Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. One method may include communicating with an access point (AP) during awake intervals in which the wireless device is in an awake mode, determining a congestion level associated with a radio frequency (RF) spectrum band, and determining, for an awake interval, an inactivity timeout (ITO) interval for the wireless device to remain in the awake mode based on an identified RF spectrum band and the determined congestion level used by the wireless device to communicate with the AP. A second method may include polling an AP during a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) period, and modifying timing for the station to poll the AP based on identifying that a trigger condition has been satisfied based on a determination that at least one null data message has been received from the AP, or a predetermined threshold number of polls have timed out.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to receive information indicating a wake time period from a STA and use the received wake time period to schedule communication with the STA. The apparatus may use the received wake time period to determine a target transmission time for transmitting a trigger frame to the STA. The apparatus may transmit a beacon to the STA and then transmit the trigger frame to the STA at the target transmission time following the beacon. The apparatus may also indicate an offset from the beacon that the apparatus will use for communication with the STA based on the wake time period of the STA.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for adaptive dwell time for scan procedures. An access terminal (AT) may identify a scan period associated with performing a scan procedure on a first channel. The AT may analyze a channel congestion metric during the scan period and determine based, at least in part, on the channel congestion metric whether to exit the first channel. The AT may provide a probe request for transmission on a second channel during a remaining portion of the scan period based on the determination to exit the first channel.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for providing closed-loop power control during a short inter-frame space (SIFS) burst are described herein. A method includes receiving feedback associated with transmit power used to transmit a first data packet in a SIFS burst. The method also includes adjusting at least the transmit power, or a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), or a combination thereof, used to transmit a second data packet of the SIFS burst based at least in part on the received feedback.
Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods in a wireless local area network are disclosed for receiving, by a wireless station (STA), queued downlink (DL) data from an access point AP 110. A STA receives, from the AP 110, a beacon frame (510) indicating a presence of queued DL data for concurrent delivery to a plurality of STAs. The STAs receive permission (520) to request delivery of the queued DL data. The STAs each transmit, to the AP 110, a request (530) for delivery of the queued DL data based on the permission. The STA then receives the queued DL data (540) from the AP 110. The AP 110 preferably uses power save (PS) trigger frames (520) to schedule concurrent DL data transmissions to the plurality of STAs. By using PS trigger frames (520), the plurality of STAs does not need to contend with each other for medium access to request delivery of queued DL data. Instead, a number of STAs that receive the PS trigger frame (520) may concurrently transmit requests (530) for delivery of the queued DL data without contending with each other for medium access, thereby reducing delays associated with medium access contention operations. Upon receiving the requests (530), the AP 110 may concurrently transmit queued DL data (540) to the requesting STAs, for example, using multiple access mechanisms. In some aspects, the AP 110 may concurrently transmit queued DL data (540) to multiple STAs using OFDMA communications or multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications. In an alternative embodiment, the AP's permission and the STA's request are implicit. In this case, the AP 110 and the receiving STAs exchange PS-Trigger capabilities and/or negotiate a number of PS-Trigger parameters prior to the delivery of queued DL data from the AP 110 to the receiving STAs. For at least some implementations, the AP 110 may selectively use PS-Trigger frames to schedule delivery of queued DL data based on a level of congestion on the shared wireless medium. The STAs may indicate their PS-Trigger frame capabilities in any suitable manner, for example in an association request. The WLAN may be formed by a plurality of Wi-Fi access points that may operate according to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards.
Abstract:
Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for obtaining round trip time measurements for use in location based services. In particular implementations, a fine timing measurement request message wirelessly transmitted by a first transceiver device to a second transceiver device may permit additional processing features in computing or applying a signal round trip time measurement. Such a signal round trip time measurement may be used in positioning operations.
Abstract:
This disclosure includes systems and methods for determining the location of each of a plurality of STAs of a WLAN where an AP measures the round-trip time (RTT) and the angle of arrival (AOA) to each STA from implicit packet exchange, such as data frame and ACK frame. The AP may then report the RTT and AOA measurements to each STA using a dedicated beacon information element (IE) which multicasts RTT and AOA measurements to the STAs. By employing an additional parameter, namely, angle of arrival AOA, a single AP may compute the two-dimensional location of each associated STA. Further, another beacon IE may multicast mapping of the AIDs to MAC addresses so that the associated STAs can understand such mapping for STAs in a network so that one STA may know the location of other STAs. Encryption may be employed to achieve privacy.
Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) uses information regarding the timing of scheduling mobile wireless services (MWS) RAT communications to improve MWS and wireless network connectivity (WCN) radio access technology coexistence. To allow sufficient time for an uplink grant to be received by the UE in advance of the scheduled uplink time, an uplink grant may be sent in advance of the scheduled uplink time. In some instances, the UE may receive an indication of scheduled uplink time of the MWS RAT via a physical layer communication. The UE may schedule communications of the WCN RAT based at least in part on the indication of future activity.
Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) uses information regarding dynamic resource allocation in a mobile wireless service (MWS) radio access technology (RAT) to improve MWS and wireless connectivity network (WCN) RAT coexistence. The UE may receive an indication of time and frequency resources of future activity of the MWS RAT. The UE may schedule communications of the WCN RAT based at least in part on the indication of the time and frequency resources of the future activity.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for asynchronous channel access control of a wireless system. In some aspects, a device may adjust the priority of one or more PPDUs and may perform other operations to ensure control of a wireless medium at certain times while still allowing for other devices to communicate on the wireless medium. For example, the device may adjust a backoff counter or one or more EDCA parameters to ensure obtaining control of the wireless medium to transmit a first PPDU of an application file. For one or more subsequent PPDUs of the application file, the device may again adjust a backoff counter or one or more EDCA parameters to allow other devices to obtain control of the wireless medium in certain scenarios (such as a second device to provide information back to the device or to otherwise transmit using the shared wireless medium).