Abstract:
A station and method for transmitting a data frame in a wireless local area network are provided. The method includes obtaining, by the station, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a bandwidth, the TXOP indicating an interval of time when the station has a right to exchange frame sequences; selecting, by the station, a transmit bandwidth parameter of a non-initial data unit of a plurality of data units from available bandwidth parameters, wherein the available bandwidth parameters include a first available bandwidth parameter which is same as a transmit bandwidth parameter of a preceding data unit of the plurality of data units and a second available bandwidth parameter which is narrower than a transmit bandwidth parameter of the preceding data unit; and transmitting, by the station during the TXOP, the non-initial data unit according to the transmit bandwidth parameter of the non-initial data unit.
Abstract:
There is provided a method of transmitting control information in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, comprising transmitting first control information by means of cyclic shift delay diversity beam-forming and transmitting second control information. The first control information comprises information necessary for each of a plurality of target stations of the second control information to receive the second control information. The second control information beamformed and transmitted to the plurality of target stations.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of requesting a channel access in a wireless local area network is provided. A transmitter transmits a plurality of Request To Send (RTS) frames over a plurality of requesting channels and receives at least one Clear To Send (CTS) frame over at least one responding channel as a response for the plurality of RTS frames. Each of the plurality of RTS frames indicates a bandwidth for the plurality of requesting channels, and the at least one CTS frame indicates a bandwidth for the at least one responding channel.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) frame in a Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes generating a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a destination station (STA), generating a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) by adding a PLCP header, including an L-SIG field containing control information for a legacy STA and a VHT-SIG field containing control information for a VHT STA, to the MPDU, and transmitting the PPDU to the destination STA. A constellation applied to some of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols of the VHT-SIG field is obtained by rotating a constellation applied to an OFDM symbol of the L-SIG field.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting a spatial stream for multi user (MU)-multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a wireless local area network system and a transmitter for performing the method are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a receiver, a management frame including group information to assign or change a position of a plurality of spatial streams corresponding to each of a plurality of groups, and transmitting, to the receiver, a frame including at least one spatial stream, wherein the group information includes a plurality of group indicators and a plurality of spatial stream (SS) indicators, each of the plurality of group indicators indicating whether the receiver is a member of each of the plurality of groups, each of the plurality of SS indicators indicating a position of the plurality of spatial streams corresponding to each of the plurality of groups.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting a plurality of data units by a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN), includes performing, by the station, a clear channel assessment (CCA) on a bandwidth of an initial data unit of the plurality of data units; after performing the CCA, transmitting, by the station which has obtained a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for the plurality of data units, the initial data unit of the plurality of data units during the TXOP, wherein the initial data unit comprises a signal field including information on the bandwidth of the initial data unit; selecting, by the station, a bandwidth of a non-initial data unit of the plurality of data units to be narrower than the bandwidth of the initial data unit; and transmitting, by the station during the TXOP, the non-initial data unit, wherein the non-initial data unit comprises a signal field including information on the bandwidth of the non-initial data unit.
Abstract:
A method is provided for channel sounding in a wireless local area network. A responding station receives a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame and a null data packet (NDP) frame for the channel sounding from a requesting station. The NDP frame follows the NDPA frame. The responding station receives a first poll frame from the requesting station. In response to the first poll frame, the responding station transmits a first feedback data field including beamforming feedback information and signal to noise ratio (SNR) information to the requesting station. The responding station receives a second poll frame including a segment retransmission bitmap field indicating at least one segment of the first feedback data field from the requesting station. In response to the second poll frame, the responding station transmits a second feedback data field including the at least one segment of the first feedback data field to the requesting station.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting a training signal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes generating one or more first training signals for a first destination station and one or more second training signals for a second destination station by applying a mapping matrix P to a training signal generation sequence, mapping the first training signals and the second training signals to a plurality of antennas according to an antenna mapping matrix, and performing Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on each of the first training signals and the second training signals mapped to the plurality of antennas and transmitting the training signals through the plurality of antennas.
Abstract:
A space division multiple access (SDMA) method is provided. The method may be performed by a station (STA), in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. The method includes overhearing a third transmission response message transmitted by an access point (AP), and determining whether to access a channel on the basis of criteria information included in the third transmission response message.
Abstract:
A method of multi user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method being performed by a transmitting device and including generating, by the transmitting device, an Aggregate-Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) comprising an A-MPDU subframe which includes a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) delimiter field and an MPDU; generating, by the transmitting device, a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the A-MPDU by using a guard interval, wherein the guard interval used for the PPDU is selected by the transmitting device among a short guard interval and a long guard interval, wherein the guard interval used for the PPDU is selected to be the short guard interval when the PPDU is generated for a plurality of receiving devices and all of the plurality of receiving devices support the short guard interval; and transmitting, by the transmitting device, the PPDU to the plurality of receiving devices.