18948212. DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNIT SIGNALING (QUALCOMM Incorporated)

DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNIT SIGNALING

Organization Name

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor(s)

Lin Yang of San Diego CA US

Bin Tian of San Diego CA US

DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNIT SIGNALING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18948212 titled 'DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE UNIT SIGNALING

Original Abstract Submitted

This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to trigger frame and physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) designs that support distributed transmission. In some implementations, an access point (AP) may transmit a trigger frame soliciting a trigger-based (TB) PPDU from a wireless station (STA), where the trigger frame carries RU allocation information indicating a number (N) of tones allocated for the STA and carries tone distribution information indicating whether the N tones are allocated for a contiguous transmission or a distributed transmission. In some other implementations, an AP or a STA may transmit a PPDU carrying distributed signaling information indicating whether the PPDU is transmitted as a contiguous transmission or a distributed transmission.