Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving HE RA SU PPDU in a WLAN

1. A method for transmitting a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) by a first station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

configuring the PPDU for transmission of data; and

transmitting the PPDU to a second STA in a resource unit (RU) of at least one of a first type, a second type, a third type or a fourth type, the first type having a size of 106 tones, the second type having a size of 242 tones, the third type having a size of 26 tones, and the fourth type having a size of 52 tones,

wherein the PPDU comprises at least one of a high efficiency extended range single user PPDU (HE ER SU PPDU) or a HE single user PPDU (HE SU PPDU),

wherein the first STA uses different RU selection schemes based on whether the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU or the HE SU PPDU,

wherein the first STA uses only at least one of a RU of the first type or the second type in response that the PPDU is the HE ER PPDU,

wherein the RU of the first type includes at least one of a first-first type RU or a second-first type RU within a primary 20 MHz,

wherein the first STA uses only the first-first type RU among the first-first type RU and the second-first type RU in response that the PPDU is the HE ER PPDU and the RU of the first type is used, and

wherein the first STA uses a RU of at least one of the first type, the second type, the third type or the fourth type in response that the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the PPDU for transmission of the data further comprises at least one of:

a HE multi-user PPDU (HE MU PPDU), or

a HE trigger-based PPDU, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE MU PPDU or the HE trigger-based PPDU, at least one of the RU of the first type, the second type, the third type or the fourth type is used.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the RU of the third type and the fourth type are not used.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein if the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU, a bandwidth (BW) field of a HE-SIG A field indicates a transmission BW of the HE SU PPDU among BWs being multiples of 20 MHz, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the BW field of the HE-SIG A field indicates whether the HE ER SU PPDU uses the RU of the first type or the second type.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the data is transmitted in a data field of the HE ER SU PPDU in a repeated transmission scheme in which available resources of the data field are divided into two parts and the same information is repeatedly transmitted twice.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the HE-SIG A field includes a 1-bit field indicating whether the repeated transmission scheme is applied to the data field.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein if the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field of a HE-SIG A field indicates an applied MCS level in 4 bits, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the MCS field of the HE-SIG A field represents only three or fewer MCS levels.

8. A station (STA) for transmitting a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the STA comprising:

a processor for configuring the PPDU for transmission of the data; and

a transceiver for transmitting the PPDU,

wherein the transceiver transmits the PPDU in a resource unit (RU) of at least one of a first type, a second type, a third type or a fourth type, the first type having a size of 106 tones, the second type having a size of 242 tones, the third type having a size of 26 tones and the fourth type having a size of 52 tones, and

wherein the PPDU comprises at least one of a high efficiency extended range single user PPDU (HE ER SU PPDU) or a HE single user PPDU (HE SU PPDU),

wherein the first STA uses only at least one of a RU of the first type or the second type in response that the PPDU is the HE ER PPDU,

wherein the RU of the first type includes at least one of a first-first type RU or a second-first type RU within a primary 20 MHz,

wherein the first STA uses only the first-first type RU among the first-first type RU and the second-first type RU in response that the PPDU is the HE ER PPDU and the RU of the first type is used, and

wherein the first STA uses a RU of at least one of the first type, the second type, the third type or the fourth type in response that the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU.

9. The STA according to claim 8 ,

wherein the PPDU for transmission of the data further comprises at least one of:

a HE multi-user PPDU (HE MU PPDU), or

a HE trigger-based PPDU, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE MU PPDU or the HE trigger-based PPDU, at least one of the RU of the first type, the second type, the third type or the fourth type is used.

10. The STA according to claim 8 , wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the processor does not use the RU of the third type and the fourth type.

11. The STA according to claim 8 ,

wherein if the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU, a bandwidth (BW) field of a HE-SIG A field indicates a transmission BW of the HE SU PPDU among BWs being multiples of 20 MHz, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the BW field of the HE-SIG A field indicates whether the HE ER SU PPDU uses the RU of the first type or the second type.

12. The STA according to claim 11 , wherein the processor transmits the data in a data field of the HE ER SU PPDU in a repeated transmission scheme in which available resources of the data field are divided into two parts and the same information is repeatedly transmitted twice.

13. The STA according to claim 12 , wherein the HE-SIG A field includes a 1-bit field indicating whether the repeated transmission scheme is applied to the data field.

14. The STA according to claim 8 ,

wherein if the PPDU is the HE SU PPDU, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field of a HE-SIG A field indicates an applied MCS level in 4 bits, and

wherein if the PPDU is the HE ER SU PPDU, the MCS field of the HE-SIG A field represents only three or fewer MCS levels.