Apparatus, system and method of communicating an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) capability element
View Patent ↗Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel.
1. An apparatus comprising:
memory circuitry; and
a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station (STA) to:
transmit a frame comprising an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) capability element configured to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, the EDMG capability element comprising a plurality of fields to indicate EDMG capabilities of the EDMG STA; and
communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
2. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to perform a role of a non Access Point (AP) or Personal Basic Service Set Control Point (PCP) (non-AP/PCP) EDMG STA.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a supported Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) of the EDMG STA.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) capability of the EDMG STA.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a Multi User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) capability of the EDMG STA.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to transmit the frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).
7. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 6.48 GHz.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.
11. 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 (STA) to:
transmit a frame comprising an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) capability element configured to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, the EDMG capability element comprising a plurality of fields to indicate EDMG capabilities of the EDMG STA; and
communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to perform a role of a non Access Point (AP) or Personal Basic Service Set Control Point (PCP) (non-AP/PCP) EDMG STA.
13. The product of claim 11 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a supported Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) of the EDMG STA.
14. The product of claim 11 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) capability of the EDMG STA.
15. The product of claim 11 , wherein the EDMG capabilities element is configured to indicate a Multi User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) capability of the EDMG STA.
16. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to transmit the frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).
17. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz.
18. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the STA to perform the EDMG communications over at least a channel bandwidth of 6.48 GHz.
19. An apparatus comprising:
means for causing a wireless communication station (STA) to transmit a frame comprising an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) capability element configured to indicate that the STA is an EDMG STA, which is a DMG STA and which supports EDMG communications, the EDMG capability element comprising a plurality of fields to indicate EDMG capabilities of the EDMG STA; and
means for causing the STA to communicate an EDMG Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over a channel in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
20. The apparatus of claim 19 comprising means for causing the STA to transmit the frame in an EDMG Basic Service Set (BSS).