IP Library Granted Patent US 12,732,329
Granted Patent B2
US 12,732,329 · App. 18/553,661 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Method and apparatus for configuring field for indicating transmission of A-PPDU and bandwidth 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.
H04L5/0053H04L5/0023H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,732,329
App. No.
18/553,661
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a method and apparatus for configuring a field for indicating transmission of an A-PPDU and a bandwidth of an A-PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a receiving STA receives an A-PPDU from a transmitting STA. The receiving STA decodes the A-PPDU. The A-PPDU comprises an HE PPDU for a primary 160 MHz channel and an EHT PPDU for a secondary 160 MHz channel. The EHT PPDU comprises first and second U-SIG fields. The first U-SIG field comprises a first BW field. The second U-SIG field comprises a Validate field. The Validate field comprises information indicating that the A-PPDU has been transmitted. The first BW field comprises information on a bandwidth of the A-PPDU and a bandwidth of the EHT PPDU.

Claims (71)

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 High Efficiency (HE) PPDU for a primary 160 MHz channel and an Extreme High Throughput (EHT) PPDU for a secondary 160 MHz channel,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes first and second Universal-Signal (U-SIG) fields,

wherein the first U-SIG field includes a first Bandwidth (BW) field,

wherein the second U-SIG field includes a Validate field,

wherein the Validate field includes information indicating that the A-PPDU is transmitted,

wherein the first BW field includes information on a bandwidth of the A-PPDU and a bandwidth of the EHT PPDU, and

wherein based on a value of the Validate field being set to 0, the Validate field indicates that the A-PPDU is transmitted.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the Validate field is located in second bit of the second U-SIG field.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein based on a value of the first BW field being set to 0, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is lower frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 1, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is higher frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 2, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 160 MHz of the secondary 160 MHz channel,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 3, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is lower frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 4, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is higher frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 5, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 160 MHz of the secondary 160 MHz channel.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the A-PPDU being a Downlink (DL) PPDU, the HE PPDU is a HE Multi-User (MU) PPDU, and the EHT PPDU is an EHT MU PPDU,

wherein based on the A-PPDU being an Uplink (UL) PPDU, the HE PPDU is a HE Trigger Based (TB) PPDU, and the EHT PPDU is an EHT TB PPDU.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the receiving STA, a trigger frame to the transmitting STA,

wherein the trigger frame is a control frame that triggers the HE TB PPDU and the EHT TB PPDU.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the HE PPDU includes a HE-SIG-A field,

wherein the HE-SIG-A field includes a second BW field,

wherein the second BW field includes information on a bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein based on a value of the second BW field being set to 0, the bandwidth of the HE PPDU is 20 MHz in the primary 160 MHz channel,

wherein based on the value of the second BW field being set to 1, the bandwidth of the HE PPDU is 40 MHz in the primary 160 MHz channel,

wherein based on the value of the second BW field being set to 2, the bandwidth of the HE PPDU is 80 MHz in the primary 160 MHz channel,

wherein based on the value of the second BW field being set to 3, the bandwidth of the HE PPDU is 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz in the primary 160 MHz channel.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the receiving STA being a Release 1 (R1) EHT STA, the R1 EHT STA is allocated only within the primary 160 MHz channel.

9 . A receiving station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the receiving STA comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor being operatively connected to the memory and the transceiver,

wherein the 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 High Efficiency (HE) PPDU for a primary 160 MHz channel and an Extreme High Throughput (EHT) PPDU for a secondary 160 MHz channel,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes first and second Universal-Signal (U-SIG) fields,

wherein the first U-SIG field includes a first Bandwidth (BW) field,

wherein the second U-SIG field includes a Validate field,

wherein the Validate field includes information indicating that the A-PPDU is transmitted,

wherein the first BW field includes information on a bandwidth of the A-PPDU and a bandwidth of the EHT PPDU, and

wherein based on a value of the Validate field being set to 0, the Validate field indicates that the A-PPDU is transmitted.

10 . 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 High Efficiency (HE) PPDU for a primary 160 MHz channel and an Extreme High Throughput (EHT) PPDU for a secondary 160 MHz channel,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes first and second Universal-Signal (U-SIG) fields,

wherein the first U-SIG field includes a first Bandwidth (BW) field,

wherein the second U-SIG field includes a Validate field,

wherein the Validate field includes information indicating that the A-PPDU is transmitted,

wherein the first BW field includes information on a bandwidth of the A-PPDU and a bandwidth of the EHT PPDU, and

wherein based on a value of the Validate field being set to 0, the Validate field indicates that the A-PPDU is transmitted.

11 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the Validate field is located in second bit of the second U-SIG field.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein based on a value of the first BW field being set to 0, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is lower frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 1, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is higher frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 2, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-1, the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 160 MHz of the secondary 160 MHz channel,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 3, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is lower frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 4, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 80 MHz which is higher frequency among the secondary 160 MHz channels,

wherein based on the value of the first BW field being set to 5, the bandwidth of the A-PPDU is 320 MHz-2, and the bandwidth of the EHT PPDU is 160 MHz of the secondary 160 MHz channel.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein based on the A-PPDU being a Downlink (DL) PPDU, the HE PPDU is a HE Multi-User (MU) PPDU, and the EHT PPDU is an EHT MU PPDU,

wherein based on the A-PPDU being an Uplink (UL) PPDU, the HE PPDU is a HE Trigger Based (TB) PPDU, and the EHT PPDU is an EHT TB PPDU.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, by the transmitting STA, a trigger frame from the receiving STA,

wherein the trigger frame is a control frame that triggers the HE TB PPDU and the EHT TB PPDU.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the HE PPDU includes a HE-SIG-A field,

wherein the HE-SIG-A field includes a second BW field,

wherein the second BW field includes information on a bandwidth of the HE PPDU.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: PARK, EUNSUNG; CHUN, JINYOUNG; CHOI, JINSOO; LIM, DONGGUK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0064363 · May 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63187377 · May 11, 2021
Related Publication 20240187193A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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