Enhanced high efficiency frames for wireless communications
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to using enhanced high efficiency (HE) frames. A device may determine a high efficiency signal-B (HE-SIG-B) field for a high efficiency (HE) frame, the HE-SIG-B field comprising a common information field and a user information field. The device may determine a data portion of the HE frame, wherein the data portion includes one or more resource units (RUs) with a size equal to a number of tones. The device may determine a first resource allocation subfield and a second resource allocation subfield of the common information field based at least in part on the number of tones. The device may cause to send the HE frame.
1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
generate a high efficiency signal-B (HE-SIG-B) field for a high efficiency (HE) frame, the HE-SIG-B field comprising a common information field and a user information field;
include an indication of a resource unit (RU) allocation in the common information field, wherein the RU allocation is associated with a 996-tone RU and is encoded using a binary representation 11010y2y1y0 where y2y1y0 indicates a number of user fields signaled in a corresponding content channel;
generate two consecutive RU allocation subfields for each HE-SIG-B content channel of a first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B content channel, wherein a first 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field includes a binary value that encodes the number of user fields signaled within the corresponding content channel, and wherein a second 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field is encoded with the binary value 01110011, which is associated with a 996-tone RU indicating zero user information fields; and
cause to send the HE frame to a station device.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the 996-tone RU comprises an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) 996-tone RU and a multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) 996-tone RU.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first resource allocation subfield is based at least in part on a number of station devices information fields included in the RU.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein a first HE-SIG-B field is associated with first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B field is associated with a second content channel.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a value of the 8 bits of the second resource allocation subfield is equal to a value of 01110011 in binary representation.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein a value of the 8 bits of the first resource allocation subfield indicates on a number of user information fields signaled in the first resource allocation subfield.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the 8 bits of the first resource allocation subfield is equal to 11010y2y1y0, wherein y2y1y0 is a binary vector having a value range of 000-111.
8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.
9. The device of claim 8 , further comprising an antenna coupled to the transceiver to cause to send the HE frame.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
generating a high efficiency signal-B (HE-SIG-B) field for a high efficiency (HE) frame, the HE-SIG-B field comprising a common information field and a user information field;
including an indication of a resource unit (RU) allocation in the common information field, wherein the RU allocation is associated with a 996-tone RU and is encoded using a binary representation 11010y2y1y0 where y2y1y0 indicates a number of user fields signaled in a corresponding content channel;
generating two consecutive RU allocation subfields for each HE-SIG-B content channel of a first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B content channel, wherein a first 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field includes a binary value that encodes the number of user fields signaled within the corresponding content channel, and wherein a second 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field is encoded with the binary value 01110011, which is associated with a 996-tone RU indicating zero user information fields; and
causing to send the HE frame to a station device.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the 996-tone RU comprises an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) 996-tone RU and a multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) 996-tone RU.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first resource allocation subfield is based at least in part on a number of station devices information fields included in the RU.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein a first HE-SIG-B field is associated with first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B field is associated with a second content channel.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein a value of the 8 bits of the second resource allocation subfield is equal to a value of 01110011 in binary representation.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein a value of the 8 bits of the first resource allocation subfield indicates on a number of user information fields signaled in the first resource allocation subfield.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the 8 bits of the first resource allocation subfield is equal to 11010y2y1y0, wherein y2y1y0 is a binary vector having a value range of 000-111.
17. A method comprising:
generating a high efficiency signal-B (HE-SIG-B) field for a high efficiency (HE) frame, the HE-SIG-B field comprising a common information field and a user information field;
including an indication of a resource unit (RU) allocation in the common information field, wherein the RU allocation is associated with a 996-tone RU and is encoded using a binary representation 11010y2y1y0 where y2y1y0 indicates a number of user fields signaled in a corresponding content channel;
generating two consecutive RU allocation subfields for each HE-SIG-B content channel of a first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B content channel, wherein a first 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field includes a binary value that encodes the number of user fields signaled within the corresponding content channel, and wherein a second 8-bit RU Allocation subfield of the common information field is encoded with the binary value 01110011, which is associated with a 996-tone RU indicating zero user information fields; and
causing to send the HE frame to a station device.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the 996-tone RU comprises an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) 996-tone RU and a multi-user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) 996-tone RU.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first resource allocation subfield is based at least in part on a number of station devices information fields included in the RU.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein a first HE-SIG-B field is associated with first HE-SIG-B content channel and a second HE-SIG-B field is associated with a second content channel.