communicating, by a processor of a first apparatus, in a 60 GHz frequency band wirelessly with a second apparatus by either or both:

transmitting first data or first information to the second apparatus; and

receiving second data or second information from the second apparatus,

wherein the communicating in the 60 GHz frequency band wirelessly comprises communicating in the 60 GHz frequency band wirelessly based on a scalable waveform and numerology design with at least one of:

selection of a specific subcarrier spacing (SCS);

selection of a specific guard interval (GI) design; and

reuse of a preexisting channelization or tone plan,

wherein the communicating comprises communicating in a 160 MHz or 320 MHz or 480 MHz or 640 MHz or 960 MHz or 1280 MHz or 2560 MHz channel bandwidth,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 160 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 0.625 MHz, the GI is selected with a short GI duration of 50 ns or 25 ns, a normal GI duration of 100 ns or 50 ns, or a long GI duration of 200 ns or 100 ns, and the tone plan is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 20 MHz for a 242-tone resource unit (RU242) or an IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz; or

the SCS is 1.25 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is an IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz; or

the SCS is 2.5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 40 MHZ,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 320 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.25 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is an IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz for the RU242 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz; or

the SCS is 2.5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz; or

the SCS is 5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 12.5 ns, 18.75 ns or 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 25 ns, 37.5 ns or 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 50 ns, 75 ns or 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 20 MHZ,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 480 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.875 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 33.333 ns, the normal GI duration of 66.667 ns, or the long GI duration of 133.333 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 20 MHz for the RU242 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz; or

the SCS is 3.75 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 16.667 ns, the normal GI duration of 33.333 ns, or the long GI duration of 66.667 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 640 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.25 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz for a 484-tone resource unit (RU484) or an IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 160 MHz; or

the SCS is 2.5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 20 MHz for the RU242 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz; or

the SCS is 5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 12.5 ns, 18.75 ns or 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 25 ns, 37.5 ns or 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 50 ns, 75 ns or 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 960 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.875 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 16.667 ns, the normal GI duration of 33.333 ns, or the long GI duration of 66.667 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz for the RU484 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 160 MHz; or

the SCS is 3.75 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 16.667 ns, the normal GI duration of 33.333 ns, or the long GI duration of 66.667 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 20 MHz for the RU242 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHZ,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 1280 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.25 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is an IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz for a 996-tone resource unit (RU996); or

the SCS is 2.5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz for the RU484 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 160 MHz; or

the SCS is 5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 12.5 ns, 18.75 ns or 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 25 ns, 37.5 ns or 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 50 ns, 75 ns or 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 20 MHz for RU242 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz,

wherein, responsive to communicating in the 2560 MHz channel bandwidth:

the SCS is 1.25 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is an IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 160 MHz for two 996-tone resource units (RU2x996); or

the SCS is 2.5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 25 ns, the normal GI duration of 50 ns, or the long GI duration of 100 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 80 MHz for the RU996; or

the SCS is 5 MHz, the GI is selected with the short GI duration of 12.5 ns, the normal GI duration of 25 ns, or the long GI duration of 50 ns, and the tone plan is the IEEE 802.11be tone plan corresponding to 40 MHz for the RU484 or the IEEE 802.11ac tone plan corresponding to 160 MHz.

	US 12,483,454 B2
	Scalable waveform and numerology designs for next-generation WLAN in 60GHz frequency band
Shengquan Hu, San Jose, CA (US); Jianhan Liu, San Jose, CA (US); and Thomas Edward Pare, Jr., San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MediaTek Inc., (TW)
Filed by MediaTek Inc., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,368.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,334, filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/321,321, filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300011 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)