Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless transmission according to a physical layer scheme
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 logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to:
modulate a plurality of fields of a frame according to a Single Carrier (SC) scheme, the plurality of fields comprising a Short Training Field (STF), a Channel Estimation Field (CEF), a first header, and a second header, the first header comprising a first indication to indicate a presence of the second header, the first header comprising a second indication to indicate whether a data portion of the frame is to be modulated according to the SC scheme or according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme;
modulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme or the OFDM scheme, in accordance with the second indication in the first header; and
transmit the frame in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first indication comprises a reserved bit in the first header.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second header comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field to indicate an MCS to be applied to the data portion.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and the second header comprises a second MCS field.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second header comprises a length field based on a length of the data portion.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a first length field, and the second header comprises a second length field.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a length field to indicate a spoofed length of the frame.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication station to set the second indication to a predefined value to indicate the OFDM scheme and to modulate the data portion of the frame according to the OFDM scheme.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication station to set the second indication to a predefined value to indicate the SC scheme and to modulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a Training (TRN) field following the data portion.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a Medium Access Control (MAC), and a Physical Layer (PHY).
12. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas, a memory, and a processor.
14. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the reserved bit has a value of “1” to indicate the presence of the second header.
15. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first MCS field comprises an MCS value in the range 1-12.
16. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the length field is based on a number of SC blocks.
17. 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:
modulate a plurality of fields of a frame according to a Single Carrier (SC) scheme, the plurality of fields comprising a Short Training Field (STF), a Channel Estimation Field (CEF), a first header, and a second header, the first header comprising a first indication to indicate a presence of the second header, the first header comprising a second indication to indicate whether a data portion of the frame is to be modulated according to the SC scheme or according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme;
modulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme or the OFDM scheme, in accordance with the second indication in the first header; and
transmit the frame in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
18. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first indication comprises a reserved bit in the first header.
19. The product of claim 17 , wherein the second header comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field to indicate an MCS to be applied to the data portion.
20. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and the second header comprises a second MCS field.
21. The product of claim 17 , wherein the second header comprises a length field based on a length of the data portion.
22. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a first length field, and the second header comprises a second length field.
23. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a length field to indicate a spoofed length of the frame.
24. The product of claim 17 , wherein the frame comprises a Training (TRN) field following the data portion.
25. The product of claim 23 , wherein the length field is based on a number of SC blocks.