Joint encoding of wireless communication allocation information

1. A device for determining a resource unit allocation, the device comprising storage and processing circuitry configured to:

determine the resource unit allocation for a first user device of one or more user devices, wherein the resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a bandwidth for the first user device, and the first user device is an individual first user device, wherein the resource unit allocation is a first resource unit allocation, wherein the bandwidth is a first bandwidth;

determine a second resource unit allocation for a second user device, and wherein the second resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a second bandwidth for the second user device, and the second user device is an individual second user device;

determine a user field of a signal field of a high efficiency wireless (HEW) frame, wherein the user field comprises an indication of a station device (STA) identifier of the first user device, an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the first user device, and an indication of a stream allocated to the first user device;

encode the resource unit allocation into a common field of the signal field;

encode the user field into the signal field, wherein the user field is separate from the common field; and

cause to send the HEW frame.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user field is a first user field, wherein the STA identifier is a first STA identifier, wherein the MCS is a first MCS, wherein the stream allocated to the first user device is a first stream, wherein the storage and processing circuitry are further configured to determine a second user field of the signal field, wherein the second user field comprises an indication of a second STA identifier of a second user device, and an indication of a second MCS for the second user device, and an indication of a second stream allocated to the second user device, wherein the second user device is an individual second user device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein to encode the user field comprises the storage and processing circuitry being configured to encode the user field into a user block of the signal field.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user field is a first user field of one or more user fields, wherein the one or more user fields comprise a second user field, wherein to encode the first user field comprises the storage and processing circuitry being configured to encode the first user field into a first user block of the signal field, and wherein the storage and processing circuitry are further configured to encode the second user field into a second user block of the signal field.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the STA identifier is a first STA identifier, wherein the MCS is a first MCS, wherein the stream is a first stream, wherein the second user field comprises an indication of a second STA identifier associated with a second user device, wherein the second user field further comprises an indication of a second MCS for the second user device and an indication of a second stream allocated to the second user device, and wherein the storage and processing circuitry are further configured to determine the second user field.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the resource unit allocation is associated with a multiuser multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) allocation.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.

8. The device of claim 7 , further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:

identifying, by a first user device, a high efficiency wireless (HEW) frame received from an access point device;

decoding a common field of a signal field of the HEW frame, wherein the common field comprises a resource unit allocation for the first user device, wherein the resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a bandwidth for the first user device, and the first user device is an individual first user device;

decoding a user field of the signal field, wherein the user field comprises an indication of a station device (STA) identifier of the first user device, an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the first user device, and an indication of a stream allocated to the first user device; and

determining that the resource unit allocation is for the first user device, wherein the resource unit allocation is a first resource unit allocation, wherein the bandwidth is a first bandwidth, wherein decoding the common field comprises identifying a second resource unit allocation for a second user device, and wherein the second resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a second bandwidth for the second user device, and the second user device is an individual second user device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein determining that the resource unit allocation is for the first user device comprises determining that the user field is assigned to the resource unit allocation.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user field is a first user field, wherein the STA identifier is a first STA identifier, wherein the MCS is a first MCS, the operations further comprising identifying a second user field of the signal field, wherein the second user field comprises an indication of a second STA identifier of a second user device, an indication of a second MCS for the second user device, and an indication of a second stream allocated to the second user device, and the second user device is an individual second user device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein decoding the user field comprises decoding a user block of the signal field.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user field is a first user field of one or more user fields, wherein the one or more user fields comprise a second user field, wherein decoding the first user field comprises decoding a first user block of the signal field, the operations further comprising decoding a second user block of the signal field, wherein the second user block is associated with the second user field.

14. A method for determining a resource unit allocation, the method comprising:

determining, by one or more processors of an access point device, the resource unit allocation for a first user device of one or more user devices, wherein the resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a bandwidth for the first user device, and the first user device is an individual first user device, wherein the resource unit allocation is a first resource unit allocation, wherein the bandwidth is a first bandwidth;

determining a second resource unit allocation for a second user device, and wherein the second resource unit allocation comprises an indication of a second bandwidth for the second user device, and the second user device is an individual second user device;

determining, by the one or more processors, a user field of a signal field of a high efficiency wireless (HEW) frame, wherein the user field comprises an indication of a station device (STA) identifier of the first user device, an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the first user device, and an indication of a stream allocated to the first user device;

encoding, by the one or more processors, the resource unit allocation into a common field of the signal field;

encoding, by the one or more processors, the user field into the signal field, wherein the user field is separate from the common field; and

causing to send, by the one or more processors, the HEW frame.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user field is a first user field, wherein the STA identifier is a first STA identifier, wherein the MCS is a first MCS, the method further comprising determining a second user field of the signal field, wherein the second user field comprises an indication of a second STA identifier of the second user device, an indication of a second MCS for the second user device, and an indication of a second stream allocated to the second user device.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein encoding the user field comprises encoding the user field into a user block of the signal field.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising encoding the second user field into a second user block of the signal field, wherein:

the user field is a first user field of one or more user fields,

the one or more user fields comprise a second user field, and

encoding the first user field comprises encoding the first user field into a first user block of the signal field.