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US 12,463,760 · App. 18/266,191 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuring indicator for channel switching and structure of A-PPDU in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Eunsung Park (Seoul, KR); Jinyoung Chun (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0044H04L5/0007H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,463,760
App. No.
18/266,191
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed are a method and an apparatus for receiving an A-PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives an A-PPDU from a transmission STA and decodes the A-PPDU. The A-PPDU includes a first PPDU for a primary 80 MHz channel, and a second PPDU for a secondary 80 MHz channel. The first PPDU includes a first L-SIG, a first RL-SIG, an HE-SIG-A, an HE-SIG-B, and first data. The second PPDU includes a first L-SIG, a first RL-SIG, an HE-SIG-A, an HE-SIG-B, a second L-SIG, a second RL-SIG, a U-SIG, an EHT-SIG, and second data. The HE-SIG-A includes an indicator of the A-PPDU.

Claims (60)

1 . A method in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving station (STA), an Aggregated-Physical Protocol Data Unit (A-PPDU) from a transmitting STA; and

decoding, by the receiving STA, the A-PPDU,

wherein the A-PPDU includes a first PPDU for a primary 80 MHz channel and a second PPDU for a secondary 80 MHz channel,

wherein the first PPDU includes a first Legacy-Signal (L-SIG), and a first Repeated Legacy-Signal (RL-SIG), a High Efficiency-Signal-A (HE-SIG-A), a HE-SIG-B and a first data,

wherein the second PPDU includes the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, a second L-SIG, a second RL-SIG, a Universal-Signal (U-SIG), an Extremely High Throughput-Signal (EHT-SIG) and a second data,

wherein the HE-SIG-A includes an indicator of the A-PPDU,

wherein the first PPDU is a PPDU supporting a HE WLAN system, and

wherein the second PPDU is a PPDU supporting an EHT WLAN system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PPDU further includes a first L-STF (Legacy-Short Training Field), a first L-LTF (Legacy-Long Training Field), a HE-STF, and a HE-LTF,

wherein the second PPDU further includes the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, a second L-STF, a second L-LTF, an EHT-STF, and an EHT-LTF,

wherein the first PPDU is configured in order of the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, the HE-STF, the HE-LTF, and the first data,

wherein the second PPDU is configured in order of the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, the second L-STF, the second L-LTF, the second L-SIG, the second RL-SIG, the U-SIG, the EHT-SIG, the EHT-STF, the EHT-LTF, and the second data.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a user information field of the HE-SIG-B may include first STA Identifier (ID) information,

Wherein a user information field of the EHT-SIG includes second STA ID information.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

decoding, by the receiving STA, the HE-STF, the HE-LTF, and the first data in a resource unit (RU) allocated within the primary 80 MHz channel when there is an ID of the receiving STA in the first STA ID information;

decoding, by the receiving STA, the second L-STF, the second L-LTF, the second L-SIG, the second RL-SIG, the U-SIG, and the EHT-SIG in the secondary 80 MHz channel when there is no ID of the receiving STA in the first STA ID information;

decoding, by the receiving STA, the EHT-STF, the EHT-LTF, and the second data in an RU or a Multi Resource Unit (MRU) allocated in the secondary 80 MHz channel when the ID of the receiving STA is included in the second STA ID information; and

deferring, by the receiving STA, channel access for a length of the A-PPDU when there is no ID of the receiving STA in the second STA ID information,

wherein when the band in which the receiving STA can operate is 80 MHz, a channel decoded by the receiving STA is switched from the primary 80 MHz channel to the secondary 80 MHz channel after the HE-SIG-B.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the indicator of the A-PPDU is configured of a first reserved field of the HE-SIG-A, and

wherein the first reserved field is set to 0.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

performing, by the receiving STA, Auto Gain Control (AGC) and channel estimation for the secondary 80 MHz channel based on the second L-STF and the second L-LTF,

wherein the second L-SIG includes information on a length after the second L-SIG in the second PPDU.

7 . A receiving station (STA) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the receiving STA comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and transceiver,

wherein processor is configured to:

receive an Aggregated-Physical Protocol Data Unit (A-PPDU) from a transmitting STA; and

decode the A-PPDU,

wherein the A-PPDU includes a first PPDU for a primary 80 MHz channel and a second PPDU for a secondary 80 MHz channel,

wherein the first PPDU includes a first Legacy-Signal (L-SIG), and a first Repeated Legacy-Signal (RL-SIG), a High Efficiency-Signal-A (HE-SIG-A), a HE-SIG-B and a first data,

wherein the second PPDU includes the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, a second L-SIG, a second RL-SIG, a Universal-Signal (U-SIG), an Extremely High Throughput-Signal (EHT-SIG) and a second data,

wherein the HE-SIG-A includes an indicator of the A-PPDU,

wherein the first PPDU is a PPDU supporting a HE WLAN system, and

wherein the second PPDU is a PPDU supporting an EHT WLAN system.

8 . A method in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

generating, by a transmitting station (STA), an Aggregated-Physical Protocol Data Unit (A-PPDU); and

transmitting, by the transmitting STA, the A-PPDU to a receiving STA,

wherein the A-PPDU includes a first PPDU for a primary 80 MHz channel and a second PPDU for a secondary 80 MHz channel,

wherein the first PPDU includes a first Legacy-Signal (L-SIG), and a first Repeated Legacy-Signal (RL-SIG), a High Efficiency-Signal-A (HE-SIG-A), a HE-SIG-B and a first data,

wherein the second PPDU includes the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, a second L-SIG, a second RL-SIG, a Universal-Signal (U-SIG), an Extremely High Throughput-Signal (EHT-SIG) and a second data,

wherein the HE-SIG-A includes an indicator of the A-PPDU,

wherein the first PPDU is a PPDU supporting a HE WLAN system, and

wherein the second PPDU is a PPDU supporting an EHT WLAN system.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first PPDU further includes a first L-STF (Legacy-Short Training Field), a first L-LTF (Legacy-Long Training Field), a HE-STF, and a HE-LTF,

wherein the second PPDU further includes the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, a second L-STF, a second L-LTF, an EHT-STF, and an EHT-LTF,

wherein the first PPDU is configured in order of the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, the HE-STF, the HE-LTF, and the first data,

wherein the second PPDU is configured in order of the first L-STF, the first L-LTF, the first L-SIG, the first RL-SIG, the HE-SIG-A, the HE-SIG-B, the second L-STF, the second L-LTF, the second L-SIG, the second RL-SIG, the U-SIG, the EHT-SIG, the EHT-STF, the EHT-LTF, and the second data.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein a user information field of the HE-SIG-B may include first STA Identifier (ID) information,

Wherein a user information field of the EHT-SIG includes second STA ID information.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein when the band in which the receiving STA can operate is 80 MHz, a channel decoded by the receiving STA is switched from the primary 80 MHz channel to the secondary 80 MHz channel after the HE-SIG-B.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the indicator of the A-PPDU is configured of a first reserved field of the HE-SIG-A, and

wherein the first reserved field is set to 0.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

performing, by the transmitting STA, Auto Gain Control (AGC) and channel estimation for the secondary 80 MHz channel based on the second L-STF and the second L-LTF,

wherein the second L-SIG includes information on a length after the second L-SIG in the second PPDU.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: PARK, EUNSUNG; CHUN, JINYOUNG; CHOI, JINSOO; LIM, DONGGUK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 064132/0837 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0172491 · Dec 10, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0182347 · Dec 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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