USER STATION SUPPORTING DYNAMIC CHANNEL SELECTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATION ON DSRC BAND

1 - 21 . (canceled)

22 . A wireless communication station (STA) for operating in a wireless communication network, the STA comprising processing circuitry and physical layer (PHY) circuitry configured to:

detect a Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRC) transmission on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz; and

transmit a report message to report the DSRC transmission responsive to the detecting.

23 . The STA of claim 22 , wherein the wireless communication channel includes frequencies in a range of 5850-5925 MHz.

24 . The STA of claim 23 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

separate a signal, received on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5850-5925 MHz, into subchannels;

decode at least a Signal field of at least one of the subchannels detect whether a transmission is a DSRC transmission.

25 . The STA of claim 24 , wherein the report message includes a DSRC Measurement Report in accordance with a standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) family of standards.

26 . The STA of claim 22 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to suppress transmission on at least a subchannel of the wideband communication channel upon detecting DSRC transmission on the wideband communication channel.

27 . The STA of claim 26 , wherein the processing circuitry suppresses transmission by waiting a time duration for silence on the wideband communication channel.

28 . The STA of claim 22 , Wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to detect that DSRC transmissions have terminated on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz; and

the PHY circuitry is further arranged to transmit a message to report that DSRC transmissions have terminated on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz.

29 . A system comprising:

one or more antennas arranged to receive a signal on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5850-5925 MHz;

one or more processors configured to

detect a Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRC) transmission on a wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum; and

physical layer (MY) circuitry arranged to transmit a report message to report the DSRC transmission responsive to the detecting.

30 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

separate a signal, received on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum, into subchannels;

decode at least a Signal field of at least one of the subchannels to detect whether a transmission is a DSRC transmission.

31 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the report message includes a DSRC Measurement Report in accordance with a standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) family of standards.

32 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations to configure a wireless communication station (STA) to:

detect a Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRC) transmission on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz; and

transmit a report message to report the DSRC transmission responsive to the detecting.

33 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , further comprising instructions to:

separate a signal, received on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz, into subchannels;

decode at least a Signal field of at least one of the subchannels to detect whether a transmission is a DSRC transmission.

34 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 33 , wherein the report message includes a DSRC Measurement Report in accordance with a standard of the institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) family of standards.

35 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , further comprising instructions to:

suppress transmission, by waiting a time duration for silence on the wideband communication channel, if a DSRC transmission is detected on the wideband communication channel.

36 . An access point (AP) for operating in a wireless communication network, the AP comprising:

physical layer (PHY) circuitry to:

receive a message reporting the existence of a Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRC) transmission on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz; and

processing circuitry to:

perform a coexistence technique upon receiving the report.

37 . The AP of claim 36 , wherein the coexistence technique includes buffering traffic for a user station (STA) until receiving another message reporting that the DSRC transmission on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz has terminated.

38 . The AP of claim 36 , wherein the coexistence technique includes transmitting a Channel Switch Announcement frame in accordance with a standard of the IEEE family of standards.

39 . The AP of claim 38 , wherein the AP serves as a High-Efficiency WLAN (HEW) master station.

40 . A method, performed by a user station (STA), for operating in a wireless network, the method comprising:

detecting a Dedicated Short Range Communications Service (DSRC) transmission on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz; and

transmitting a report message to report the DSRC transmission responsive to the detecting.

41 . The method of claim 40 , further comprising:

separating a signal, received on the wireless communication channel in the frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz, into subchannels;

decoding at least a Signal field of at least one of the subchannels to detect whether a transmission is a DSRC transmission.

42 . The method of claim 40 , further comprising suppressing transmission on at least a subchannel of the wideband communication channel upon detecting DSRC transmission on the wideband communication channel.