Method and apparatus for transmitting wireless local area network information
A method for sending a wireless local area network packet structure is provided, and the method comprises: determining a packet structure, where the packet structure comprises an HE-SIGA and an HE-SIGB, the HE-SIGA comprises an indication information, and if a current transmission mode is a full bandwidth MU-MIMO transmission, the indication information is used to indicate a number of scheduled users, or if the current transmission mode is other transmission mode, the indication information is used to indicate a number of symbols in the HE-SIGB; and sending the packet structure.
1. A transmitting method in a wireless local area network, comprising:
constructing a first signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field A (HE-SIGA), wherein the first signal field comprises a signaling mode indication field and a number-of-symbols-field, and wherein the signaling mode indication field is set to a first value, the number-of-symbols-field is set to a second value;
constructing a second signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field B (HE-SIGB), wherein the second signal field comprises a user specific field, the user specific field comprises one or more user scheduling information subfields; and
transmitting the first signal field and the second signal field,
wherein the first value indicates a full bandwidth allocated for a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission or for a single-user (SU) transmission, the first value indicates that the second signal field does not comprise resource allocation indication information, and the first value that is set in the signaling mode indication field of the first signal field further indicates that the second value of the number-of-symbols-field of the first signal field indicates a number of scheduled stations; and
wherein each of the one or more user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a scheduled station.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal field further comprises an indication of a bandwidth and an indication of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the second signal field.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth comprises a resource unit with a size of 484 subcarriers of a 40 MHz bandwidth, or a resource unit with a size of 996 subcarriers of an 80 MHz bandwidth, wherein the user specific field comprises a first user specific field and a second user specific field, the first user specific field is carried at each odd-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel, and the second user specific field is carried at each even-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel; and
the first user specific field comprises one or more first user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more first user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a first station (STA), wherein the first STA is scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth;
the second user specific field comprises one or more second user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more second user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a second STA, wherein the second STA is also scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth.
4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth is a resource unit with a size of 242 subcarriers of a 20 MHz bandwidth.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the full bandwidth allocated for a MU-MIMO transmission or for a SU transmission is a non-OFDMA transmission mode.
6. A receiving method in a wireless local area network, comprising:
receiving a first signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field A (HE-SIGA) and a second signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field B (HE-SIGB); wherein the first signal field comprises a signaling mode indication field and a number-of-symbols-field, and wherein the signaling mode indication field is set to a first value, the number-of-symbols-field is set to a second value;
wherein the second signal field comprises a user specific field, the user specific field comprises one or more user scheduling information subfields; and
processing the second signal field based on the first signal field,
wherein the first value indicates a full bandwidth allocated for a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission or for a single-user (SU) transmission, the first value indicates that the second signal field does not comprise resource allocation indication information, and the first value that is set in the signaling mode indication field of the first signal field further indicates that the second value of the number-of-symbols-field of the first signal field indicates a number of scheduled stations; and
wherein each of the one or more user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a scheduled station.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first signal field further comprises an indication of a bandwidth and an indication of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the second signal field;
and the processing the second signal field based on the first signal field comprises: obtaining a number of symbols of the second signal field based on the MCS of the second signal field and the number of scheduled stations.
8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth comprises a resource unit with a size of 484 subcarriers of a 40 MHz bandwidth, or a resource unit with a size of 996 subcarriers of an 80 MHz bandwidth,
and wherein the user specific field comprises a first user specific field and a second user specific field, the first user specific field is carried at each odd-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel, and the second user specific field is carried at each even-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel; and
the first user specific field comprises one or more first user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more first user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a first station (STA), wherein the first STA is scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth;
the second user specific field comprises one or more second user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more second user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a second STA, wherein the second STA is also scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth is a resource unit with a size of 242 subcarriers of a 20 MHz bandwidth.
10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the full bandwidth allocated for a MU-MIMO transmission or for a SU transmission is a non-OFDMA transmission mode.
11. An apparatus in a wireless local area network, comprising:
a processor and a non-transitory memory, wherein the memory stores instructions for the processor to:
construct a first signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field A (HE-SIGA), wherein the first signal field comprises a signaling mode indication field and a number-of-symbols-field, and wherein the signaling mode indication field is set to a first value, the number-of-symbols-field is set to a second value;
construct a second signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field B (HE-SIGB), wherein the second signal field comprises a user specific field, the user specific field comprises one or more user scheduling information subfields,
transmit the first signal field and the second signal field,
wherein the first value indicates a full bandwidth allocated for a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission or for a single-user (SU) transmission, the first value indicates that the second signal field does not comprise resource allocation indication information, and the first value that is set in the signaling mode indication field of the first signal field further indicates that the second value of the number-of-symbols-field of the first signal field indicates a number of scheduled stations and
wherein each of the one or more user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a scheduled station.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first signal field further comprises an indication of a bandwidth and an indication of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the second signal field.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth comprises a resource unit with a size of 484 subcarriers of a 40 MHz bandwidth, a resource unit with a size of 996 subcarriers of an 80 MHz bandwidth,
wherein the user specific field comprises a first user specific field and a second user specific field, the first user specific field is carried at each odd-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel, and the second user specific field is carried at each even-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel; and
the first user specific field comprises one or more first user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more first user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a first station (STA), wherein the first STA is scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth;
the second user specific field comprises one or more second user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more second user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a second STA, wherein the second STA is also scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth.
14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth is a resource unit with a size of 242 subcarriers of a 20 MHz bandwidth.
15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the full bandwidth allocated for a MU-MIMO transmission or for a SU transmission is a non-OFDMA transmission mode.
16. An apparatus in a wireless local area network, comprising:
a processor and a non-transitory memory, wherein the memory stores instructions for the processor to:
receive a first signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field A (HE-SIGA) and a second signal field that is High Efficient Signal Field B (HE-SIGB), wherein the first signal field comprises a signaling mode indication field and a number-of-symbols-field, and wherein the signaling mode indication field is set to a first value, the number-of-symbols-field is set to a second value;
wherein the second signal field comprises a user specific field, the user specific field comprises one or more user scheduling information subfields; and
process the second signal field based on the first signal field,
wherein the first value indicates a full bandwidth allocated for a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission or for a single-user (SU) transmission, the first value indicates that the second signal field does not comprise resource allocation indication information, and the first value that is set in the signaling mode indication field of the first signal field further indicates that the second value of in the number-of-symbols-field of the first signal field indicates a number of scheduled stations; and
wherein each of the one or more user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a scheduled station.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first signal field further comprises an indication of a bandwidth and an indication of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the second signal field;
and the process the second signal field based on the first signal field comprises: obtaining a number of symbols of the second signal field based on the MCS of the second signal field and the number of scheduled stations.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth is a resource unit with a size of 242 subcarriers of a 20 MHz bandwidth.
19. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the resource unit of full bandwidth comprises a resource unit with a size of 484 subcarriers of a 40 MHz bandwidth, or a resource unit with a size of 996 subcarriers of an 80 MHz bandwidth, and
wherein the user specific field comprises a first user specific field and a second user specific field, the first user specific field is carried at each odd-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel, and the second user specific field is carried at each even-numbered 20 MHz sub-channel; and
the first user specific field comprises one or more first user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more first user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a first station (STA), wherein the first STA is scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth;
the second user specific field comprises one or more second user scheduling information subfields, each of the one or more second user scheduling information subfields comprising information of a second STA, wherein the second STA is also scheduled on the resource unit of full bandwidth.
20. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the full bandwidth allocated for a MU-MIMO transmission or for a SU transmission is a non-OFDMA transmission mode.