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US 12,375,335 · App. 17/779,032 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Method for configuring preamble in wireless communication system

Inventors: Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR); Jinyoung Chun (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Eunsung Park (Seoul, KR); Jinmin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L27/26136H04L5/0048H04L27/20H04W72/04H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,375,335
App. No.
17/779,032
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One example according to the present specification relates to a technique related to configuration of a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. According to various embodiments, a receiving STA may receive an NDP frame. The NDP frame may comprise a first signal field and a second signal field. The first signal field may comprise first information about a PHY version. The second signal field may comprise second information about transmission of a PPDU, set on the basis of the first information. The receiving STA may perform channel sounding on the basis of the NDP frame.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

receiving an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU),

wherein the EHT PPDU includes a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated L-SIG field which is a repeat of the L-SIG field, a universal signal (U-SIG) field, and an EHT long training field (LTF) signal,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the EHT PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,

wherein the U-SIG field includes first information related to a physical layer (PHY) version, the first information has a length of 3 bits, and a value of the first information is used to identify a PHY version starting with EHT,

wherein the U-SIG field further includes 2-bit information related to whether the EHT PPDU is for a sounding Null Data PPDU (NDP),

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of two symbols,

wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK), and

wherein the EHT LTF signal is constructed based on an EHT-LTF sequence, and the EHT-LTF sequence for the sounding NDP is a 2×EHT-LTF sequence; and

transmitting, based on the EHT PPDU, information related to channel state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on a ½ code rate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the channel state includes channel estimation information.

4. A station comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU),

wherein the EHT PPDU includes a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated L-SIG field which is a repeat of the L-SIG field, a universal signal (U-SIG) field, an EHT signal (EHT-SIG) field, and an EHT long training field (LTF) signal,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the EHT PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,

wherein the U-SIG field includes first information related to a physical layer (PHY) version, the first information has a length of 3 bits, and a value of the first information is used to identify a PHY version starting with EHT,

wherein the U-SIG field further includes 2-bit information related to whether the EHT PPDU is for a sounding Null Data PPDU (NDP),

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of two symbols,

wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK), and

wherein the EHT LTF signal is constructed based on an EHT-LTF sequence, and the EHT-LTF sequence for the sounding NDP is a 2×EHT-LTF sequence; and

transmitting, based on the EHT PPDU, information related to channel state.

5. The STA of claim 4 , wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on a b ½ code rate.

6. A station comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

generating an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU),

wherein the EHT PPDU includes a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated L-SIG field which is a repeat of the L-SIG field, a universal signal (U-SIG) field, an EHT signal (EHT-SIG) field, and an EHT long training field (LTF) signal,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the EHT PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,

wherein the U-SIG field includes first information related to a physical layer (PHY) version, the first information has a length of 3 bits, and a value of the first information is used to identify a PHY version starting with EHT,

wherein the U-SIG field further includes 2-bit information related to whether the EHT PPDU is for a sounding Null Data PPDU (NDP),

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of two symbols,

wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK), and

wherein the EHT LTF signal is constructed based on an EHT-LTF sequence, and the EHT-LTF sequence for the sounding NDP is a 2×EHT-LTF sequence; and

receiving, based on the EHT PPDU, information related to channel state.

7. The STA of claim 6 , wherein the U-SIG field is modulated based on a b ½ code rate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: LIM, DONGGUK; CHUN, JINYOUNG; CHOI, JINSOO; PARK, EUNSUNG; KIM, JINMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060215/0175 →
Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2019-0151683 · Nov 22, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0161044 · Dec 5, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0100679 · Aug 11, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0104889 · Aug 20, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0118607 · Sep 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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