This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for uplink signaling using blind channel estimation at a base station. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device, includes: associating a time slot with a data packet comprising a head portion and a tail portion, wherein the head portion comprises a communication device identifier and the tail portion comprises user data associated with the head portion; spreading the head portion into a first predetermined transmission format; spreading the tail portion into a second predetermined transmission format; and transmitting the spreaded head portion with the spreaded tail portion to a communication node, wherein the spreaded head portion comprises information to be used by the communication node for channel estimation and for decoding the tail portion to retrieve the user data.

A method and system are discussed for providing Unequal Error Protection (UEP) for heterogeneous multi-service provisioning. A transmitter in a network may determine a current status of the network. The transmitter may adaptively adjust a current asymmetric signal constellation and a current channel Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding rate based on the determined current status of the network, and initiate transmission of multi-service data, using the adaptively adjusted asymmetric signal constellation and the adaptively adjusted FEC coding rate for transmission of the multi-service data, based on hybrid Unequal Error Protection (UEP) transmission.

Methods and devices for transmitting data in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless local area network, comprising: selecting, for a first resource unit assigned to the target station, a first modulation type; selecting, for a second resource unit assigned to the target station, a second modulation type different from the first modulation type; and modulating coded data and mapping the modulated data onto subcarriers associated with the assigned resource units based on the respective modulation types selected for each of the assigned resource units.

A method and system are discussed for providing Unequal Error Protection (UEP) for heterogeneous multi-service provisioning. A transmitter in a network may determine a current status of the network. The transmitter may adaptively adjust a current asymmetric signal constellation and a current channel Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding rate based on the determined current status of the network, and initiate transmission of multi-service data, using the adaptively adjusted asymmetric signal constellation and the adaptively adjusted FEC coding rate for transmission of the multi-service data, based on hybrid Unequal Error Protection (UEP) transmission.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses can include transmission-side protocol stack circuitry comprising first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) circuitry to determine first CRC code for a first set of information and to determine second CRC code for a second set of information; and Flit encoding circuitry to encode a first portion of a Flit with the first set of information and the first CRC code, the Flit encoding circuitry to encode a second portion of the Flit with the second set of information and the second CRC code. Receiver-side protocol stack circuitry can include a low-latency path comprising first CRC check circuitry to perform a CRC check on a first portion of a received Flit. Receiver-side protocol stack circuitry can include a non-low-latency path comprising forward error correction (FEC) decoder circuitry to perform FEC on received Flits, and second CRC check circuitry to perform CRC check on received Flits that pass FEC.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method and a communication device. There is provided a communication method implemented at a first device. The method comprises: determining quantities of information of units in control information; mapping, based on the quantities of information of the units and reliabilities of subchannels for carrying the control information, the units to a subchannels; and transmitting the control information to a second device via the subchannel. There is also provided a communication method implemented at a second device, as well as corresponding first device and second device.

Methods and systems for reporting Channel State Information (CSI), including ordering of CSI in Uplink Control Information (UCI), are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a method performed in a wireless device for reporting CSI comprises at least one of: receiving an indication of a resource allocation for an UL transmission; determining, from the indication, a maximum container size for a CSI report; mapping the one or more information bits of a CSI report to a bitstream, optionally such that a first CSI subset is mapped to more significant bits than a second CSI subset; and omitting the one or more least significant bits of the bitstream.

Methods and devices for transmitting data in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless local area network, comprising: selecting, for a first resource unit assigned to the target station, a first modulation type; selecting, for a second resource unit assigned to the target station, a second modulation type different from the first modulation type; and modulating coded data and mapping the modulated data onto subcarriers associated with the assigned resource units based on the respective modulation types selected for each of the assigned resource units.

A method of auto-detection of WLAN packets includes selecting a first Golay sequence from a first pair of Golay complementary sequences associated with first packet type, each Golay sequence of the first pair of Golay complementary sequences being zero correlation zone (ZCZ) sequences with each Golay sequence of a second pair of Golay complementary sequences associated with a second packet type, and transmitting a wireless packet carrying a short training field (STF) that includes one or more instances of the first Golay sequence.

A wireless network is provided that includes a base station and subscriber stations that communicate with the base station using radio frequency (RF) time division duplex (TDD) signaling. The base station may establish medium access control (MAC) connections with each station. The base station monitors communications with the stations and, in accordance, assigns stations or MAC connections to modulation groups. The base station transmits signals on MAC connections or to stations in a modulation group in adjacent TDD slots within a TDD frame. The base station may receive access requests from the stations, evaluate traffic requirements for the stations, and determine a longest downlink portion for the stations. The base station then allocates downlink and uplink portions of a TDD frame according to the length of the longest downlink portion.