Apparatus, system and method of multiband wireless communication
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of multiband wireless communication. For example, a multiband wireless communication device may include a receiver to receive a first message from a mobile device, the first message including multiband capability information indicating a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of the mobile device; a controller to select a selected wireless communication band from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands; and a transmitter to transmit a second message to the mobile device, the second message including an indication of the selected wireless communication band.
1. An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to cause a multiband Access Point (AP) to:
transmit a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
receive from a station a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station;
based on the multiband capability information corresponding to the station, identify from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station an identified wireless communication band to be indicated by the multiband AP to the station; and
transmit to said station a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of the identified wireless communication band.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first message comprises a message prior to association with said station.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the multiband AP to, based on an indication from the station that the station has a capability of cellular communication over a cellular band, transmit to the station an indication to steer traffic to a cellular network.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said second message comprises an indication of a Basic Service Set (BSS) on the identified wireless communication band.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second message comprises a transition request to steer the station to a Basic Service Set (BSS) on the identified wireless communication band.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to cause the multiband AP to determine to steer the station to the BSS based on a load balancing criterion.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to cause the multiband AP to determine to steer the station to the BSS based on an interference criterion.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the multiband AP to transmit the second message in response to a request from the station.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to transmit the beacon and the second message, and to receive the first message.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.
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 processor, cause a multiband Access Point (AP) to:
transmit a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
receive from a station a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station;
based on the multiband capability information corresponding to the station, identify from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said station an identified wireless communication band to be indicated by the multiband AP to the station; and
transmit to said station a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of the identified wireless communication band.
12. The product of claim 11 , wherein said first message comprises a message prior to association with said station.
13. The product of claim 11 , wherein said instructions, when executed, are to cause the multiband AP to, based on an indication from the station that the station has a capability of cellular communication over a cellular band, transmit to the station an indication to steer traffic to a cellular network.
14. The product of claim 11 , wherein the second message comprises a transition request to steer the station to a Basic Service Set (BSS) on the identified wireless communication band.
15. An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to cause a multiband station to:
receive from a multiband Access Point (AP) a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
transmit to the multiband AP a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
receive from the multiband AP a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of an identified wireless communication band identified by the multiband AP, the identified wireless communication band is from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station; and
communicate traffic of the multiband station over the identified wireless communication band indicated by the second message.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said first message comprises a message prior to association with said multiband AP.
17. The apparatus of claim 15 configured to cause the multiband station to transmit to the multiband AP an indication that the multiband station has a capability of cellular communication over a cellular band, and to receive from the multiband AP an indication to steer traffic to a cellular network.
18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said second message comprises an indication of a Basic Service Set (BSS) on the identified wireless communication band.
19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second message comprises a transition request to steer the multiband station to a Basic Service Set (BSS) on the identified wireless communication band.
20. The apparatus of claim 15 comprising a radio to receive the beacon and the second message, and to transmit the first message.
21. The apparatus of claim 15 comprising one or more antennas.
22. 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 processor, cause a multiband station to:
receive from a multiband Access Point (AP) a beacon comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband AP to indicate one or more multiband capabilities of the multiband AP;
transmit to the multiband AP a first message comprising a first Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) element comprising multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station, the multiband capability information corresponding to the multiband station to indicate a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station;
receive from the multiband AP a second message comprising a second ANQP element comprising an indication of an identified wireless communication band identified by the multiband AP, the identified wireless communication band is from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands of said multiband station; and
communicate traffic of the multiband station over the identified wireless communication band indicated by the second message.
23. The product of claim 22 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the multiband station to transmit to the multiband AP an indication that the multiband station has a capability of cellular communication over a cellular band, and to receive from the multiband AP an indication to steer traffic to a cellular network.