IP Library Granted Patent US 12,538,211
Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,211 · App. 17/921,746 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Basic service set channel operation

Inventors: Po-Kai Huang (San Jose, CA); Danny Alexander (Neve Efraim Monoson, IL); Daniel F. Bravo (Hillsboro, OR); Laurent Cariou (Milizac, FR); Xiaogang Chen (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H04W48/16H04W72/0453H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,538,211
App. No.
17/921,746
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for basic service set (BSS) channel operation are disclosed. Apparatuses of a station (STA) are disclosed, where the apparatuses comprise processing circuitry configured to decode a first frame, the first frame comprising an extremely-high throughput (EHT) operation information field, the EHT operation information field comprising a channel width subfield and a channel center frequency segment, the channel width subfield indicating a basic service set (BSS) contiguous channel width, and the channel center frequency segment indicating a channel center frequency for the BSS channel width on which the BSS operates in 6 GHz. The processing circuitry further configured to encode for transmission a second frame for transmission on a primary channel within the BSS channel width.

Claims (27)

1 . An apparatus for an extremely-high throughput (EHT) station (STA), the apparatus comprising: memory; and, processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to:

decode a first frame, the first frame comprising an extremely-high throughput (EHT) operation information field, the EHT operation information field comprising a channel width subfield, a channel center frequency segment 0 (CCFS0) subfield, and a CCFS1 subfield, the channel width subfield indicating an EHT basic service set (BSS) bandwidth, the CCFS0 subfield indicting a channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 20, 40, and 80 MHz, and the CCFS1 subfield indicating the channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 160 and 320 MHz, wherein the EHT STA is configured to operate in a 6 GHz band; and

encode for transmission a second frame within the BSS channel bandwidth indicated by the EHT operation information field.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the CCFS0 subfield further indicates a primary 80 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 160 MHz and indicates a primary 160 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 320 MHz.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first frame further comprises a EHT operation element, the EHT operation element comprising an element identification (ID) field, a length field, an element ID extension field, and the EHT operation information field.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel width subfield is three bits.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the CCFS0 subfield indicates a channel center frequency index for the 20, 40, or 80 MHz channel on which the EHT BSS operates, or the CCFS1 subfield indicates the channel center frequency index for the 160 or 320 MHz channel on which the EHT BSS operates.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the CCFS0 subfield indicates a channel center frequency index of a primary 80 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 160 MHz and indicates the channel center frequency index of a primary 160 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 320 MHz.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first frame further comprises a beacon frame, the beacon frame comprising an EHT operation element, the EHT operation element comprising an element identification (ID) field, a length field, an element ID extension field, and the EHT operation information field.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first frame is a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU).

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EHT STA is configured to operation in accordance with Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) 802.11.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EHT STA is an EHT non-access point (AP), and wherein the EHT STA is affiliated with a multi-link device (MLD).

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first frame is received from an EHT access point (AP).

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EHT operation information field comprises a control field, the control field comprising the channel width subfield and a reserved subfield.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine or a primary 80 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 320 MHz.

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of an apparatus for an extremely-high throughput (EHT) station (STA), the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

decode a first frame, the first frame comprising an extremely-high throughput (EHT) operation information field, the EHT operation information field comprising a channel width subfield, a channel center frequency segment 0 (CCFS0) subfield, and a CCFS1 subfield, the channel width subfield indicating an EHT basic service set (BSS) bandwidth, the CCFS0 subfield indicting a channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 20, 40, and 80 MHz, and the CCFS1 subfield indicating the channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 160 and 320 MHz, wherein the EHT STA is configured to operate in a 6 GHz band; and

encode for transmission a second frame within the BSS channel bandwidth indicated by the EHT operation information field.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the CCFS0 subfield further indicates a primary 80 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 160 MHz and indicates a primary 160 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 320 MHz.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first frame further comprises a EHT operation element, the EHT operation element comprising an element identification (ID) field, a length field, an element ID extension field, and the EHT operation information field.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the channel width subfield is three bits.

18 . An apparatus for an extremely-high throughput (EHT) access point (AP), the apparatus comprising: memory; and, processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to:

encode, for transmission to an EHT station, a first frame, the first frame comprising an extremely-high throughput (EHT) operation information field, the EHT operation information field comprising a channel width subfield, a channel center frequency segment 0 (CCFS0) subfield, and a CCFS1 subfield, the channel width subfield indicating an EHT basic service set (BSS) bandwidth, the CCFS0 subfield indicting a channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 20, 40, and 80 MHz, and the CCFS1 subfield indicating the channel center frequency if the EHT BSS bandwidth is one of: 160 and 320 MHz, wherein the EHT AP is configured to operate in a 6 GHz band; and

decode for transmission a second frame within the BSS channel bandwidth indicated by the EHT operation information field.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the CCFS0 subfield further indicates a primary 80 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 160 MHz and indicates a primary 160 MHz channel if the EHT BSS bandwidth is 320 MHz.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first frame further comprises a EHT operation element, the EHT operation element comprising an element identification (ID) field, a length field, an element ID extension field, and the EHT operation information field.

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