Optimization of distributed-tone resource unit and multi-resource unit designs for transmission in 6GHz LPI system
Various schemes pertaining to optimization of distributed-tone resource unit (dRU) and distributed-tone multi-resource unit (dMRU) designs for transmission in a 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) system are described. An apparatus distributes a plurality of subcarriers of a resource unit (RU) to generate a dRU or a distributed-tone multi-RU (dMRU) on an 80 MHz frequency segment or subblock. The apparatus then communicates with a communication entity using the dRU or the dMRU.
1. A method, comprising:
distributing a plurality of subcarriers of a resource unit (RU) to generate a distributed-tone RU (dRU) or a distributed-tone multi-RU (dMRU) on an 80 MHz frequency segment or subblock; and
communicating with a communication entity using the dRU or the dMRU,
wherein the dRU or the dMRU is generated based on a subcarrier indices table with parameters RU start (r) and I (i) , and
wherein:
RU start (r) denotes a first or starting tone index for the dRU or the dMRU,
I (i) denotes one or more tones of the dRU or the dMRU within one repetition distance or one repetition period,
r denotes a dRU index,
i=mod(k, L)=0, 1, 2, . . . , L−1,
k=0, 1, . . . , N st −1,
L denotes a number of tones of the dRU or the dMRU within one repetition distance or one repetition period, and
N st denotes a number of subcarriers associated with the dRU or the dMRU.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a repetition period of a plurality of tones of the dRU or the dMRU is 36, and wherein the plurality of tones of the dRU or the dMRU are distributed over either an orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) tone plan or a non-OFDMA tone plan.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a repetition period of a plurality of tones of the dRU is 37, and wherein the plurality of tones of the dRU or the dMRU are distributed over a non-orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (non-OFDMA) tone plan.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a 484-tone dRU is supported in the subcarrier indices table.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dRU comprises a 26-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={V, V+1} and the I (i) ={0}, and wherein V=[0, 16, 8, 24, 32, 4, 20, 12, 28, 6, 22, 14, 30, 34, 2, 18, 10, 26].
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dRU comprises a 52-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 8, 4, 12, 6, 14, 2, 10, 1, 9, 5, 13, 7, 15, 3, 11} and the I (i) ={0, 16}.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dRU comprises a 106-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 4, 6, 2, 1, 5, 7, 3} and the I (i) ={0, 8, 16, 24}.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dRU comprises a 242-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 2, 1, 3} and the I (i) ={0:4:32}.
9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dRU comprises a 484-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 1} and the I (i) ={0:2:34}.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dRU comprises a 26-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 13, 26, 3, 16, 29, 6, 19, 32, 9, 22, 35, 12, 25, 2, 15, 28, 5, 18, 31, 8, 21, 34, 11, 24, 1, 14, 27, 4, 17, 30, 7, 20, 33, 10, 23} and the I (i) ={0}.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dRU comprises a 52-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 3, 6, 19, 9, 12, 2, 5, 18, 8, 11, 1, 4, 17, 20, 10} and the I (i) =
{0, 13} for dRU1, dRU4, dRU5, dRU7, dRU9, dRU10, dRU11, dRU12, dRU14, dRU15 and dRU16, or
{0, 23} for dRU2, dRU3, dRU6, dRU8 and dRU13.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dRU comprises a 106-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 6, 9, 2, 8, 1, 4, 10} and the I (i) =
{0, 3, 13, 26} for dRU1, dRU3 and dRU4,
{0, 13, 23, 26} for dRU2 and dRU7, or
{0, 10, 13, 23} for dRU5, dRU6 and dRU8.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dRU comprises a 242-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 2, 1, 4} and the I (i) =
{0, 3, 6, 13, 16, 19, 26, 29, 32} for dRU1,
{0, 3, 7, 10, 13, 20, 23, 26, 33} for dRU2,
{0, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 30, 33} for dRU3, or
{0, 3, 6, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29} for dRU4.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dRU comprises a 484-tone dRU with the RU start (r)={0, 1} and the I (i) =
{0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 35} for dRU1, or
{0, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33} for dRU2.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a tone distribution pattern of the dRU or the dMRU is center-aligned and DC-symmetric.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein a tone distribution pattern of the dRU or the dMRU is center-aligned and DC-asymmetric.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein a tone distribution pattern of the dRU or the dMRU is edge-aligned and DC-symmetric.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein a tone distribution pattern of the dRU or the dMRU is edge-aligned and DC-asymmetric.
19. An apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
distributing a plurality of subcarriers of a resource unit (RU) to generate a distributed-tone RU (dRU) or a distributed-tone multi-RU (dMRU) on an 80 MHz frequency segment or subblock; and
communicating, via the transceiver, with a communication entity using the dRU or the dMRU,
wherein the dRU or the dMRU is generated based on a subcarrier indices table with parameters RU start (r) and I (i) , and
wherein:
RU start (r) denotes a first or starting tone index for the dRU or the dMRU,
I (i) denotes one or more tones of the dRU or the dMRU within one repetition distance or one repetition period,
r denotes a dRU index,
i=mod (k, L)=0, 1, 2, . . . , L−1,
k=0, 1, . . . , N st −1,
L denotes a number of tones of the dRU or the dMRU within one repetition distance or one repetition period, and
N st denotes a number of subcarriers associated with the dRU or the dMRU.