Systems and methods for transmitting a wake-up radio signal to low power devices in a wireless communication system

1. A method for transmitting a wake-up radio signal to low power devices in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:

receiving, at a wireless access point, data for transmission to a wireless device;

generating a wake-up radio packet including:

a first preamble,

a second preamble, and

payload data including a wake-up user identifier assigned to the wireless device, wherein a number of bits of the wake-up identifier is based on a number of low power devices in the wireless local area network and a number of padding bits;

encoding the wake-up radio packet into an encoded wake-up radio frame including a plurality of encoded data symbols representing modulated payload data;

modulating the encoded wake-up radio frame onto a modulated waveform for transmission; and

transmitting, via a low-power wireless transmitter, a signal corresponding to the modulated waveform to the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the wake-up radio packet comprises:

configuring the first preamble defined by a wireless communication protocol operable with the wireless local area network; and

configuring the second preamble as identifying a type of the wake-up radio packet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the wake-up radio packet comprises:

generating a first number of bits representing the wireless device;

generating a second number of cyclic redundancy check bits for the first number of bits; and

concatenating the first number of bits and the second number of cyclic redundancy check bits; and

assigning the concatenated bits as the wake-up user identifier for the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding the wake-up radio packet comprises:

encoding the wake-up radio packet into a plurality of one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

when the wake-up user identifier includes a number N of bits:

dividing a bandwidth for transmitting the wake-up radio packet into N sub-channels; and

transmitting one of the number N bits over one of the N sub-channels using on-off keying modulation.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

when the wake-up user identifier includes a number N of bits:

designing a number 2N of repetition patterns within a symbol time corresponding to an OFDM symbol from the plurality of OFDM symbols;

determining a repetition pattern from the number 2N of repetition patterns based on the wake-up user identifier; and

transmitting the number N of bits using the repetition pattern.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

for each OFDM symbol from the plurality of OFDM symbols:

determining a short symbol having a duration shorter than a symbol time corresponding to the respective OFDM symbol; and

transmitting one bit of the wake-up user identifier during the duration corresponding to the short symbol.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining the duration of the short symbol from a group consisting of half the symbol time, a quarter of the symbol time and one-eighth of the symbol time based on a length of the wake-up user identifier.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

encoding the wake-up radio packet into a plurality of single-carrier data symbols; and

selecting the modulated waveform corresponding to the plurality of single-carrier data symbols based on a modulation scheme from the group of on-off keying modulation, frequency shift keying modulation, pulse-position modulation and pulse-amplitude modulation.

10. A system for transmitting a wake-up radio signal to low power devices in a wireless local area network, the system comprising:

a wireless receiver, at a wireless access point, configured to receive data for transmission to a wireless device;

processing circuitry, at the wireless access point, configured to:

generate a wake-up radio packet including:

a first preamble,

a second preamble, and

payload data including a wake-up user identifier assigned to the wireless device, wherein a number of bits of the wake-up user identifier is based on a number of low power devices in the wireless local area network and a number of padding bits;

encode the wake-up radio packet into an encoded wake-up radio frame including a plurality of encoded data symbols representing modulated payload data;

modulate the encoded wake-up radio frame into a modulated waveform for transmission; and

a low-power wireless transmitter, at the wireless access point, configured to transmit a signal corresponding to the modulated waveform to the wireless device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry, when generating the wake-up radio packet, is further configured to:

configure the first preamble defined by a wireless communication protocol operable with the wireless local area network; and

configure the second preamble as identifying a type of the wake-up radio packet.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry, when generating the wake-up radio packet, is further configured to:

generate a first number of bits representing the wireless device;

generate a second number of cyclic redundancy check bits for the first number of bits; and

concatenate the first number of bits and the second number of cyclic redundancy check bits; and

assign the concatenated bits as the wake-up user identifier for the wireless device.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry, when encoding the wake-up radio packet, is configured to:

encode the wake-up radio packet into a plurality of one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

when the wake-up user identifier includes a number N of bits:

divide a bandwidth for transmitting the wake-up radio packet into N sub-channels; and

transmit one of the number N bits over one of the N sub-channels using on-off keying modulation.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

when the wake-up user identifier includes a number N of bits:

design a number 2N of repetition patterns within a symbol time corresponding to an OFDM symbol from the plurality of OFDM symbols;

determine a repetition pattern from the number 2N of repetition patterns based on the wake-up user identifier; and

transmit the number N of bits using the repetition pattern.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

for each OFDM symbol from the plurality of OFDM symbols:

determine a short symbol having a duration shorter than a symbol time corresponding to the respective OFDM symbol; and

transmit one bit of the wake-up user identifier during the duration corresponding to the short symbol.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine the duration of the short symbol from a group consisting of half the symbol time, a quarter of the symbol time and one-eighth of the symbol time based on a length of the wake-up user identifier.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode the wake-up radio packet into a plurality of single-carrier data symbols; and

select the modulated waveform corresponding to the plurality of single-carrier data symbols based on a modulation scheme from the group of on-off keying modulation, frequency shift keying modulation, pulse-position modulation and pulse-amplitude modulation.

19. A method for receiving a wake-up radio signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, at a low-power wireless receiver, a modulated signal;

demodulating the modulated signal to obtain a plurality of encoded data symbols;

decoding the plurality of encoded data symbols to obtain payload data;

identifying a wake-up user identifier from the payload data, wherein a number of bits of the wake-up identifier is based on a number of low power devices in the wireless communication system and a number of padding bits;

determining whether the identified wake-up user identifier matches a previously assigned wake-up user identifier; and

in response to determining that the identified wake-up user identifier matches a previously assigned wake-up user identifier, adjusting a power mode associated with the low-power wireless receiver.