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Title:
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF DATA UNITS IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SEGMENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/210819
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
A first aggregated MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU) is generated for transmission over a first frequency segment of a communication channel, and a second A-MPDU is generated for transmission over a second frequency segment of the communication channel. A PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) is generated to include the plurality of A-MPDUs and a second PPDU is generated to include the second A-MPDU. A first transmit processor generates a first RF signal for transmission of the first PPDU over the first frequency segment and a second transmit processor generates a second RF signal for transmission of the second PPDU over the second frequency segment. The first RF signal is transmitted in the first frequency segment simultaneously with the second RF signal being transmitted in the second frequency segment.

Inventors:
ZHANG HONGYUAN (US)
SRINIVASA SUDHIR (US)
CAO RUI (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/027975
Publication Date:
December 03, 2020
Filing Date:
April 13, 2020
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Assignee:
MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD (SG)
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC (US)
ZHANG HONGYUAN (US)
SRINIVASA SUDHIR (US)
International Classes:
H04L1/00; H04L5/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YUSIM, Maya et al. (US)
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Claims:
AMENDED CLAIMS

received by the International Bureau on 1 October 2020 (01.10.2020)

What is claimed is:

1. A method for simultaneous transmission of data over a plurality of frequency segments of a communication channel, the method comprising: generating, at one or more synchronized control (MAC) processors

implemented on one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices, a plurality of aggregated MAC protocol data units (A-MPDUs) for transmission over the plurality of frequency segments, including generating at least a first A-MPDU for transmission over a first frequency segment among the plurality of frequency segments and a second A-MPDU for transmission over a second frequency segment among the plurality of frequency segments; providing, with the one or more synchronized MAC processors, the plurality of A-MPDUs to one or more physical layer (PHY) processors implemented on the one or more IC devices, the one or more PHY processors including at least a first transmit processor corresponding to the first frequency segment and a second transmit processor corresponding to the second frequency segment; generating, with the one or more PHY processors, a plurality of PHY protocol data units (PPDUs) to include the plurality of A-MPDUs, including i) generating a first data portion of a first PPDU to include the first A-MPDU and ii) generating a second data portion of a second PPDU to include the second A-MPDU ; generating, with the one or more PHY processors, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals for transmission over the plurality of frequency segments, including i) generating, with the first transmit processor, a first RF signal for transmission of the first PPDU over the first frequency segment and ii) generating, with the second transmit processor, a second RF signal for transmission of the second PPDU over the second frequency segment; and

transmitting, with the one or more PHY processors, the plurality of RF signals, including transmitting the first RF signal in the first frequency segment

simultaneously and asynchronously with transmitting the second RF signal in the second frequency segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: generating the first A-MPDU comprises generating the first A-MPDU to include a first information bit stream corresponding to a first A-MPDU length, and generating the second A-MPDU comprises generating the second A-MPDU to include a second information bit stream corresponding to a second A-MPDU length.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein: generating the first A-MPDU comprises generating the first information bit stream to include a first number of bits determined based on a first data rate at which the first A-MPDU is to be transmitted in the first frequency segment, and generating the second A-MPDU comprises generating the second information bit stream to include a second number of bits determined based on a second data rate at which the second A-MPDU is to be transmitted in the second frequency segment.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the plurality of RF signals includes: encoding, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream corresponding to the first A-MPDU using a first coding rate, and

encoding, with the second transmit processor, the second information bit stream corresponding to the second A-MPDU using a second coding rate different from the first coding rate.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the plurality of RF signals includes: modulating, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream of the first A-MPDU according to a first modulation scheme, and modulating, with the first transmit processor, the second information bit stream of the second A-MPDU according to a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the plurality of RF signals includes: parsing, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream of the first A-MPDU to a first number of spatial streams, and parsing, with the second transmit processor, the second information bit stream of the second A-MPDU to a second number of spatial streams different from the first number of spatial streams.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the plurality of PPDUs comprises generating the plurality of PPDUs corresponding to a single user (SU) transmission to a single communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the plurality of PPDUs comprises generating the plurality of PPDUs corresponding to a multi-user (MU) transmission to multiple communication devices.

9. A communication device, comprising: a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices; one or more synchronized media access control (MAC) processors

implemented on the one or more IC devices, the one or more synchronized MAC processors configured to generate a plurality aggregated MAC protocol data units (A- MPDUs) for transmission over a plurality of frequency segments of a communication channel, including at least a first A-MPDU for transmission over a first frequency segment among the plurality of frequency segments and a second A-MPDU for transmission over a second frequency segment among the plurality of frequency segments; and one or more physical layer (PHY) processors implemented on the one or more IC devices, the one or more PHY processors, the one or more PHY processors comprising at least a first transmit processor corresponding to the first frequency segment and a second transmit processor corresponding to the second frequency segment; wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: generate a plurality of PHY protocol data units (PPDUs) to include the plurality of A-MPDUs generated by the one or more MAC processors, including i) generating a first data portion of a first PPDU to include the first A-MPDU and ii) generating a second data portion of a second PPDU to include the second A-MPDU,

generate a plurality of RF signals for transmission over the plurality of frequency segments, including i) generating, with the first transmit processor, a first RF signal for transmission of the first PPDU over the first frequency segment and ii) generating, with the second transmit processor, a second RF signal for transmission of the second PPDU over the second frequency segment, and transmit the plurality of RF signals, including transmitting the first RF signal in the first frequency segment simultaneously and asynchronously with transmitting the second RF signal in the second frequency segment.

10. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: generate the first A-MPDU to include a first information bit stream

corresponding to a first A-MPDU length, and generate the second A-MPDU to include a second information bit stream corresponding to a second A-MPDU length.

11. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the one or more integrated circuits are configured to: generate the first information bit stream to include a first number of bits determined based on a first data rate at which the first A-MPDU is to be transmitted in the first frequency segment, and generate the second information bit stream to include a second number of bits determined based on a second data rate at which the second A-MPDU is to be transmitted in the second frequency segment.

12. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: encode, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream corresponding to the first A-MPDU using a first coding rate, and encode, with the second transmit processor, the second information bit stream corresponding to the second A-MPDU using a second coding rate different from the first coding rate.

13. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: modulate, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream of the first A-MPDU according to a first modulation scheme, and modulate, with the first transmit processor, the second information bit stream of the second A-MPDU according to a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme.

14. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to: parse, with the first transmit processor, the first information bit stream of the first A-MPDU to a first number of spatial streams, and parse, with the second transmit processor, the second information bit stream of the second A-MPDU to a second number of spatial streams different from the first number of spatial streams.

15. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to generate the plurality of PPDUs to correspond to a single user (SU) transmission to a single communication device.

16. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the one or more IC devices are configured to generate the plurality of PPDUs to correspond to a multi user (MU) transmission to multiple communication devices.