Apparatus, system, and method to tear down a negotiated wake-up radio mode

1. A device of a first wireless apparatus, the device comprising a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and including logic to cause the first wireless apparatus to:

perform a Wake-Up Radio (WUR) Mode setup frame exchange with a Primary Connectivity Radio (PCR) of a second wireless apparatus;

establish a WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus based on the frame exchange;

transmit a WUR Mode Teardown frame to the PCR of the second wireless apparatus, the WUR Mode Teardown frame including information to cause a teardown of the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus; and

process an acknowledgment message (ACK) from the second wireless apparatus to tear down the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus;

wherein:

the memory is a first memory, the device to tear down the WUR Mode operation by discarding from a second memory WUR parameters negotiated during the WUR Mode setup frame exchange;

the first memory and the second memory include circuitries that are one of distinct from one another, or that at least partially overlap one another; and

the WUR parameters include a Minimum Wake-up Duration corresponding to a minimum on duration of a WUR duty cycle operation, a WUR Operating Class corresponding to an operating class in use for transmission of a WUR frame, a WUR Channel corresponding to a channel for transmission of the WUR frame, a WUR Beacon period corresponding to a number of time units (TUs) between consecutive target WUR beacon transmission times (TWBTTs).

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes:

a Medium Access Control (MAC) header portion including a Frame Control field, an Address portion following the Frame Control field in a time domain, a Control portion including Control fields following the Address portion in the time domain;

a Frame Body field following the MAC header portion in the time domain and including the information to cause the teardown; and

a Frame Check Sequence (FCS) following the Frame Body field in the time domain.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the Frame Control field has a length of 2 octets, the FCS has a length of 4 octets, and the Frame Body has a variable length.

5. The device of claim 3 , wherein the Frame Body field includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the PCR is a second PCR;

the first wireless apparatus is an access point (AP);

the memory and processing circuitry are to be part of a first PCR of the AP; and

the second wireless apparatus is a non-AP station (non-AP STA) and includes a Wake-Up Receiver (WURx) coupled to the second PCR to wake-up the second PCR based on Wake-Up (WU) packets from the AP during the WUR Mode operation.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the PCR is a second PCR;

the first wireless apparatus is a non-access point station (non-AP STA);

the second wireless apparatus is an access point (AP); and

the memory and processing circuitry are to be part of a first PCR of the non-AP STA, the non-AP STA further including a Wake-Up Receiver (WURx) coupled to the first PCR to wake-up the first PCR based on Wake-Up (WU) packets from the AP during the WUR Mode operation.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first memory and the processing circuitry are part of a baseband processing circuitry, and wherein the second memory is distinct from the baseband processing circuitry.

9. The device of claim 1 , further including an application processor coupled to the processing circuitry, wherein at least one of the processing circuitry and the application processor is to generate a signal to cause the WUR parameters to be discarded from the second memory.

10. The device of claim 1 , where the memory and the processing circuitry are part of a Wi-Fi baseband processing circuitry, the device further including a Wake-Up Receiver (WURx) and a Medium Access Control (MAC) management processor coupled between the baseband processing circuitry and the WURx, the MAC management processor to generate a signal cause the baseband processing circuitry to switch from an inactive state to an awake state based on signaling from the WURx.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes a non-High-Throughput (non-HT) Physical Layer Convergence Protocol Data Unit (PPDU).

12. The device of claim 1 , further including:

a baseband processor including the memory and the processing circuitry;

a radio integrated circuit (radio IC) coupled to the baseband processor; and

radio front-end module circuitry coupled to the radio integrated circuit.

