1. A wireless device to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals using space-time channels in a wireless network, the wireless device comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted to and from the RF signals;
a scheduler circuit to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to selected mobile stations in the wireless network, the scheduler circuit configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations, the scheduler circuit being configured to buffer for a number of stations greater than the number of the spatial channels;
an RF transceiver to receive and transmit the RF signals using the space-time channels by using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm to achieve spatial diversity; and
a fragmentor circuit component configured to fragment and a code rate adjuster circuit component configured to adjust code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes, to adjust the size of the data packets,
wherein the packets are either fragmented or the code rate is adjusted or both in order to optimally fill the space-time channels with fragmented and variable FEC length data packets,
and wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the wireless device is configured to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the transmission of the RF signals are from one or more antennas.
3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception of the RF signals use Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
4. The wireless device of claim 3, wherein the wireless device operates using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
5. A Mobile Station (STA) to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF1) signals in a wireless network, comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted from the RF signals; and
an RF transceiver to receive from a wireless device variable length data packets having differing lengths in space-time channels, the variable length data packets scheduled based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels filled using data packets buffered for all stations, including the mobile station, wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, the variable length data packets scheduled in a protected time interval,
and wherein the received data packets are received from space-time channels filled by fragmented data packets and data packets with length adjusted by adjusting Forward-Correction (FEC) codes, spatial diversity of the space-time channels is achieved by an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm.
6. The STA of claim 5, wherein the reception of the RF signals are from one or more antennas.
7. The STA of claim 6, wherein the transmission and reception of the RF signals use Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the STA and the wireless device.
8. The STA of claim 7, wherein the STA operates using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
9. An integrated circuit (IC) operable in a wireless device to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals in a wireless network using space-time channels to selected mobile stations, the IC comprising:
a scheduler circuit component to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to selected mobile stations in the wireless network, the scheduler circuit component configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations; and
a fragmentor circuit component and a code rate adjuster circuit component configured to adjust the size of the variable length data packets and adjust the code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes,
wherein the variable length data packets are either fragmented or the code rate is adjusted or both in order to optimally fill the space-time channels with segmented and FEC adjusted data packets to be transmitted to the selected mobile stations, the IC to achieve spatial diversity using a beamforming algorithm in conjunction with an adaptive antenna array,
and wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the wireless device is configured to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
10. The IC of claim 9 wherein the IC is configured to be operable with an RF transceiver to receive and transmit the RF signals using the space-time channels.
11. The IC of claim 10, wherein transmission and reception of the RF signals using Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
12. The IC of claim 9, wherein the wireless device operates using multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
13. A method of transmitting and receiving Radio Frequency (RF) signals in a wireless network using space-time channels, the method comprising:
filling space-time channels with fragmented data packets that are to be sent to selected mobile stations in a wireless network;
adjusting the code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes to vary a length of the data packets;
scheduling the data packets, having variable lengths, for transmission from a wireless device to the selected mobile stations, based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations,
wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station;
sending multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations; and
transmitting the data packets using the space-time channels by using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm to achieve spatial diversity.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the RF signals from one or more antennas.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising using Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising using multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
17. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a mobile station; and
a wireless device to communicate with the mobile station using space-time channels in a wireless network, the wireless device comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted from Radio Frequency (RF) signals;
a fragmentor circuit component and a code rate adjuster circuit component to adjust the size of data packets and adjust the code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes;
wherein the data packets are either fragmented or the code rate is adjusted or both in order to optimally fill the space-time channels using fragmented data and FEC optimized packets; and
a scheduler circuit to schedule the data packets, having differing lengths, for transmission to selected mobile stations including the mobile station, the scheduler circuit configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations, the scheduler circuit being configured to buffer for a number of stations greater than the number of the spatial channels, the wireless device configured to achieve spatial diversity using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm,
wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the wireless device is configured to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
18. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
fill space-time channels with fragmented data packets that are to be sent to selected mobile stations;
adjust code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes to vary a length of the data packets to efficiently fill the space-time channels;
schedule the data packets, having variable lengths, for transmission to the selected mobile stations, based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations, wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station;
send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations; and
transmit the FEC optimized data packets using the space-time channels by using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm to achieve spatial diversity.
19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the space-time channels are completely filled with segmented data packets.
