Granted Patent B2

US 12,231,239 · App. 18/100,322 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang (Fremont, CA); Liwen Chu (San Ramon, CA)

Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd

H04L1/1685H04W72/0453H04W72/1263H04B7/0452H04L5/0007H04L27/2602H04L27/2603H04W84/12

Abstract

Claims (78)

1. A method for duplex communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

generating, at a first communication device, a first packet;

transmitting, by the first communication device, the first packet via a first WLAN communication channel having a first radio frequency (RF) bandwidth;

generating, at the first communication device, a second packet;

after transmitting the first packet, transmitting, by the first communication device, the second packet via the first WLAN communication channel; and

receiving, at the first communication device, a transmission from one or more second communication devices that overlaps in time with transmission of the second packet, the transmission from the one or more second communication devices being received via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first packet comprises respective data for the one or more second communication devices; and

receiving the transmission comprises: receiving, within the transmission, one or more respective acknowledgments from the one or more second communication devices, the one or more respective acknowledgments acknowledging the respective data in the first packet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

transmitting the first packet comprises transmitting the first packet using a first radio of the first communication device, the first radio configured to transmit and receive via the first WLAN communication channel;

transmitting the second packet comprises transmitting the second packet using the first radio of the first communication device; and

receiving the transmission from the one or more second communication devices comprises receiving the transmission from the one or more second communication devices using a second radio configured to transmit and receive via the second WLAN communication channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

transmitting the first packet comprises transmitting the first packet via at least a first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel;

transmitting the second packet comprises transmitting the second packet via the at least the first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel; and

receiving the transmission from the one or more second communication devices comprises receiving the transmission from the one or more second communication devices via at least a second primary channel of the second WLAN communication channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

transmitting the first packet comprises transmitting a first multi-user, multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission to a plurality of second communication devices; and

receiving the transmission comprises receiving a second MU-MIMO transmission from the plurality of second communication devices.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

transmitting the first packet comprises transmitting a first orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission to a plurality of second communication devices; and

receiving the transmission comprises receiving a second OFDMA transmission from the plurality of second communication devices.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth has a first frequency bandwidth that is larger than a second frequency bandwidth of another one of the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth are separated by a gap in frequency.

9. A first communication device configured to operate in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the first communication device comprising:

a wireless network interface device comprising: one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices, a first radio frequency (RF) radio implemented at least partially on the one or more IC devices, and a second RF radio implemented at least partially on the one or more IC devices;

wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to:

generate a first packet,

control the first RF radio to transmit the first packet via a first WLAN communication channel having a first radio frequency (RF) bandwidth,

generate a second packet,

after transmitting the first packet, control the first RF radio to transmit the second packet via the first WLAN communication channel, and

receive, via the second RF radio, a transmission from one or more second communication devices that overlaps in time with transmission of the second packet, the transmission from the one or more second communication devices being received via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth.

10. The first communication device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first packet comprises respective data for the one or more second communication devices; and

the one or more IC devices are configured to receive, as part of the transmission from the one or more second communication devices, one or more respective acknowledgments from the one or more second communication devices, the one or more respective acknowledgments acknowledging the respective data in the first packet.

11. The first communication device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to:

control the first RF radio to transmit the first packet via at least a first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel;

control the first RF radio to transmit the second packet via the at least the first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel; and

wherein the transmission from the one or more second communication devices is received via at least a second primary channel of the second WLAN communication channel.

12. A method for duplex communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

receiving, at a first communication device, a first packet via a first WLAN communication channel having a first RF bandwidth;

after receiving the first packet, receiving, at the first communication device, a second packet via the first WLAN communication channel;

generating, at the first communication device, a third packet; and

transmitting, by the first communication device, the third packet via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth, wherein transmission of the third packet overlaps in time with reception of the second packet.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the first packet comprises data for the first communication device; and

generating the third packet comprises generating the third packet to include an acknowledgment of the data for the first communication device in the first packet.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

receiving the first packet comprises receiving the first packet using a first radio of the first communication device, the first radio configured to transmit and receive via the first WLAN communication channel;

receiving the second packet comprises receiving the second packet using the first radio of the first communication device, the first radio; and

transmitting the third packet comprises transmitting the third packet using a second radio configured to transmit and receive via the second WLAN communication channel.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

receiving the first packet comprises receiving the first packet via at least a first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel;

receiving the second packet comprises receiving the second packet via the at least the first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel; and

transmitting the third packet comprises transmitting the third packet via at least a second primary channel of the second WLAN communication channel.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

receiving the first packet comprises receiving the first packet as part of a first multi-user, multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission; and

transmitting the third packet comprises transmitting the third packet as part of a second MU-MIMO transmission.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

receiving the first packet comprises receiving the first packet as part of a first orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission; and

transmitting the third packet comprises transmitting the third packet as part of a second OFDMA transmission.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein one of the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth has a first frequency bandwidth that is larger than a second frequency bandwidth of another one of the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first RF bandwidth and the second RF bandwidth are separated by a gap in frequency.

20. A first communication device configured to operate in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the first communication device comprising:

a wireless network interface device comprising: one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices, a first radio frequency (RF) radio implemented at least partially on the one or more IC devices, and a second RF radio implemented at least partially on the one or more IC devices;

wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to:

receive, via the first RF radio, a first packet via a first WLAN communication channel having a first RF bandwidth,

after receiving the first packet, receive, via the first RF radio, a second packet via the first WLAN communication channel,

generate a third packet, and

control the second RF radio to transmit the third packet via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth, wherein transmission of the third packet overlaps in time with reception of the second packet.

21. The first communication device of claim 20 , wherein:

the first packet comprises data for the first communication device; and

the one or more IC devices are configured to generate the third packet to include an acknowledgment of the data for the first communication device in the first packet.

22. The first communication device of claim 20 , wherein:

the first packet is received via at least a first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel;

the second packet is received via the at least the first primary channel of the first WLAN communication channel; and

the one or more IC devices are configured to control the second RF radio to transmit the third packet via at least a second primary channel of the second WLAN communication channel.

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