High efficiency (HE) beacon and HE formats

1. An apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP), the apparatus comprising memory; and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to:

if a basic HE modulation and control scheme (MCS)(HE-MCS) and a number of spatial streams (NSS) set of tuples is not empty, select a <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from the basic HE-MCS set of tuples, otherwise select the <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from a mandatory HE-MCS and NSS set of tuples;

encode a beacon frame in a HE single user (SU) physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the HE SU PPDU on a 6 GHz band.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode a second beacon frame using a basic MCS in a non-high-throughput (non-HT) PPDU; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the non-HT PPDU on a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the beacon frame is for a BSS and wherein the beacon frame comprises operating parameters for the BSS.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein encode the beacon frame further comprises:

encode a second beacon frame in a HE multi-user (MU) PPDU, in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the HE MU PPDU.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode a second beacon frame in a HE multi-user (MU) PPDU, in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple, the second beacon frame to comprise the basic HE-MCS and NSS set of tuples; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the HE MU PPDU.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the beacon frame is for a HE BSS and wherein the beacon frame comprises operating parameters for the HE BSS, the operating parameters comprising a HE operation element.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein encode the beacon frame in the HE SU PPDU further comprises:

encode the beacon frame in a single media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU)(S-MDPU), in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple; and

encode the S-MDPU in a data portion of the beacon frame, in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein configure the HE AP to transmit the HE SU PPDU further comprises:

configure the HE AP to encode and transmit the HE SU PPDU in accordance with the following parameter setting: CH_BANDWIDTH set to CBW20, a HE_LTF_TYPE set to 2×HE-LTF, a GI_TYPE LTF and GI_TYPE set to 3u2s_GI, a FEC_CODING set to BCC_CODING, a STBC set to 0, a DCM set to 0, a DOPPLER set to 0, a BEAMFORMED set to 0, a NUM_STS set to 1, a NOMINAL_PACKET_PADDING set to 16 μs, and a NO_SIG_EXTN set to true, wherein CH is an abbreviation for channel, CBW is an abbreviation for channel bandwidth, LTF is an abbreviation for long-training field, GI is an abbreviation for guard interval, FEC is an abbreviation for forward error correction, BCC is an abbreviation for binary convolution codes, STBC is an abbreviation for space-time block coding, DCM is an abbreviation for dual carrier modulation, STS is an abbreviation for space time streams, and SIG_EXTN is an abbreviation for signal extension.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

encode a second beacon frame in a HE extended range (ER) PPDU, in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple, the second beacon frame to comprise the basic HE-MCS and NSS set of tuples; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the HE ER PPDU.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the beacon frame is for a HE BSS and wherein the beacon frame comprises operating parameters for the HE BSS, the operating parameters comprising a HE operation element.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , w therein the beacon frame is to configure HE stations (STA) to operate in a HE BSS.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the HE AP is configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the following communication standards: an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11ax, an IEEE 802.11 extremely-high throughput (EHT), IEEE 802.11 az, and IEEE 802.11.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 ; further comprising transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry; and one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry.

14. A method performed by an apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP), the method comprising:

if a basic HE modulation and control scheme (MCS)(HE-MCS) and a number of spatial streams (NSS) set of tuples is not empty, selecting a <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from the basic HE-MCS set of tuples, otherwise selecting the <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from a mandatory HE-MCS and NSS set of tuples;

encoding a beacon frame in a HE single user (SU) physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple; and

configuring the HE AP to transmit the HE SU PPDU on a 6 GHz band.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of an apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) access point (AP), the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

if a basic HE modulation and control scheme (MCS)(HE-MCS) and a number of spatial streams (NSS) set of tuples is not empty, select a <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from the basic HE-MCS set of tuples, otherwise select the <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple from a mandatory HE-MCS and NSS set of tuples;

encode a beacon frame in a HE single user (SU) physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), in accordance with the selected <HE-MCS, NSS=1> tuple; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the HE SU PPDU on a 6 GHz band.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further configure the one or more processors to:

encode a second beacon frame using a basic MCS in a non-high-throughput (non-HT) PPDU; and

configure the HE AP to transmit the non-HT PPDU on a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the beacon frame is for a BSS and wherein the beacon frame comprises operating parameters for the BSS.