Dual band channel bonding and puncturing

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit a management frame comprising a field indicating a channel width within one or both of a first frequency band or a second frequency band and a puncturing scheme for the channel width, the channel width comprising resource units, wherein the field comprises a bitmap associated with the puncturing scheme, the bitmap indicating a puncture status for each resource unit of the resource units;
• and
• transmit a communication based at least in part on the puncturing scheme to a wireless station using the channel width after receiving the management frame or receive a transmission based at least in part on the puncturing scheme from the wireless station using the channel width after receiving the management frame.

An access point, comprising:

• a transmitter to:
• transmit a management frame comprising a field indicating a channel width within at least one of a first frequency band or a second frequency band and a puncturing scheme for the channel width, the channel width comprising resource units, wherein the field comprises a bitmap associated with the puncturing scheme, the bitmap indicating a puncture status for each resource unit of the resource units;
• and
• transmit a communication based at least in part on the puncturing scheme to a wireless station using the channel width after receiving the management frame or receive a transmission based at least in part on the puncturing scheme from the wireless station using the channel width after receiving the management frame.