Wake-up frame indication

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake-up frame indication. A device may determine a wake up receiver (WUR) wake-up frame to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices. The device may determine one or more indications associated with the first station device, wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device, one or more actions to be taken by the first station device after waking up a primary connectivity radio (PCR) of the first station device. The device may cause a medium access control (MAC) layer to encode the WUR wake-up frame with the one or more indications associated with the first station device. The device may cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device using a physical layer (PHY).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
 determine a wake up receiver (WUR) wake-up frame to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices;   determine one or more indications associated with the first station device, wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device, one or more actions to be taken by the first station device after waking up a primary connectivity radio (PCR) of the first station device;   cause a medium access control (MAC) layer to encode the WUR wake-up frame with the one or more indications associated with the first station device; and   cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device using a physical layer (PHY).   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device one or more individually addressed bufferable units associated with the first station device. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein to cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device indicates to the first station device to retrieve individually addressed bufferable units using its PCR after receiving an indication of one or more individually addressed bufferable units in a PCR beacon frame. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device one or more group addressed bufferable units, and wherein the first station device is part of the group. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein to cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device indicates to the first station device to retrieve individually addressed bufferable units using its PCR after receiving an indication of one of more group addressed bufferable units in a PCR beacon frame. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to cause to send group addressed bufferable units to the first station device after a next PCR delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) beacon frame comprising the group addressed bufferable units. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the WUR wake-up frame is a broadcast frame sent to a group of the one or more station devices, and wherein the first station device is part of the group. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine an indication in the WUR wake-up frame to indicate that the first station device is to check a PCR beacon frame. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the WUR wake-up frame comprises an address field used to indicate the one or more indications. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the address field comprises an address that individually identifies the first station device. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the address field comprises a group identification that identifies a group of the one or more station devices, wherein each station device in the group has one or more individually addressed bufferable units. 
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
 determining a wake up receiver (WUR) wake-up frame to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices;   determining one or more indications associated with the first station device, wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device, one or more actions to be taken by the first station device after waking up a primary connectivity radio (PCR) of the first station device;   causing a medium access control (MAC) layer to encode the WUR wake-up frame with the one or more indications associated with the first station device; and   causing to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device using a physical layer (PHY).   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device one or more individually addressed bufferable units associated with the first station device. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein to cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device indicates to the first station device to retrieve individually addressed bufferable units using its PCR after receiving an indication of one or more individually addressed bufferable units in a PCR beacon frame. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device one or more group addressed bufferable units, and wherein the first station device is part of the group. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein to cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device indicates to the first station device to retrieve individually addressed bufferable units using its PCR after receiving an indication of one of more group addressed bufferable units in a PCR beacon frame. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise causing to send group addressed bufferable units to the first station device after a next PCR delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) beacon frame comprising the group addressed bufferable units. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein the WUR wake-up frame is a broadcast frame sent to a group of the one or more station devices, and wherein the first station device is part of the group. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 determining, by one or more processors, a wake up receiver (WUR) wake-up frame to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices;   determining one or more indications associated with the first station device, wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device, one or more actions to be taken by the first station device after waking up a primary connectivity radio (PCR) of the first station device;   causing a medium access control (MAC) layer to encode the WUR wake-up frame with the one or more indications associated with the first station device; and   causing to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device using a physical layer (PHY).   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device one or more individually addressed bufferable units associated with the first station device.