Wake-up radio advertisement channel
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake-up radio (WUR) advertisement channels. A device may include a wake-up receiver (WURx) and a primary connectivity radio. The device may determine a wake-up radio (WUR) discovery subchannel for WUR advertisement. The WUR discovery subchannel may be associated with a channel of a frequency band. The device may generate a WUR discovery frame comprising a WUR advertisement. The device may transmit, by the WURx, the WUR discovery frame to a second device using the WUR discovery subchannel. The device may identify a response from the second device indicating an acknowledgment of the WUR discovery frame.
1. An apparatus of a device for wake-up radio (WUR) discovery scanning, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
determine a first time period for a WUR discovery of an access point device by the device;
identify a frame received from the access point device by the device at a second time, the frame comprising an indication of a WUR channel associated with the WUR discovery of the access point device by the device;
scan, during the first time period, the WUR channel;
identify a WUR discovery frame received from the access point device using the WUR channel during the first time period; and
transmit, to the access point device, a request to associate with the access point device based on the WUR discovery frame.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first time period is negotiated by the device and the access point device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
identify a second frame received from a second access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with the second access point device during the first time period;
scan, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identify a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the second access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
identify a second frame received from the access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with a second WUR discovery of the access point device during the first time period;
scan, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identify a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the WUR channel is channel 44 of a 5 GHz frequency band.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the WUR channel is channel 149 of a 5 GHz frequency band.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the WUR channel is in a 2.4 GHz frequency band.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals, the wireless signals comprising the frame.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
determining, by a device, a first time period for a WUR discovery of an access point device by the device;
identifying a frame received from the access point device by the device at a second time, the frame comprising an indication of a WUR channel associated with the WUR discovery of the access point device by the device;
scanning, during the first time period, the WUR channel;
identifying a WUR discovery frame received from the access point device using the WUR channel during the first time period; and
transmitting, to the access point device, a request to associate with the access point device based on the WUR discovery frame.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first time period is negotiated by the device and the access point device.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
identifying a second frame received from a second access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with a WUR discovery of the second access point device during the first time period;
scanning, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identifying a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the second access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
identifying a second frame received from the access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with a second WUR discovery of the access point device during the first time period;
scanning, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identifying a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the WUR channel is channel 44 of a 5 GHz frequency band.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the WUR channel is channel 149 of a 5 GHz frequency band.
16. A method for discovery scanning using a wake-up radio (WUR), the method comprising:
determining, by processing circuitry of an apparatus of a device, a first time period for a WUR discovery of an access point device by the device;
identifying, by the processing circuitry, a frame received from the access point device by the device at a second time, the frame comprising an indication of a WUR channel associated with the WUR discovery of the access point device by the device;
scanning, by the processing circuitry, during the first time period, the WUR channel;
identifying, by the processing circuitry, a WUR discovery frame received from the access point device using the WUR channel during the first time period; and
transmitting, by the processing circuitry, to the access point device, a request to associate with the access point device based on the WUR discovery frame.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first time period is negotiated by the device and the access point device.
18. The method of claim 16 , the method further comprising:
identifying a second frame received from a second access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with a WUR discovery of the second access point device during the first time period;
scanning, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identifying a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the second access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
19. The method of claim 16 , the method further comprising:
identifying a second frame received from the access point device by the device, the second frame comprising a second indication of a second WUR channel associated with a second WUR discovery of the access point device during the first time period;
scanning, during the first time period, the second WUR channel; and
identifying a second WUR discovery frame received by the device from the access point device using the second WUR channel during the first time period.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the WUR channel is channel 44 of a 5 GHz frequency band.