US 11,743,761 B2
Apparatus, system and method of communication during a transmit opportunity (TXOP)
Oren Kedem, Modiin Maccabim-Reut (IL); Ran Mor, Herzlia (IL); Nir Paz, Azur (IL); Alon Pais, Kibbutz Harel (IL); Dror Markovich, Tel Aviv (IL); and Igor Brainman, Kfar Saba (IL)
Assigned to INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,460.
Application 17/516,460 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,279, granted, now 11,178,570, previously published as PCT/US2018/014170, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060936 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04L 1/1829 (2023.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 28/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/22 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0278 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1671 (2013.01); H04L 1/1835 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 28/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/22 (2013.01); H04W 28/065 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
memory circuitry; and
a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a first Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) wireless communication station (STA) to:
process a first field from a second EDMG STA, the first field comprising a first value to indicate a first length, the first length corresponding to a memory size at the second EDMG STA at a beginning of a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP);
process a second field from the second EDMG STA, the second field comprising a second value to indicate a second length, the second length comprising a maximal length of an Aggregate Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) transmission, the first value is less than or equal to the second value;
transmit a first A-MPDU to the second EDMG STA during the TXOP, a length of the first A-MPDU is not longer than the first length;
process a Block Acknowledgment (BlockAck) from the second EDMG STA to acknowledge the first A-MPDU, the BlockAck comprising a Receive Buffer Capacity (RBUFCAP) value based on an available memory size at the second EDMG STA; and
based on the RBUFCAP value, determine whether the first EDMG STA is to be allowed to transmit to the second STA a second A-MPDU having a length, which is not longer than the second length.