CLAIMS
What is claimed is:
1. A device, the device comprising memory and processing circuitry configured to:
determine a first Wi-Fi physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a first
indication of a hybrid automatic retransmission request, and further comprising one or more segments;
cause to store the one or more segments in one or more buffers associated with the memory;
cause to send the first Wi-Fi PPDU to a station device during a transmission opportunity (TXOP);
identify an acknowledgment frame, received from the station device, indicating a reception status of the first Wi-Fi PPDU; and
cause to send a second Wi-Fi PPDU during the TXOP, wherein the second Wi-Fi PPDU comprises at least one segment of the one or more segments.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the memory and processing circuitry are further configured to remove the first segment from the one or more buffers.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the reception status indicates a reception failure of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the first segment.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the reception status comprises a first reception status and a second reception status, wherein the first reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, wherein the second reception status indicates a reception failure of a second segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the second segment.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the first indication of the hybrid automatic retransmission request comprises a second indication of a chase combining mode or an incremental redundancy mode, wherein the second indication is provided in a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field of the first Wi-Fi PPDU.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the first Wi-Fi PPDU further comprises a third indication of a number of segments comprised by the first Wi-Fi PPDU, and further comprises a fourth indication of a length of a first segment of the number of segments.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the second Wi-Fi PPDU comprises a fifth indication of an acknowledgment reception status associated with the acknowledgment frame.
8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals.
9. The device of claim 8, further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:
identifying a first Wi-Fi physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), sent from a first device during a transmission opportunity, the first Wi-Fi PPDU comprising a first indication of a hybrid automatic retransmission request, and further comprising one or more segments;
causing to store the one or more segments in one or more buffers;
determining the one or more segments;
causing to send an acknowledgment frame to the first device, the acknowledgment frame indicating a reception status of the first Wi-Fi PPDU; and
identifying a second Wi-Fi PPDU, received from the first device during the transmission opportunity, wherein the second Wi-Fi PPDU comprises at least one segment of the one or more segments.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining the one or more segments comprises determining that a first segment of the one or more segments passes a cyclic redundancy check.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining the one or more segments comprises determining that a first segment of the one or more segments fails a cyclic redundancy check.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the operations further comprise removing the first segment from the one or more buffers.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the reception status indicates a reception failure of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the first segment.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the reception status comprises a first reception status and a second reception status, wherein the first reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, wherein the second reception status indicates a reception failure of a second segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the second segment.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more segments are indicated by a number of segments field of the first Wi-Fi PPDU, and wherein a length of a first segment of the one or more segments is indicated by a user-specific field of the first Wi-Fi PPDU.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first indication of the hybrid automatic retransmission request comprises a second indication of a chase combining mode or an incremental redundancy mode, wherein the second indication is provided in a high-efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field of the first Wi-Fi PPDU.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the second Wi-Fi PPDU comprises a second indication of an acknowledgment reception status associated with the acknowledgment frame.
19. A method comprising:
causing to send, by one or more processors of a device, a trigger frame during a transmission opportunity (TXOP);
identifying, by the one or more processors, a first Wi-Fi physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) received from a station device, the first Wi-Fi PPDU comprising a first indication of a hybrid automatic retransmission request, and further comprising one or more segments;

causing to store, by the one or more processors, the one or more segments in one or more buffers;
determining, by the one or more processors, the one or more segments;
causing to send, by the one or more processors, to the station device, an acknowledgment frame indicating a reception status of the first Wi-Fi PPDU; and
identifying, by the one or more processors, a second Wi-Fi PPDU received from the station device during the TXOP, wherein the second Wi-Fi PPDU comprises at least one segment of the one or more segments.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining the one or more segments comprises determining that a first segment of the one or more segments passes a cyclic redundancy check.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein determining the one or more segments comprises determining that a first segment of the one or more segments fails a cyclic redundancy check.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the reception status indicates a reception failure of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the first segment.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein the reception status comprises a first reception status and a second reception status, wherein the first reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, wherein the second reception status indicates a reception failure of a second segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the second segment.
24. The method of claim 19, wherein the trigger frame is a first trigger frame, and wherein the acknowledgement frame is a second trigger frame.
25. The method of claim 19, wherein the trigger frame is a first trigger frame, the method further comprising causing to send a second trigger frame during the TXOP, the second trigger frame comprising a user-specific field indicating a number of segments and a length of a first segment of the number of segments.

26. A device, the device comprising memory and processing circuitry configured to:
identify a trigger frame received from an access point during a transmission opportunity
(TXOP);
cause to send a first Wi-Fi physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) to the access point, the first Wi-Fi PPDU comprising a first indication of a hybrid automatic retransmission request, and further comprising one or more segments;
identify an acknowledgment frame received from the access point, the acknowledgment frame indicating a reception status of the first Wi-Fi PPDU; and
cause to send, to the access point during the TXOP, a second Wi-Fi PPDU comprising at least one segment of the one or more segments.
27. The device of claim 26, wherein the trigger frame is a first trigger frame, and wherein the acknowledgment frame is part of a second trigger frame.
28. The device of claim 26, wherein the trigger frame is a first trigger frame, and wherein the memory and processing circuitry are further configured to identify a second trigger frame received from the access point during the TXOP, the second trigger frame comprising a user-specific field indicating a number of segments and a length of a first segment of the number of segments.
29. The device of claim 26, wherein the memory and processing circuitry are further configured to cause to store the one or more segments in one or more buffers, wherein the reception status indicates a reception success of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the memory and processing circuitry are further configured to remove the first segment from the one or more buffers.
30. The device of claim 26, wherein the memory and processing circuitry are further configured to cause to store the one or more segments in one or more buffers, wherein the reception status indicates a reception failure of a first segment of the one or more segments, and wherein the at least one segment comprises the first segment.