Method and apparatus for generating training signal using binary sequence in wireless LAN system
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating an STF signal usable in a wireless LAN system. The STF signal is included in a field used to improve AGC estimation of a MIMO transmission. The STF signal that is suggested, for example, can be used for an 80 MHz band and can be generated based on a sequence in which a predetermined M sequence is repeated. Also, the disclosed STF signal can be used for a 1× STF signal from the 1× STF signal and a 2× STF signal. The predetermined M sequence can be a binary sequence of which the length is 15 bits.
1. A method in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting multiple frequency bands including a first frequency band and a second frequency band, comprising:
generating, by a transmitting apparatus, a short training field (STF) signal corresponding to the first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band corresponds to a 80 MHz band, and wherein the second frequency band corresponds to a 40 MHz band; and
transmitting, by the transmitting apparatus, a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including the STF signal to a receiving apparatus,
wherein the STF signal corresponding to the first frequency band is generated based on a sequence in which a predetermined M sequence is repeated,
wherein the sequence corresponding to the STF signal is defined as shown below:
{M, 1, −M, 0, −M, 1, −M}*(1+j)/sqrt(2), wherein sqrt( ) denotes a square root, and
wherein the predetermined M sequence corresponds to a binary sequence having a length of 15 bits and is defined as shown below:
M={−1, −1, −1, 1, 1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1}.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the {M, 1, −M 0, −M, 1, −M}*(1+j)/sqrt(2) sequence is positioned at intervals of 16 tones starting from a lowest tone having a tone index of −496 and up to a highest tone having a tone index of +496.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting apparatus selects a first frequency tone interval or a second frequency tone interval, and wherein the transmitting apparatus configures the STF signal in accordance with the selected frequency tone interval.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, in case the PPDU is an uplink multi user (MU) PPDU corresponding to a trigger frame received from an access point (AP), the first frequency tone is selected.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first frequency tone interval is equal to 8, and wherein the second frequency tone interval is equal to 16.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STF signal is used for automatic gain control (AGC) estimation in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission.
7. A transmitting apparatus of a wireless local area network (LAN) system, comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting or receiving radio signals; and
a processor controlling the RF unit,
wherein the processor is configured:
to generate a short training field (STF) signal corresponding to the first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band corresponds to a 80 MHz band, and wherein the second frequency band corresponds to a 40 MHz band; and
to transmit a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including the STF signal to a receiving apparatus,
wherein the STF signal corresponding to the first frequency band is generated based on a sequence in which a predetermined M sequence is repeated,
wherein the sequence corresponding to the STF signal is defined as shown below:
{M, 1, −M, 0, −M, 1, −M}*(1+j)/sqrt(2), wherein sqrt( ) denotes a square root, and
wherein the predetermined M sequence corresponds to a binary sequence having a length of 15 bits and is defined as shown below:
M={−1, −1, −1, 1, 1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1}.
8. The transmitting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the {M, 1, −M 0, −M, 1, −M}*(1+j)/sqrt(2) sequence is positioned at intervals of 16 tones starting from a lowest tone having a tone index of −496 and up to a highest tone having a tone index of +496.
9. The transmitting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the transmitting apparatus selects a first frequency tone interval or a second frequency tone interval, and wherein the transmitting apparatus configures the STF signal in accordance with the selected frequency tone interval.
10. The transmitting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in case the PPDU is an uplink multi user (MU) PPDU corresponding to a trigger frame received from an access point (AP), the first frequency tone is selected.
11. The transmitting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first frequency tone interval is equal to 8, and wherein the second frequency tone interval is equal to 16.
12. The transmitting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the STF signal is used for automatic gain control (AGC) estimation in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission.