Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless communication frame with a header
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless communication frame. For example, a wireless station may generate a frame including a header portion, the header portion including a legacy header, followed by a first non-legacy header, the header portion including a first indication to indicate whether or not the header portion is to include a second non-legacy header following the first non-legacy header, the header portion including a second indication to indicate whether or not channel bonding is to be used; and process transmission of the frame to at least one second wireless station over a directional wireless communication band.
1. An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to:
generate a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) comprising a first header field and a second header (Header A) field after the first header field, the first header field comprising a length field to be decoded by Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) stations, the Header A field comprising information for processing of the PPDU by a receiver of the PPDU, the Header A field comprising a first field having a value according to whether or not the PPDU is to include a third header (Header B) field comprising Multi User (MU) PPDU information after the Header A field, the Header A field comprising at least one second field to indicate a channel bandwidth comprising one channel or two or more channels; and
transmit said PPDU over the channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a first value when the PPDU is a Single-User (SU) PPDU without the Header B field, and wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a second value when the PPDU is a MU PPDU comprising the Header B field.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the Header B field comprises Spatial Stream (SS) information corresponding to the MU PPDU.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first field of the Header A field has a value of “1” when the PPDU is to include the Header B field.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the Header A field comprises a channel bitmap comprising a plurality of bits corresponding to a respective plurality of channels, a bit of the plurality of bits having a first value when a channel corresponding to the bit is to be used for the channel bandwidth, the bit having a second value when the channel corresponding to the bit is not to be used for the channel bandwidth.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the channel bitmap comprises 8 bits.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the Header A field comprises a primary channel field based on a channel number of a primary channel of a Basic Service Set (BSS).
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PPDU comprises a data field, and a Training (TRN) field after the data field.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header field comprises a Single Carrier (SC) field.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header field comprises at least one of a scrambler initialization field, or a Last Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) field.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a plurality of contiguous channels.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a plurality of non-contiguous channels.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises channel bonding of the two or more channels.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz or 6.48 GHz.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PPDU comprises an Extended Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) PPDU, the Header A field comprises an EDMG Header A field, and the Header B field comprises an EDMG Header B field.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a Medium Access Control (MAC), and a Physical Layer (PHY).
17. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio.
18. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.
19. 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, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication station to:
generate a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) comprising a first header field and a second header (Header A) field after the first header field, the first header field comprising a length field to be decoded by Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) stations, the Header A field comprising information for processing of the PPDU by a receiver of the PPDU, the Header A field comprising a first field having a value according to whether or not the PPDU is to include a third header (Header B) field comprising Multi User (MU) PPDU information after the Header A field, the Header A field comprising at least one second field to indicate a channel bandwidth comprising one channel or two or more channels; and
transmit said PPDU over the channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
20. The product of claim 19 , wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a first value when the PPDU is a Single-User (SU) PPDU without the Header B field, and wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a second value when the PPDU is a MU PPDU comprising the Header B field.
21. The product of claim 20 , wherein the Header B field comprises Spatial Stream (SS) information corresponding to the MU PPDU.
22. The product of claim 19 , wherein the Header A field comprises a channel bitmap comprising a plurality of bits corresponding to a respective plurality of channels, a bit of the plurality of bits having a first value when a channel corresponding to the bit is to be used for the channel bandwidth, the bit having a second value when the channel corresponding to the bit is not to be used for the channel bandwidth.
23. The product of claim 19 , wherein the Header A field comprises a primary channel field based on a channel number of a primary channel of a Basic Service Set (BSS).
24. The product of claim 19 , wherein the PPDU comprises a data field, and a Training (TRN) field after the data field.
25. The product of claim 19 , wherein the first header field comprises at least one of a scrambler initialization field, or a Last Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) field.
26. The product of claim 19 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises channel bonding of the two or more channels.
27. The product of claim 19 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz or 6.48 GHz.
28. The product of claim 19 , wherein the PPDU comprises an Extended Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) PPDU, the Header A field comprises an EDMG Header A field, and the Header B field comprises an EDMG Header B field.
