Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless transmission according to a physical layer scheme
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless transmission according to a Physical Layer scheme. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame including a header and a data portion, the header including a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value of an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM) Physical layer (PHY) scheme or a Low Power Single Carrier (LPSC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the header according to a Single Carrier (SC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the data portion according to the OFDM PHY scheme or the LPSC PHY scheme; and process transmission of the frame.
1. An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to:
receive a frame in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz);
demodulate a plurality of fields of the frame according to a Single Carrier (SC) scheme, the plurality of fields comprising a Short Training Field (STF), a Channel Estimation Field (CEF), a first header, and a second header, the first header comprising a first indication to indicate a presence of the second header, the first header comprising a second indication to indicate whether a data portion of the frame is modulated according to the SC scheme or according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and
based on the second indication in the first header, demodulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme or the OFDM scheme.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first indication comprises a reserved bit in the first header.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the reserved bit has a value of “1” to indicate the presence of the second header.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second header comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field to indicate an MCS applied to the data portion.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and the second header comprises a second MCS field.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first MCS field comprises an MCS value in the range 1-12.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second header comprises a length field based on a length of the data portion.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a first length field, and the second header comprises a second length field.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first header comprises a length field to indicate a spoofed length of the frame.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the length field is based on a number of SC blocks.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication station to, when the second indication comprises a predefined value to indicate the OFDM scheme, demodulate the second portion of the frame according to the OFDM scheme.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication station to, when the second indication comprises a predefined value to indicate the SC scheme, demodulate the second portion of the frame according to the SC scheme.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a Training (TRN) field following the data portion.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a Medium Access Control (MAC), and a Physical Layer (PHY).
15. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to receive the frame.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 comprising one or more antennas connected to the radio, a memory to store data processed by the wireless communication station, and a processor to execute instructions of an Operating System (OS).
17. 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 to:
receive a frame in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz);
demodulate a plurality of fields of the frame according to a Single Carrier (SC) scheme, the plurality of fields comprising a Short Training Field (STF), a Channel Estimation Field (CEF), a first header, and a second header, the first header comprising a first indication to indicate a presence of the second header, the first header comprising a second indication to indicate whether a data portion of the frame is modulated according to the SC scheme or according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and
based on the second indication in the first header, demodulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme or the OFDM scheme.
18. The product of claim 17 , wherein the second header comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field to indicate an MCS applied to the data portion.
19. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and the second header comprises a second MCS field.
20. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a first length field, and the second header comprises a second length field.
21. The product of claim 17 , wherein the first header comprises a length field to indicate a spoofed length of the frame.
22. An apparatus comprising:
means for processing at a wireless communication station a received frame in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz);
means for causing the wireless communication station to demodulate a plurality of fields of the frame according to a Single Carrier (SC) scheme, the plurality of fields comprising a Short Training Field (STF), a Channel Estimation Field (CEF), a first header, and a second header, the first header comprising a first indication to indicate a presence of the second header, the first header comprising a second indication to indicate whether a data portion of the frame is modulated according to the SC scheme or according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and
means for causing the wireless communication station to, based on the second indication in the first header, demodulate the data portion of the frame according to the SC scheme or the OFDM scheme.
23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the first header comprises a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) field, and the second header comprises a second MCS field.