Multiple resource unit signaling in a wireless local area network

A wireless device for transmitting a frame in a wireless network, the wireless device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a set of memory units coupled to the processor, wherein the set of memory units include instructions that when executed by the processor cause the wireless device to:
• set a first field of the frame according to a first characteristic of the frame,
• set a second field of the frame according to a second characteristic of the frame,
• set a puncturing field of the frame in response to the first field of the frame meeting a first criteria and the second field of the frame meeting a second criteria, wherein the puncturing field is associated with puncturing a set of sub-channels of a transmission bandwidth of the frame, wherein the first criteria is that the first field indicates that the transmission bandwidth of the frame is equal to or greater than 80 MHz, and
• transmit the frame based on the transmission bandwidth and according to the set of sub-channels.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that includes instructions which, when executed by a processor of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

• set a first field of a frame according to a first characteristic of the frame;
• set a second field of the frame according to a second characteristic of the frame;
• set a puncturing field of the frame in response to the first field of the frame meeting a first criteria and the second field of the frame meeting a second criteria, wherein the puncturing field is associated with puncturing a set of sub-channels of a transmission bandwidth of the frame, wherein the first criteria is that the first field indicates that the transmission bandwidth of the frame is equal to or greater than 80 MHz;
• and
• transmit the frame based on the transmission bandwidth and according to the set of sub-channels.