Multiple narrow bandwidth channel access and MAC operation within wireless communications

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a communication interface; and

processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to:

determine backoff parameters to be used by particular communications devices for communication channel access, the backoff parameters determined based on an access category associated with communications being transmitted, a device class category associated with the particular communications devices, and at least one of a modulation coding set (MCS), a raw physical layer rate (RPR), or a media access control throughput Megabits per second value (MTM) associated with the communications being transmitted;

generate a first signal that includes the backoff parameters;

transmit the first signal to a plurality of other wireless communication devices;

generate a second signal that includes at least one of a first association identifier (AID) value that specifies a first other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a first device class category or a second AID value that specifies a second other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a second device class category that is different than the first device class category and that also specifies orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) sub-carriers of at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access;

transmit the second signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices; and

receive from the second other wireless communication device a third signal upon elapse of a period of time that is based on the backoff parameters after transmission of the second signal.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive from the first other wireless communication device a fourth signal upon elapse of another period of time that is based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS) after transmission of the second signal.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry is further configured to:

transmit the first signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices to indicate a start of a polling period to collect pending data information that the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device; and

receive, in response to the first signal, from the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device a fourth signal that includes the pending data information that the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of other wireless communication devices are classified into a plurality of device class categories based on one or more class characteristics of the plurality of other wireless communication devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of other wireless communication devices is operative with a first communication standard and at least one other of the plurality of other wireless communication devices is operative based on a second communication standard that is different than and a legacy communication standard to the first communication standard.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the backoff parameters for communication channel access included within the first signal includes first one or more backoff parameters to be used by the second other wireless communication device and second one or more backoff parameters to be used by a third other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second signal includes an AID value that specifies the first other wireless communication device that is included within the first device class category and excludes any AID value that specifies the second other wireless communication device that is included within the second device class category.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the second signal specifies the OFDMA sub-carriers that are partitioned into a first at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the at least one of the first other wireless communication device and also a second at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 1 further comprising:

an access point (AP), wherein the plurality of other wireless communication devices includes a wireless station (STA).

9. A wireless communication device comprising:

a communication interface; and

processing circuitry that is coupled to the communication interface, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry configured to:

transmit a first signal to a plurality of other wireless communication devices to indicate a start of a polling period to collect pending data information that at least one of a first other wireless communication device of the plurality of other wireless communication devices or a second other wireless communication device of the plurality of other wireless communication devices includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device, wherein the first signal includes a control frame indicating polling restrictions associated with an uplink channel access method, and a backoff parameter determined based on an access category associated with communications being transmitted, device class categories associated with the other wireless communications devices, and at least one of a modulation coding set (MCS), a raw physical layer rate (RPR), or a media access control throughput Megabits per second value (MTM) associated with the communications being transmitted; and

receive, in response to the first signal, from the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device a second signal that includes the pending data information that the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate a third signal that includes modified backoff parameters for communication channel access;

transmit the third signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices;

generate a fourth signal that includes at least one of a first association identifier (AID) value that specifies a first other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a first device class category or a second AID value that specifies a second other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a second device class category that is different than the first device class category and that also specifies orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) sub-carriers of at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access;

transmit the fourth signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices; and

receive from the second other wireless communication device a fifth signal upon elapse of a period of time that is based on the modified backoff parameters after transmission of the fourth signal.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive from the first other wireless communication device a sixth signal upon elapse of another period of time that is based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS) after transmission of the fourth signal.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein:

the fourth signal includes an AID value that specifies the first other wireless communication device that is included within the first device class category and excludes any AID value that specifies the second other wireless communication device that is included within the second device class category; and

the fourth signal specifies the OFDMA sub-carriers that are partitioned into a first at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the at least one of the first other wireless communication device and also a second at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 9 further comprising:

an access point (AP), wherein the plurality of other wireless communication devices includes a wireless station (STA).

14. A method for execution by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

determining backoff parameters to be used by particular communications devices for communication channel access, the backoff parameters determined based on an access category associated with communications being transmitted, device class categories associated with the particular communications devices, and at least one of a modulation coding set (MCS), a raw physical layer rate (RPR), or a media access control throughput Megabits per second value (MTM) associated with the communications being transmitted;

generating a first signal that includes the backoff parameters;

transmitting, via a communication interface of the wireless communication device, the first signal to a plurality of other wireless communication devices;

generating a second signal that includes at least one of a first association identifier (AID) value that specifies a first other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a first device class category or a second AID value that specifies a second other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices that is included within a second device class category that is different than the first device class category and that also specifies orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) sub-carriers of at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access;

transmitting, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, the second signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices; and

receiving, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, from the second other wireless communication device a third signal upon elapse of a period of time that is based on the backoff parameters after transmission of the second signal.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, from the first other wireless communication device a fourth signal upon elapse of another period of time that is based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS) after transmission of the second signal.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

transmitting, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, the first signal to the plurality of other wireless communication devices to indicate a start of a polling period to collect pending data information that the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device; and

receive, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, from the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device a fourth signal that includes the pending data information that the at least one of the first other wireless communication device or the second other wireless communication device includes to be transmitted to the wireless communication device.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the backoff parameters for communication channel access included within the first signal includes first one or more backoff parameters to be used by the second other wireless communication device and second one or more backoff parameters to be used by a third other wireless communication device of the plurality of the other wireless communication devices.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second signal includes an AID value that specifies the first other wireless communication device that is included within the first device class category and excludes any AID value that specifies the second other wireless communication device that is included within the second device class category.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second signal specifies the OFDMA sub-carriers that are partitioned into a first at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the at least one of the first other wireless communication device and also a second at least one narrowband sub-channel to be used by the second other wireless communication device for the communication channel access.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the wireless communication device includes access point (AP), and the plurality of other wireless communication devices includes a wireless station (STA).