29. An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to:
receive a first header field and a second header (Header A) field of a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), the Header A field is after the first header field, the first header field comprising a length field to be decoded by Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) stations, the Header A field comprising information for processing of the PPDU by a receiver of the PPDU, the Header A field comprising a first field having a value according to whether or not the PPDU is to include a third header (Header B) field comprising Multi User (MU) PPDU information after the Header A field, the Header A field comprising at least one second field to indicate a channel bandwidth comprising one channel or two or more channels; and
based at least on the Header A field, process at least a data field of said PPDU over the channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a first value when the PPDU is a Single-User (SU) PPDU without the Header B field, and wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a second value when the PPDU is a MU PPDU comprising the Header B field.
31. The apparatus of claim 30 , wherein the Header B field comprises Spatial Stream (SS) information corresponding to the MU PPDU.
32. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the first field of the Header A field has a value of “1” when the PPDU is to include the Header B field.
33. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the Header A field comprises a channel bitmap comprising a plurality of bits corresponding to a respective plurality of channels, a bit of the plurality of bits having a first value when a channel corresponding to the bit is to be used for the channel bandwidth, the bit having a second value when the channel corresponding to the bit is not to be used for the channel bandwidth.
34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the channel bitmap comprises 8 bits.
35. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the Header A field comprises a primary channel field based on a channel number of a primary channel of a Basic Service Set (BSS).
36. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the PPDU comprises a Training (TRN) field after the data field.
37. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the first header field comprises a Single Carrier (SC) field.
38. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the first header field comprises at least one of a scrambler initialization field or a Last Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) field.
39. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a plurality of contiguous channels.
40. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a plurality of non-contiguous channels.
41. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises channel bonding of the two or more channels.
42. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz or 6.48 GHz.
43. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the PPDU comprises an Extended Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) PPDU, the Header A field comprises an EDMG Header A field, and the Header B field comprises an EDMG Header B field.
44. The apparatus of claim 29 comprising a Medium Access Control (MAC), and a Physical Layer (PHY).
45. The apparatus of claim 29 comprising a radio.
46. The apparatus of claim 29 comprising one or more antennas.
47. 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, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication station to:
receive a first header field and a second header (Header A) field of a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), the Header A field is after the first header field, the first header field comprising a length field to be decoded by Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) stations, the Header A field comprising information for processing of the PPDU by a receiver of the PPDU, the Header A field comprising a first field having a value according to whether or not the PPDU is to include a third header (Header B) field comprising Multi User (MU) PPDU information after the Header A field, the Header A field comprising at least one second field to indicate a channel bandwidth comprising one channel or two or more channels; and
based at least on the Header A field, process at least a data field of said PPDU over the channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
48. The product of claim 47 , wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a first value when the PPDU is a Single-User (SU) PPDU without the Header B field, and wherein the first field of the Header A field comprises a second value when the PPDU is a MU PPDU comprising the Header B field.
49. The product of claim 48 , wherein the Header B field comprises Spatial Stream (SS) information corresponding to the MU PPDU.
50. The product of claim 47 , wherein the Header A field comprises a channel bitmap comprising a plurality of bits corresponding to a respective plurality of channels, a bit of the plurality of bits having a first value when a channel corresponding to the bit is to be used for the channel bandwidth, the bit having a second value when the channel corresponding to the bit is not to be used for the channel bandwidth.
51. The product of claim 47 , wherein the Header A field comprises a primary channel field based on a channel number of a primary channel of a Basic Service Set (BSS).
52. The product of claim 47 , wherein the PPDU comprises a Training (TRN) field after the data field.
53. The product of claim 47 , wherein the first header field comprises at least one of a scrambler initialization field or a Last Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) field.
54. The product of claim 47 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises channel bonding of the two or more channels.
55. The product of claim 47 , wherein the channel bandwidth comprises a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz or 6.48 GHz.