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Method and apparatus of transmitting a White Space Map information in a wireless local area network system

  • US 9,066,371 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2011
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting a white space map information from a first station to a second station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

  • generating, by the first station, a white space map (WSM) element comprising information for first available channels for the second station; and

    transmitting, from the first station to the second station, a frame comprising the WSM element,wherein the WSM element comprises a device type field indicating which device type a list of the first available channels is for, andwherein the frame is one of;

    a beacon frame, a probe response frame, or a white space map announcement frame.

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