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US 12,476,856 · App. 18/297,970 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Access point, station, and wireless communication method

Inventor: Lei Huang (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04L27/2621H04L5/0044
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Patent No.
US 12,476,856
App. No.
18/297,970
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An access point (AP), a station (STA), and a wireless communication method are provided. The wireless communication method includes configuring, by an access point (AP), an aggregated physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (A-PPDU) to a set of stations (STAs), wherein the A-PPDU comprises at least one first PPDU and at least one second PPDU, and phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth associated with at least one of the A-PPDU, the at least one first PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU. This can solve issues in the prior art, apply phase rotation to an A-PPDU, improve peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the A-PPDU, achieve extremely high throughput (EHT), provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

Claims (43)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

configuring, by an access point (AP), an aggregated physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (A-PPDU) to a set of stations (STAs), wherein the A-PPDU comprises at least one first PPDU and at least one second PPDU, and phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth associated with at least one of the A-PPDU, the at least one first PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU;

wherein one of the following:

the at least one first PPDU comprises one high efficiency (HE) multi-user (MU) PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or two extremely high throughput (EHT) MU PPDUs for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one HE MU PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one EHT MU PPDU, and one post-EHT MU PPDU for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE trigger-based (TB) PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs for uplink transmission; and

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE TB PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs, and one or more post-EHT TB PPDU for uplink transmission.

2 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and at least one bandwidth of the at least one second PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU according to the at least one bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the phase rotation is applied to the at least one second PPDU according to the at least one bandwidth of the at least one second PPDU.

3 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to a bandwidth of the A-PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having the same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the A-PPDU.

4 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to a total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU.

5 . The wireless communication method of claim 4 , wherein when the total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU is smaller than or equal to a half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, the A-PPDU is treated as a compressed A-PPDU having a bandwidth equal to the half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, and the phase rotation is applied to the compressed A-PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having the same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the compressed A-PPDU.

6 . The wireless communication method of claim 4 , wherein when the total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU is larger than a half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having the same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the A-PPDU.

7 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the A-PPDU comprises a frequency-domain (FD) A-PPDU (FD-A-PPDU).

8 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

determining, by a station (STA) of a set of STAs, an aggregated physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (A-PPDU) from an access point (AP), wherein the A-PPDU comprises at least one first PPDU and at least one second PPDU, and phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth associated with at least one of the A-PPDU, the at least one first PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU;

wherein one of the following:

the at least one first PPDU comprises one high efficiency (HE) multi-user (MU) PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or two extremely high throughput (EHT) MU PPDUs for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one HE MU PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one EHT MU PPDU, and one post-EHT MU PPDU for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE trigger-based (TB) PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs for uplink transmission; and

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE TB PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs, and one or more post-EHT TB PPDU for uplink transmission.

9 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and at least one bandwidth of the at least one second PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU according to the at least one bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the phase rotation is applied to the at least one second PPDU according to the at least one bandwidth of the at least one second PPDU.

10 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to a bandwidth of the A-PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having a same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the A-PPDU.

11 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to a total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU.

12 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein when the total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU is smaller than or equal to a half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, the A-PPDU is treated as a compressed A-PPDU having a bandwidth equal to the half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, and the phase rotation is applied to the compressed A-PPDU,

wherein the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having a same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the compressed A-PPDU.

13 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein when the total bandwidth of the at least one first PPDU and the at least one second PPDU is larger than a half bandwidth of the A-PPDU, the phase rotation is applied to the at least one first PPDU and/or the at least one second PPDU having a same bandwidth as the bandwidth of the A-PPDU.

14 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the A-PPDU comprises a frequency-domain (FD) A-PPDU (FD-A-PPDU).

15 . An access point (AP), comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to:

configure an aggregated physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (A-PPDU) to a set of stations (STAs), wherein the A-PPDU comprises at least one first PPDU and at least one second PPDU, phase rotation is applied to the A-PPDU according to at least one bandwidth associated with at least one of the A-PPDU, the at least one first PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU;

wherein one of the following:

the at least one first PPDU comprises one high efficiency (HE) multi-user (MU) PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or two extremely high throughput (EHT) MU PPDUs for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one HE MU PPDU, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one EHT MU PPDU, and one post-EHT MU PPDU for downlink transmission;

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE trigger-based (TB) PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs for uplink transmission; and

the at least one first PPDU comprises one or more HE TB PPDUs, and the at least one second PPDU comprises one or more EHT TB PPDUs, and one or more post-EHT TB PPDU for uplink transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2023
From: HUANG, LEI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
SG 10202010452R · Oct 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021123474 · Oct 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230246896A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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