Lg Electronics Inc.

Wi-fi One, LLC

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Snur & Db Foundation

Yonsei University

Korea University Research and Business Foundation

Yong Ho Seok

Dae Won Lee

Byeong Woo Kang

Yu Jin Noh

Eun Sun Kim

Bong Hoe Kim

Jong Hyun Park

Hyang Sun You

Dong Wook Roh

Ill Soo Sohn

Byoung Hoon Kim

Suh Wook Kim

Ji Hyun Lee

Kyoung Young Song

Alexander A Safonov

Ji Young Huh

Dong Hi Sim

Sook Hyun Yang

Andrey Lyakhov

Si Hoon Yang

Hyewon Lee

Sunghyun Choi

Jae Young Lee

Seungmin Yoo

Inkyu Lee

Jun Ho Jo

Okhwan Lee

Hae Wook Park

Han Bae Kong

Munhwan Choi

Chang Ick Song

Hyun Kwan Lee

Seong Lyun Kim

Wha Sook Jeon

Dong Wok Roh

Ok Hwan Lee

Mun Hwan Choi

Seung Min Yoo

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-SIGfield.

Method and apparatus for transmitting PLCP frame in wireless local area network system

A method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system, the method includes transmitting, by a first station, a plurality of request to send (RTS) frames to a second station through a plurality of subchannels, each of the plurality of RTS frames being transmitted through a corresponding one of the plurality of subchannels, each of the plurality of subchannels having a 20 megahertz (MHz) bandwidth; receiving, by the first station, at least one clear to send (CTS) frame in response to at least one of the plurality of RTS frames from the second station through at least one idle subchannel of the plurality of subchannels; and transmitting, by the first station, a data frame to the second station after receiving the at least one CTS frame, wherein each of the plurality of RTS frames includes first channel information related to the plurality of subchannels.

Channel access method for very high throughput (VHT) wireless local access network system and station supporting the channel access method

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.

A method and device for transmitting a plurality of data units in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are discussed. The method includes obtaining by a station (STA) a transmission opportunity (TXOP), wherein the STA has a right to initiate frame exchange sequences during the TXOP; transmitting during the TXOP, a first data unit of the plurality of data units, wherein the first data unit comprises a signal field including information related to a bandwidth of the first data unit; selecting a bandwidth of a second data unit of the plurality of data units to be narrower than the bandwidth of the first data unit; and transmitting during the TXOP, the second data unit, wherein the second data unit comprises a signal field including information related to the bandwidth of the second data unit, wherein the first data unit is transmitted immediately before the second data unit.

Method and apparatus for transmitting data frame in WLAN system

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.

Method and apparatus of transmitting a spatial stream for MU-MIMO in a wireless local area network system

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.

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.

Method and apparatus of transmitting training signal in wireless local area network system

According to one embodiment, a method for a wireless local area includes: generating a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a target station; generating a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) by attaching a PLCP preamble to the MPDU; selecting a transmission channel; and transmitting the PPDU to the target station over the transmission channel. Selecting the transmission channel includes: performing clear channel assessment (CCA) on a first channel to determine whether the first channel is idle; and only after it is determined that the first channel is idle, selecting the first channel and at least one idle second channel as the transmission channel. The PLCP preamble includes channel allocation information indicating a bandwidth of the transmission channel.

Method and apparatus for allocating transmission channel in wireless local area network system

A method is provided for transmitting a signal by a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The station obtains a transmission opportunity (TXOP) indicating a time duration used for transmission of a plurality of data units. The station transmits, during the TXOP, an initial data unit of the plurality of data units. The initial data unit comprises a control field indicating a transmit bandwidth of the initial data unit. The station selects a transmit bandwidth of a non-initial data unit of the plurality of data units to be narrower than the transmit bandwidth of the initial data unit. The station transmits, during the TXOP, the non-initial data unit. The non-initial data unit comprises a control field indicating the transmit bandwidth of the non-initial data unit.

A method of receiving a packet in a wireless local area network system includes receiving, from an access point (AP), a packet comprising a data field and a first signal field including a first field, a second field, and a third field, wherein the packet is generated for a single receiving station or a plurality of receiving stations; and processing the packet based on the first signal field, wherein the first field indicates a group ID of the single receiving station or the plurality of receiving stations and whether the packet is generated based on a single user transmission scheme or a multi user transmission scheme, wherein, for the single user transmission scheme, at least one pre-determined value of the first field is used to indicate that the packet is generated based on the single user transmission scheme.

Method and apparatus for transceiving a MIMO packet in a wireless LAN system

A method for reporting load information, performed by an access point (AP), in a wireless local area network system, the method includes determining first utilization information for a first channel having a bandwidth of 40 MHz; and transmitting basic service set (BSS) load information, the BSS load information including a multi user (MU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) capable station count field and the first utilization information, wherein the MU-MIMO capable station count field indicates a total number of stations with MU reception capability currently associated with a BSS managed by the AP, and wherein the first utilization information includes information about a time during which the first channel is busy.

Method and apparatus for transmitting management information frame in wireless local area network system

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