20. An Access Point (wireless device) to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF)signals using space-time channels in a wireless network, comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted to and from the RF signals;
a scheduler circuit to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to selected mobile stations, the scheduler circuit capable of scheduling system resources that use spatial divisional multiple access (SDMA), the scheduler circuit configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations;
an RF transceiver to receive and transmit the RF signals using space-time channels by using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm to achieve spatial diversity, wherein the data packets are fragmented and FEC adjusted to fit a protected time interval; and
a number of antennas to form the number of spatial channels for a number of stations at any time instant,
wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to the number of antennas, and wherein the AP is configured to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
21. The AP of claim 20, wherein the fragmented data packets are used to fill the space-time channels.
22. The AP of claim 20, wherein the transmission and reception of the RF signals use Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
23. The AP of claim 20, wherein the AP operates using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
24. A Mobile Station (STA) to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals in a wireless network, comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted from the RF signals; and
an RF transceiver to receive from an Access Point (wireless device) variable length data packets having differing lengths in space-time channels, the variable length data packets scheduled based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels filled using data packets buffered for all stations, including the mobile station, the variable length data packets scheduled in a protected time interval, wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station,
and wherein the received data packets are received from space-time channels filled by fragmented data packet, and wherein packet length is adjusted by adjusting the code rate of forward error-correction (FEC) associated with the data packets, and spatial diversity of the space-time channels is achieved by an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm.
25. The STA of claim 24, wherein the reception of the RF signals are from one or more antennas.
26. The STA of claim 25, wherein the transmission and reception of the RF signals use Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the STA and wireless device.
27. The STA of claim 26, wherein the STA operates using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
28. An integrated circuit (IC) operable in an Access Point (wireless device) to transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals in a wireless network using space-time channels to selected mobile stations, the IC comprising:
a scheduler circuit component to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to selected mobile stations in the wireless network, the scheduler circuit component configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations; and
a fragmentor circuit component and a code rate adjuster circuit component configured to adjust the size of the data packets and adjust the code rates of Forward-Correction (FEC) codes,
wherein the data packets are either fragmented or the code rate is adjusted or both in order to optimally fill the space-time channels with segmented and FEC optimized data packets to be transmitted to the selected mobile stations, and wherein spatial diversity of the space-time channels is achieved by an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm,
and wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the IC is configured to cause the Access Point to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
29. The IC of claim 28 wherein the IC is configured to be operable with an RF transceiver to receive and transmit the RF signals using the space-time channels.
30. The IC of claim 29, wherein transmission and reception of the RF signals use Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
31. The IC of claim 28, wherein the AP operates using multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
32. A method of transmitting and receiving Radio Frequency (RF)signals in a wireless network using space-time channels, the method comprising:
using space-time channels with fragmented data packets and forward error-correction (FEC) optimized packets that are to be sent to selected mobile stations;
scheduling the data packets, having variable lengths, for transmission from an Access Point to the selected mobile stations, based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations,
wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station;
sending multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations; and
transmitting the data packets using the space-time channels by using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm to achieve spatial diversity.
33. The method of claim 32, further comprising transmitting the RF signals from one or more antennas.
34. The method of claim 33, further comprising using Spatial-Division Multiple-Access (SDMA) to allow multiple independent transmissions between the wireless device and the selected mobile stations.
35. The method of claim 34, further comprising using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) SDMA channels.
36. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a mobile station; and
an Access Point (wireless device) to communicate with the mobile station using space-time channels in a wireless network, the wireless device comprising:
a processor to process digital signals converted from Radio Frequency (RF) signals, wherein the space-time channels use fragmented data packets, and wherein the space-time channels use adjustable code rates to optimize the space-time channels; and
a scheduler circuit to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to selected mobile stations including the mobile station, the scheduler circuit configured to schedule the variable length data packets for transmission based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations, the scheduler circuit being configured to buffer for a number of stations greater than the number of the spatial channels, the Access Point configured to achieve spatial diversity using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm,
wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the Access Point is configured to send multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.
37. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor to process digital signals; and
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to fill the space-time channels with fragmented data packets to be transmitted to selected mobile stations, wherein the logic is to schedule variable length data packets having differing lengths for transmission to the selected mobile stations based on transmission times to simultaneously transmit on a number of spatial channels to the mobile stations by filling the number of spatial channels using data packets buffered for all stations, spatial diversity is achieved using an adaptive antenna array with a beamforming algorithm,
wherein the logic is configured to buffer for a number of stations greater than the number of the spatial channels,
and wherein the number of spatial channels is a constant greater than zero and less than or equal to a number of antennas at a base station, and wherein the logic is configured to cause sending multiple schedules in a protected time interval to the mobile stations.