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Master station and method for HEW communication with signal field configuration for HEW OFDMA MU-MIMO wideband channel operation

  • US 9,961,678 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2014
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus of a master station configured for high-efficiency (HE) wireless local area network (WLAN) communication, the apparatus comprising:

  • memory; and

    , circuitry coupled to the memory, the circuitry configured to;

    configure the master station to transmit an indication to one or more of a plurality of HE stations to indicate which one of a plurality of 20 MHz channels to monitor for a HE signal field;

    configure the HE signal field to indicate which of a plurality of subchannels of the indicated 20 MHz channel is allocated to the HE stations for communication;

    configure the master station to transmit the configured HE signal field in the indicated one of the 20 MHz channels; and

    communicate with the HE stations on the indicated subchannels in accordance with an orthogonal-frequency divisional multiple access (OFDMA) technique.

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