Apparatus, system, and method of communicating a millimeterwave (mmWave) physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) over an mmWave wireless communication channel
For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to determine an energy state of a 2.16 Gigahertz (GHz) channel bandwidth (BW) in a millimeterWave (mmWave) wireless communication frequency band according to an energy detection mechanism; and, based on the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW, to select between allowing or disabling the wireless communication device to transmit an mmWave Physical layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over an mmWave wireless communication channel, which at least partially overlaps the 2.16 GHz channel BW and is different from the 2.16 GHz channel BW, the mmWave wireless communication channel having an mmWave channel BW of at least 80 Megahertz (MHz).
1 . An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication device to:
determine an energy state of a 2.16 Gigahertz (GHz) channel bandwidth (BW) in a millimeterWave (mmWave) wireless communication frequency band according to an energy detection mechanism; and
based on the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW, select between allowing or disabling the wireless communication device to transmit an mmWave Physical layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over an mmWave wireless communication channel, which at least partially overlaps the 2.16 GHz channel BW and is different from the 2.16 GHz channel BW, the mmWave wireless communication channel having an mmWave channel BW of at least 80 Megahertz (MHz).
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection over one or more mmWave wireless communication channels, which are at least partially covered by the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection scanning over a plurality of mmWave wireless communication channels, which are at least partially covered by the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection scanning over all mmWave wireless communication channels defined according to an mmWave channelization scheme, which are at least partially covered by the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection over a largest mmWave wireless communication channel, which is supported by the wireless communication device, and which is entirely covered by the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection over an mmWave wireless communication channel having a channel BW less than 2.16 Ghz, which is centered at a center of the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
7 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on energy detection over an mmWave wireless communication channel, which is entirely covered by the 2.16 GHz channel BW, and which has an mmWave channel BW, which is equal to or greater than a predefined energy detection BW less than 2.16 GHz.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the energy detection mechanism is based on energy detection during an energy detection period, which is equal to or longer than a beacon period over the 2.16 GHz channel BW.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to determine the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW based on a comparison between a detected energy over the 2.16 GHz channel BW and an energy detection threshold.
10 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to select, based on the energy state of the 2.16 GHz channel BW, between allowing or disabling the wireless communication device to establish at least one of a link or a Basic Service Set (BSS) over the mmWave wireless communication channel.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to select to allow the wireless communication device to transmit the mmWave PPDU over the mmWave wireless communication channel only when the 2.16 GHz channel BW is determined to have a free energy state.
12 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to select to disable the wireless communication device to transmit the mmWave PPDU over the mmWave wireless communication channel when the 2.16 GHz channel BW is determined to have a busy energy state.
13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mmWave channel BW of the mmWave wireless communication channel is at least 160 MHz.
14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mmWave wireless communication frequency band comprises a 60 GHz frequency band.
15 . The apparatus of claim 1 comprising at least one radio to transmit the mmWave PPDU.
16 . The apparatus of claim 15 comprising one or more antennas connected to the radio, and a processor to execute instructions of an operating system of the wireless communication device.
17 . A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication device to:
process an information element in a frame received over a sub 10 Gigahertz (GHz) (sub-10 GHz) wireless communication channel, the information element comprising millimeterWave (mmWave) channel information to identify an active mmWave wireless communication channel in a mmWave wireless communication frequency band; and
based on the mmWave channel information, disable the wireless communication device to communicate over an mmWave wireless communication channel, which at least partially overlaps the active mmWave wireless communication channel.
18 . The product of claim 17 , wherein the mmWave channel information is configured to indicate a central frequency of the active mmWave wireless communication channel, and a bandwidth of the active mmWave wireless communication channel.
19 . The product of claim 17 , wherein the information element comprises version information to identify an mmWave Physical layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) version of a PPDU to be communicated over the active mmWave wireless communication channel.