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App. No. 19/376,727

DISTRIBUTED TONE MAPPING FOR POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY (PSD) LIMITS

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19/376,727
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for wireless communication. An example apparatus selects a resource unit (RU) for a physical (PHY) layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU). The selected RU includes a set of contiguous tones spanning a bandwidth. The apparatus maps the set of contiguous tones to a set of non-contiguous tones distributed across the frequency spectrum, and transmits the PPDU over the set of non-contiguous tones. Another example apparatus selects an RU of a group of RUs that collectively span a frequency spectrum, and formats a PPDU based on a first frequency bandwidth wider than the selected RU's bandwidth. The apparatus parses the contiguous tones of the selected RU to a set of non-contiguous tones spanning a unique segment of a second frequency bandwidth wider than the first frequency bandwidth, and schedules a transmission of the PPDU over the set of non-contiguous tones.

Claims (34)

1 . A method for wireless communication by an apparatus of a wireless communication device, comprising:

selecting a resource unit (RU) of a group of RUs that collectively span a frequency spectrum, the selected RU including a plurality of contiguous tones spanning a bandwidth of the selected RU;

formatting a physical (PHY) layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for wireless transmission associated with a first frequency bandwidth that is wider than the bandwidth of the selected RU;

parsing the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU to one or more sets of non-contiguous tones associated with a tone mapping number, wherein each set of non-contiguous tones spans a unique frequency segment of a second frequency bandwidth that is wider than the first frequency bandwidth; and

scheduling a transmission of the PPDU over the one or more sets of non-contiguous tones.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein parsing the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU is performed by a proportional round robin (PRR) parser.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the parsing of the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU is associated with a number of non-punctured tones in each of the unique frequency segments of the second frequency bandwidth.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

spreading tones of each set of non-contiguous tones across an entirety of respective unique frequency segment of the second frequency bandwidth.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the spreading is associated with a tone mapping distance (DTM) applicable to the group of RUs that collectively spans the first frequency bandwidth.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the DTM indicates a distance or spacing between adjacent tones of each set of non-contiguous tones after frequency segment parsing.

7 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

a processing system configured to:

select a resource unit (RU) of a group of RUs that collectively span a frequency spectrum, the selected RU including a plurality of contiguous tones spanning a bandwidth of the selected RU;

format a physical (PHY) layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for wireless transmission associated with a first frequency bandwidth that is wider than the bandwidth of the selected RU;

parse the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU to one or more sets of non-contiguous tones associated with a tone mapping number, wherein each set of non-contiguous tones spans a unique frequency segment of a second frequency bandwidth that is wider than the first frequency bandwidth; and

schedule a transmission of the PPDU over the one or more sets of non-contiguous tones.

8 . The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the parsing of the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU is associated with a number of non-punctured tones in each of the unique frequency segments of the second frequency bandwidth.

9 . The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the processing system is further configured to spread tones of each set of non-contiguous tones across an entirety of a respective unique frequency segment of the second frequency bandwidth.

10 . The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the spreading is associated with a tone mapping distance (DTM) applicable to the group of RUs that collectively spans an entirety of the first frequency bandwidth.

11 . The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the DTM indicates a distance or spacing between adjacent tones of each set of non-contiguous tones after frequency segment parsing.

12 . The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the frequency spectrum spans an 80 MHz frequency band, and the selected RU spans a frequency band less than or equal to approximately 10 MHz.

13 . The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sets of non-contiguous tones excludes tones associated with punctured frequency subbands.

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications by a wireless communication device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processing system to:

select a resource unit (RU) of a group of RUs that collectively span a frequency spectrum, the selected RU including a plurality of contiguous tones spanning a bandwidth of the selected RU;

format a physical (PHY) layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for wireless transmission associated with a first frequency bandwidth that is wider than the bandwidth of the selected RU;

parse the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU to one or more sets of non-contiguous tones associated with a tone mapping number, wherein each set of non-contiguous tones spans a unique frequency segment of a second frequency bandwidth that is wider than the first frequency bandwidth; and

schedule a transmission of the PPDU over the one or more sets of non-contiguous tones.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the parsing of the plurality of contiguous tones of the selected RU is associated with a number of non-punctured tones in each of the unique frequency segments of the second frequency bandwidth.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , the code comprising further instructions executable by the processing system to spread tones of each set of non-contiguous tones across an entirety of a respective frequency spectrum segment of the second frequency bandwidth.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the spreading is associated with a tone mapping distance (DTM) applicable to the group of RUs that collectively spans an entirety of the first frequency bandwidth.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the frequency spectrum spans an 80 MHz frequency band, and the selected RU spans a frequency band less than or equal to approximately 10 MHz.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the one or more sets of non-contiguous tones excludes tones associated with punctured frequency subbands.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the selected RU comprises a portion of a tone plan that includes one or more of RU26, RU52, RU106, RU242, RU484, or RU996 resource units.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: YANG, LIN; TIAN, BIN; KIM, YOUHAN; JONES, VINCENT KNOWLES, IV; YUCEK, TEVFIK
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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