Patent ID: 8861447
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a wireless communication device, the method comprising: transmitting a group definition field to a plurality of wireless communication devices via a first transmission; and transmitting a multi-user packet to the plurality of wireless communication devices via a second transmission that is different than the first transmission, wherein: the multi-user packet including a group identification field (group ID) indicating, based on the group definition field, a first field of the multi-user packet to be processed by a first of the plurality of wireless communication devices and a second field of the multi-user packet to be processed by a second of the plurality of wireless communication devices; the group ID corresponding to a plurality of subsets of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and based on the group ID, at least one additional field within the multi-user packet indicating a first at least one space-time stream within the multi-user packet corresponding to the first of the plurality of wireless communication devices and a second at least one space-time stream within the multi-user packet corresponding to the second of the plurality of wireless communication devices.