US 12,394,623 B2
Non-contiguous channel bonding
Qinghua Li, San Ramon, CA (US); Xiaogang Chen, Portland, OR (US); Po-Kai Huang, San Jose, CA (US); Yuan Zhu, Beijing (CN); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,668.
Application 17/513,668 is a continuation of application No. 16/656,967, filed on Oct. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,184,927.
Application 16/656,967 is a continuation of application No. 15/763,422, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2016/039794, filed on Jun. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/244,603, filed on Oct. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053565 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C30B 11/12 (2006.01); C30B 29/60 (2006.01); C30B 29/66 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01); H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H01L 21/02603 (2013.01) [C30B 11/12 (2013.01); C30B 29/60 (2013.01); C30B 29/66 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a station device, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a high efficiency (HE) frame for transmission to one or more EHT stations (STAs), wherein the HE frame is transmitted on a channel comprising at least one of:
a first 80 MHz channel bandwidth, where a first secondary 20 MHz subchannel is punctured while a first secondary 40 MHz subchannel is idle,
a second 80 MHz channel bandwidth, where a first 20 MHz subchannel of a second secondary 40 MHz subchannel is punctured while a second 20 MHz subchannel of the second secondary 40 MHz subchannel and a third 20 MHz subchannel are idle,
a first 160 MHz channel bandwidth or a first 80+80 MHz channel bandwidth, where in a first primary 80 MHz subchannel, a fourth secondary 20 MHz subchannel is punctured while a third secondary 40 MHz subchannel and at least one of four 20 MHz subchannels in a first secondary 80 MHz channel are idle, and
a second 160 MHz channel bandwidth or a second 80+80 MHz channel bandwidth, where in a second primary 80 MHz subchannel, a primary 40 MHz is present while a fourth secondary 20 MHz channel and at least one of four 20 MHz subchannels in a second secondary 80 MHz channel are idle;
perform a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) measurement on primary 20MHz subchannel, secondary 20 MHz subchannel, or the secondary 40 MHz subchannel for the 80 MHz channel bandwidth, and on primary 20 MHz subchannel, secondary 20MHz subchannel, secondary 40 MHz subchannel, or the secondary 80 MHz subchannel for the 160 MHz channel bandwidth; and
cause to send the HE frame on at least a primary subchannel and a secondary subchannel even though at least one or more subchannels are punctured.