IP Library Granted Patent US 9,935,802
Granted Patent B2
US 9,935,802 · App. 14/778,988 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Method for transmitting signal field and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Wookbong Lee (Seoul, KR); Hangyu Cho (Seoul, KR); Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR); Jinyoung Chun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L27/2042H04B7/0452H04L5/0007H04L5/0023H04L5/0053H04L27/205H04L27/2602H04W84/12H04L5/0092H04L27/18
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Patent No.
US 9,935,802
App. No.
14/778,988
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting a signal field in a wireless LAN along with an apparatus therefore. The method for transmitting a signal field in a wireless LAN includes the steps of: generating a signal field by a first STA (station); and transmitting the signal field to a second STA by the first STA in a first OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) symbol, a second OFDM symbol and a third OFDM symbol, wherein at least one of a second binary phase shift keying used in the second OFDM symbol and a third binary phase shift keying used in the third OFDM symbol can be rotated in reference to the first binary phase shift keying used in the first OFDM symbol.

Claims (28)

1. A method for transmitting a signal field in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

generating, by a first STA,

a legacy signal used to transmit a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, and

a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal, each of which used to transmit a signal (SIG) field,

wherein the L-SIG field and the SIG field are included in a physical layer preamble of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); and

transmitting, by the first STA, the physical layer preamble including the L-SIG field and the SIG field to a second STA,

wherein the legacy signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are respectively transmitted on a reference orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a first OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol and a third OFDM symbol,

wherein the reference OFDM symbol is directly followed by the first OFDM symbol, which is directly followed by the second OFDM symbol, which is directly followed by the third OFDM symbol,

wherein the SIG field indicates a time duration of a transmission opportunity (TXOP) used for the second STA,

wherein a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) constellation is used in the reference OFDM symbol, and the first OFDM symbol, and

wherein at least one of a second constellation used in the second OFDM symbol or a third constellation used in the third OFDM symbol is rotated relative to a first constellation used in the first OFDM symbol.

2. A station (STA) for transmitting a signal field in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the STA comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively connected with the RF unit and configured to:

generate

a legacy signal used to transmit a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, and

a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal, each of which are used to transmit a signal (SIG) field,

wherein the L-SIG field and the SIG field are included in a physical layer preamble of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); and

transmit the physical layer preamble including the L-SIG field and the SIG field to a second STA,

wherein the legacy signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are respectively transmitted on a reference orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol, a second OFDM symbol and a third OFDM symbol,

wherein the reference OFDM symbol is directly followed by the first OFDM symbol, which is directly followed by the second OFDM symbol, which is directly followed by the third OFDM symbol,

wherein the SIG field indicates a time duration of a transmission opportunity (TXOP) used for the second STA,

wherein a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) constellation is used in the reference OFDM symbol, the first OFDM symbol, and

wherein at least one of a second constellation used in the second OFDM symbol or a third constellation used in the third OFDM symbol is rotated based on a first constellation used in the first OFDM symbol.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SIG field is directly followed by a short training field (STF), which is directly followed by a long training (LTF).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SIG field further indicates a bandwidth used for the PPDU.

5. The STA of claim 2 , wherein the SIG field is directly followed by a short training field (STF), which is directly followed by a long training (LTF).

6. The STA of claim 2 , wherein the SIG field further indicates a bandwidth used for the PPDU.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: CHOI, JINSOO; LEE, WOOKBONG; CHO, HANGYU; LIM, DONGGUK; CHUN, JINYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61813644 · Apr 19, 2013
Provisional Application 61821732 · May 10, 2013
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