13. The device of claim 12 , further including one or more antennas coupled to the front-end module.

14. 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 computer processor of a first wireless apparatus, cause the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a device, the operations comprising:

performing a Wake-Up Radio (WUR) Mode setup frame exchange with a Primary Connectivity Radio (PCR) of a second wireless apparatus;

establishing a WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus based on the frame exchange;

transmitting a WUR Mode Teardown frame to the PCR of the second wireless apparatus, the WUR Mode Teardown frame including information to cause a teardown of the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus; and

processing an acknowledgment message (ACK) from the second wireless apparatus to tear down the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus;

wherein:

causing the tear down of the WUR Mode operation includes discarding WUR parameters negotiated during the WUR Mode setup frame exchange; and

the WUR parameters include a Minimum Wake-up Duration corresponding to a minimum on duration of a WUR duty cycle operation, a WUR Operating Class corresponding to an operating class in use for transmission of a WUR frame, a WUR Channel corresponding to a channel for transmission of the WUR frame, a WUR Beacon period corresponding to a number of time units (TUs) between consecutive target WUR beacon transmission times (TWBTTs).

15. The product of claim 14 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.

16. The product of claim 14 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes:

a Medium Access Control (MAC) header portion including a Frame Control field, an Address portion following the Frame Control field in a time domain, a Control portion including Control fields following the Address portion in the time domain;

a Frame Body field following the MAC header portion in the time domain and including the information to cause the teardown; and

a Frame Check Sequence (FCS) following the Frame Body field in the time domain.

17. The product of claim 16 , wherein the Frame Body field includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.

18. The product of claim 15 , the operations including generating a signal at a Medium Access Control (MAC) management processor to cause the computer processor to switch from an inactive state to an awake state based on signaling from a Wake-Up Receiver (WURx) coupled to the MAC management processor.

19. A method to be performed at a device of a first wireless apparatus, the method including:

performing a Wake-Up Radio (WUR) Mode setup frame exchange with a Primary Connectivity Radio (PCR) of a second wireless apparatus;

establishing a WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus based on the frame exchange;

transmitting a WUR Mode Teardown frame to the PCR of the second wireless apparatus, the WUR Mode Teardown frame including information to cause a teardown of the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus; and

processing an acknowledgment message (ACK) from the second wireless apparatus to tear down the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus; and

wherein:

causing the tear down of the WUR Mode operation includes discarding WUR parameters negotiated during the WUR Mode setup frame exchange; and

the WUR parameters include a Minimum Wake-up Duration corresponding to a minimum on duration of a WUR duty cycle operation, a WUR Operating Class corresponding to an operating class in use for transmission of a WUR frame, a WUR Channel corresponding to a channel for transmission of the WUR frame, a WUR Beacon period corresponding to a number of time units (TUs) between consecutive target WUR beacon transmission times (TWBTTs).

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes:

a Medium Access Control (MAC) header portion including a Frame Control field, an Address portion following the Frame Control field in a time domain, a Control portion including Control fields following the Address portion in the time domain;

a Frame Body field following the MAC header portion in the time domain and including the information to cause the teardown, the Frame Body field including a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown; and

a Frame Check Sequence (FCS) following the Frame Body field in the time domain.

22. A device of a first wireless apparatus, the device including:

means performing a Wake-Up Radio (WUR) Mode setup frame exchange with a Primary Connectivity Radio (PCR) of a second wireless apparatus;

means for establishing a WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus based on the frame exchange;

means for transmitting a WUR Mode Teardown frame to the PCR of the second wireless apparatus, the WUR Mode Teardown frame including information to cause a teardown of the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus;

means for processing an acknowledgment message (ACK) from the second wireless apparatus to tear down the WUR Mode operation with the second wireless apparatus; and

means for discarding WUR parameters negotiated during the WUR Mode setup frame exchange, the WUR parameters including a Minimum Wake-up Duration corresponding to a minimum on duration of a WUR duty cycle operation, a WUR Operating Class corresponding to an operating class in use for transmission of a WUR frame, a WUR Channel corresponding to a channel for transmission of the WUR frame, a WUR Beacon period corresponding to a number of time units (TUs) between consecutive target WUR beacon transmission times (TWBTTs).

23. The device of claim 22 , wherein the WUR Mode Teardown frame includes a Category field and a WUR Action field following the Category field in a time domain, wherein the Category field indicates a WUR Action frame, and wherein the WUR Action field indicates a WUR teardown.