METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OPERATING CHANNEL REQUEST AND RESPONDING TO THE OPERATING CHANNEL REQUEST IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM
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Abstract
A method for operating channel request and responding to the operating channel request in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of operating channel request by a first station in a regulatory domain where an unlicensed device is permitted to operate at a given time in a given geographical area with regard to a licensed device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises transmitting, to a second station, first frame including a first operating class field and a first channel number field, wherein the first operating class field indicates a number of an operating class of a first channel included in a first channel set for operating channel request and the first channel number field indicates a number of the first channel; and receiving, from the second station, second frame including a second operating class field and a second channel number field, wherein the second operating class field indicates a number of a operating class of a second channel included in a second channel set granted by the second station and the second channel number field indicates a number of the second channel.
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34 Claims
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21. A method for managing channels for operation in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
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receiving, by a responding station from a requesting station, a request frame including first information indicating frequencies preferred by the requesting station; transmitting, by the responding station to a server, the request frame; receiving, by the responding station from the server, a response frame including second information indicating WLAN network channels confirmed by the server; and transmitting, by the responding station to the requesting station, the response frame. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for managing channels for operation in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to; receive, using the transceiver from a requesting station, a request frame including first information indicating frequencies preferred by the requesting station; transmit, using the transceiver to a server, the request frame; receiving, using the transceiver from the server, a response frame including second information indicating WLAN network channels confirmed by the server; and transmitting, using the transceiver, to the requesting station, the response frame.
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