC) PHY scheme; and
process transmission of the frame.
12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the first header comprises a reserved bit having a predefined value to indicate presence of the second header.
13. The product of claim 11 , wherein the first length value comprises a number of SC blocks corresponding to the length of the second header and the data portion.
14. The product of claim 11 , wherein the first MCS value is between 1 and 12, and the second MCS value is greater than 12.
15. The product of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless station to set the second MCS value to a value between 13 and 24, and to modulate and encode the data portion according to the OFDM PHY scheme.
16. The product of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless station to process transmission of the first and second headers over a single carrier, and the data portion over a multi-carrier.
17. The product of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless station to set the second MCS value to a value between 25 and 31, and to modulate and encode the data portion according to the LPSC PHY scheme.
18. The product of claim 11 , wherein the wireless station is a Direct Multi-Gigabit (DMG) station.
19. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless station to process transmission of the frame over a DMG frequency band.