Method for transmitting data frame in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same
View Patent ↗A wireless device of transmitting a data frame in a WLAN is provided. The wireless device includes: a MAC unit generating a data frame; a PHY unit transmitting a wireless signal of the data frame; and a processor being operably coupled to the MAC unit and the PHY unit and controlling a set of TXVECTOR parameters. The processor is configured for: generating the data frame, the data frame including a data field having a service field and a very high throughput signal information (VHT-SIG-B); and transmitting a wireless signal of the data frame via a operating channel bandwidth. The data field is scrambled with a scrambling sequence, the scrambling sequence is generated based on a initial scrambling sequence and a generator polynomial. The service field is determined based on the set of TXVECTOR parameters, the TXVECTOR parameters including an control information for the service field.
1. A wireless device of transmitting a data frame in a wireless local area network, the wireless device comprising: a media access control (MAC) unit configured to generate a data frame; a physical (PHY) unit configured to transmit a wireless signal of the data frame; and a processor being operably coupled to the MAC unit and the PHY unit and controlling a set of Transmission Vector (TXVECTOR) parameters, wherein the processor is configured for generating the set of TXVECTOR parameters, the set of TXVECTOR parameters including a service field TXVECTOR parameter; generating a data unit, the data unit including a data field having a service field and a very high throughput signal field (VHT-SIG-B), the service field including a scrambler initialization field, a reserved field and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, the VHT-SIG-B including a length field and a tail field; and transmitting a wireless signal of the data unit via an operating channel bandwidth, wherein the data field is scrambled with a scrambling sequence, and the scrambling sequence is generated based on an initial scrambling sequence and a generator polynomial, wherein the service field is determined based on the service field TXVECTOR parameter and the VHT-SIG-B, and wherein the CRC field is set to CRC bits calculated based on the VHT-SIG-B excluding tail bits of the tail field.
2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the set of TXVECTOR parameters further includes a format TXVECTOR parameter indicating a format of the data unit,
wherein if the format TXVECTOR parameter indicates the format of the data unit as very high throughput (VHT), the scrambler initialization field includes 7 zero bits, and the reserved field includes a reserved zero bit.
3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the initial scrambling sequence includes operating channel bandwidth information and a pseudo random integer, the operating channel bandwidth information indicating the operating channel bandwidth.
4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the initial scrambling sequence further includes dynamic bandwidth information indicating whether a dynamic bandwidth operation is supported.
5. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the operating channel bandwidth information has 2 bits.
6. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein the 2 bits indicates one among 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, contiguous 160 MHz and non-contiguous 80+80 MHz for the operating channel bandwidth.
7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the initial scrambling sequence has 7 bits.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the generator polynomial is represented by the below formula,
S ( x )= x 7 +x 4 +1,
wherein S(x) is the generator polynomial, and x is a variable.
9. A method for transmitting a data frame in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: generating a set of Transmission Vector (TXVECTOR) parameters, the set of TXVECTOR parameters including a service field TXVECTOR parameter; generating a data unit, the data unit including a data field having a service field and a very high throughput signal field (VHT-SIG-B), the service field including a scrambler initialization field, a reserved field and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, the VHT-SIG-B including a length field and a tail field; and transmitting a wireless signal of the data unit via an operating channel bandwidth, wherein the data field is scrambled with a scrambling sequence, the scrambling sequence is generated based on an initial scrambling sequence and a generator polynomial, wherein the service field is determined based on the service field TXVECTOR parameter and the VHT-SIG-B, and wherein the CRC field is set to CRC bits calculated based on the VHT-SIG-B excluding tail bits of the tail field.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of TXVECTOR parameters further includes a format TXVECTOR parameter indicating a format of the data unit,
wherein if the format TXVECTOR parameter indicates the format of the data unit as very high throughput (VHT), the scrambler initialization field includes 7 zero bits, and the reserved field includes a reserved zero bit.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the initial scrambling sequence includes operating channel bandwidth information and a pseudo random integer, the operating channel bandwidth information indicating the operating channel bandwidth.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the initial scrambling sequence further includes a dynamic bandwidth information indicating whether a dynamic bandwidth operation is supported.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the operating channel bandwidth information has 2 bits.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the 2 bits indicates one among 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, contiguous 160 MHz and non-contiguous 80+80 MHz for the operating channel bandwidth.