Apparatus, system and method of communicating a single carrier (SC) transmission
For example, a station may generate a plurality of space-time streams including at least a first space-time stream and a second space-time stream, the first space-time stream including, in a first interval, a first data sequence followed by a first Guard Interval (GI) sequence, the first space-time stream comprising, in a second interval subsequent to the first interval, a second data sequence followed by the first GI sequence, the second space-time stream comprising, in the first interval, a sign-inverted and time-inverted complex conjugate of the second data sequence followed by a second GI sequence, the second space-time stream comprising, in the second interval, a time-inverted complex conjugate of the first data sequence followed by the second GI sequence; and transmit a Single Carrier (SC) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission based on the plurality of space-time streams.
1. An apparatus comprising:
memory circuitry; and
a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) wireless communication station (STA) to:
generate a first space-time stream and a second space-time stream according to a Single Carrier (SC) symbol blocking structure and a Space Time Block Code (STBC), wherein the first space-time stream comprises a first Guard Interval (GI) between first and second data symbol blocks of the first space-time stream, and the second space-time stream comprises a second GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the second space-time stream, the first GI comprises a first Golay sequence and the second GI comprises a second Golay sequence different from the first Golay sequence, wherein the first data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a first data sequence, the second data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a second data sequence, the first data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the second data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the first data sequence with reverse order; and
transmit a SC transmission based on the first and second space-time streams in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
2. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the EDMG STA to transmit the SC transmission based on a third space-time stream and a fourth space-time stream, wherein the third space-time stream comprises a third GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the third space-time stream, and the fourth space-time stream comprises a fourth GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the fourth space-time stream, the third GI comprises a third Golay sequence different from the first and second Golay sequences, and the fourth GI comprises a fourth Golay sequence different from the first, second, and third Golay sequences, wherein the first data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a third data sequence, the second data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a fourth data sequence, the first data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the fourth data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the third data sequence with reverse order.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first GI and the second GI have a same GI length.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of M, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of (N−M), wherein N is equal to a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 32, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 480.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 64, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 448.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 128, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 384.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the EDMG STA to transmit the SC transmission over a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz, 6.48 GHz, or 8.64 GHz.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to transmit the SC transmission.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 comprising one or more antennas connected to the radio, another memory to store data processed by the EDMG STA, and another processor to execute instructions of an operating system.
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 an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) wireless communication station (STA) to:
generate a first space-time stream and a second space-time stream according to a Single Carrier (SC) symbol blocking structure and a Space Time Block Code (STBC), wherein the first space-time stream comprises a first Guard Interval (GI) between first and second data symbol blocks of the first space-time stream, and the second space-time stream comprises a second GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the second space-time stream, the first GI comprises a first Golay sequence and the second GI comprises a second Golay sequence different from the first Golay sequence, wherein the first data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a first data sequence, the second data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a second data sequence, the first data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the second data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the first data sequence with reverse order; and
transmit a SC transmission based on the first and second space-time streams in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the EDMG STA to transmit the SC transmission based on a third space-time stream and a fourth space-time stream, wherein the third space-time stream comprises a third GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the third space-time stream, and the fourth space-time stream comprises a fourth GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the fourth space-time stream, the third GI comprises a third Golay sequence different from the first and second Golay sequences, and the fourth GI comprises a fourth Golay sequence different from the first, second, and third Golay sequences, wherein the first data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a third data sequence, the second data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a fourth data sequence, the first data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the fourth data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the third data sequence with reverse order.
13. The product of claim 11 , wherein the first GI and the second GI have a same GI length.
14. The product of claim 11 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of M, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of (N−M), wherein N is equal to a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size.
15. The product of claim 11 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 32, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 480.
16. The product of claim 11 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 64, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 448.
17. The product of claim 11 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of 128, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of 384.
18. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the EDMG STA to transmit the SC transmission over a channel bandwidth of 4.32 GHz, 6.48 GHz, or 8.64 GHz.
19. An apparatus comprising:
means for causing an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) wireless communication station (STA) to generate a first space-time stream and a second space-time stream according to a Single Carrier (SC) symbol blocking structure and a Space Time Block Code (STBC), wherein the first space-time stream comprises a first Guard Interval (GI) between first and second data symbol blocks of the first space-time stream, and the second space-time stream comprises a second GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the second space-time stream, the first GI comprises a first Golay sequence and the second GI comprises a second Golay sequence different from the first Golay sequence, wherein the first data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a first data sequence, the second data symbol block of the first space-time stream comprises a second data sequence, the first data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the second data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the second space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the first data sequence with reverse order; and
means for causing the EDMG STA to transmit a SC transmission based on the first and second space-time streams in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
20. The apparatus of claim 19 comprising means for causing the EDMG STA to transmit the SC transmission based on a third space-time stream and a fourth space-time stream, wherein the third space-time stream comprises a third GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the third space-time stream, and the fourth space-time stream comprises a fourth GI between first and second data symbol blocks of the fourth space-time stream, the third GI comprises a third Golay sequence different from the first and second Golay sequences, and the fourth GI comprises a fourth Golay sequence different from the first, second, and third Golay sequences, wherein the first data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a third data sequence, the second data symbol block of the third space-time stream comprises a fourth data sequence, the first data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a sign inverted complex conjugate of the fourth data sequence with reverse order, and the second data symbol block of the fourth space-time stream comprises a complex conjugate of the third data sequence with reverse order.
21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein each of the first GI and the second GI has a GI length of M, and each of the first and second data symbol blocks in the first space-time stream and the first and second data symbol blocks in the second space-time stream has a length of (N−M), wherein N is equal to a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size.