# US 12,003,461 B2 · Method and apparatus for receiving MU PPDU in wireless LAN system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,461 B2 - Document ID: US12003461B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/610,587 - Filed: 2020-05-19 - Published: 2022-07-28 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-29 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Eunsung Park; Jinsoo Choi; Dongguk Lim; Jinmin Kim; Sunwoong Yun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003461B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04L 27/2603: {Signal structure ensuring backward compatibility with legacy system} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0098: {Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands} - H04L 27/2602: {Signal structure} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Proposed are a method and an apparatus for receiving an MU PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a receiving STA receives an MU PPDU from a transmitting STA. The receiving STA decodes the MU PPDU. The MU PPDU includes an LSIG field, an RL-SIG field, an HE-SIG field, and an EHT-SIG field. A first reserved bit of the L-SIG field includes information indicating that a first band in which the MU PPDU is transmitted is greater than 160 MHz. A second reserved bit of the HE-SIG field includes information relating to a second band in which the EHT-SIG field is transmitted or the size of the first band. The receiving STA includes an HE STA and an EHT STA. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, comprising: receiving, by a receiving station (STA), a multi-user (MU) physical protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting STA; and decoding, by the receiving STA, the MU PPDU, wherein the MU PPDU includes a legacy-signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy-signal (RL-SIG) field, a high efficiency-signal (HE-SIG) field, and an extremely high throughput-signal (EHT-SIG) field, wherein a first reserved bit of the L-SIG field includes information on that a first band in which the MU PPDU is transmitted is greater than 160 MHz, wherein a second reserved bit of the HE-SIG field includes information on a size of the first band or a second band in which the EHT-SIG field is transmitted, and wherein the receiving STA includes an HE STA and an EHT STA. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the HE-SIG field includes information on a third band allocated to the HE STA, wherein the third band is primary 80 MHz or primary 160 MHz. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the MU PPDU includes a first PPDU for the HE STA and a second PPDU for the EHT STA, wherein the first PPDU includes the L-SIG field, the RL-SIG field, the HE-SIG field, and first data, wherein the second PPDU includes the L-SIG field, the RL-SIG field, the EHT-SIG field, and second data, wherein the HE-SIG field includes an HE-SIG-A field and an HE-SIG-B field, wherein the EHT-SIG field includes an EHT-SIG-A field and an EHT-SIG-B field, wherein the first and second PPDUs are transmitted simultaneously, wherein the first PPDU is allocated to the third band, and wherein the second PPDU is allocated to a fourth band, wherein the fourth band is a band excluding the third band from the first band. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is a primary 160 MHz, the HE-SIG field and the first data are allocated to the primary 160 MHz, and the EHT-SIG field and the second data are allocated to secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is primary 80 MHz, the HE-SIG field and the first data are allocated to the primary 80 MHz, and the EHT-SIG field and the data are allocated to secondary 80 MHz and secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is primary 80 MHz, the HE-SIG field is allocated to the primary 40 MHz, the EHT-SIG field is allocated to secondary 40 MHz, secondary 80 MHz, and secondary 160 MHz, the first data is allocated to the primary 80 MHz, and the second data is allocated to the secondary 80 MHz and the secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is primary 80 MHz, the HE-SIG-A field is allocated to the primary 20 MHz, the HE-SIG-B field is allocated to the primary 40 MHz, the EHT-SIG-A field is allocated to secondary 20 MHz, secondary 40 MHz, secondary 80 MHz, and secondary 160 MHz, the EHT-SIG-B field is allocated to secondary 40 MHz, secondary 80 MHz, and secondary 160 MHz, the first data is allocated to the primary 80 MHz, and the second data is allocated to the secondary 80 MHz and the secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first reserved bit is a fourth bit of the L-SIG field, and wherein the second reserved bit is a seventh bit of the HE-SIG-A field. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the MU PPDU is determined as an EHT MU PPDU, based on a value obtained by applying a modulo to a length value of the RL-SIG field. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the HE-SIG-A field or a different RL-SIG field is inserted between the RL-SIG field and EHT-SIG-A field in the second PPDU, wherein the different RL-SIG field is a field obtained by applying quadrate binary phase shift keying (QBPSK) to the L-SIG field. ### Claim 11 A receiving station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a multi-user (MU) physical protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting STA; and decode the MU PPDU, wherein the MU PPDU includes a legacy-signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy-signal (RL-SIG) field, a high efficiency-signal (HE-SIG) field, and an extremely high throughput-signal (EHT-SIG) field, wherein a first reserved bit of the L-SIG field includes information on that a first band in which the MU PPDU is transmitted is greater than 160 MHz, wherein a second reserved bit of the HE-SIG field includes information on a size of the first band or a second band in which the EHT-SIG field is transmitted, and wherein the receiving STA includes an HE STA and an EHT STA. ### Claim 12 A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising: generating, by a transmitting station (STA), a multi-user (MU) physical protocol data unit (PPDU); transmitting, by the transmitting STA, the MU PPDU to a receiving STA, wherein the MU PPDU includes a legacy-signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy-signal (RL-SIG) field, a high efficiency-signal (HE-SIG) field, and an extremely high throughput-signal (EHT-SIG) field, wherein a first reserved bit of the L-SIG field includes information on that a first band in which the MU PPDU is transmitted is greater than 160 MHz, wherein a second reserved bit of the HE-SIG field includes information on a size of the first band or a second band in which the EHT-SIG field is transmitted, and wherein the receiving STA includes an HE STA and an EHT STA. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the HE-SIG field includes information on a third band allocated to the HE STA, wherein the third band is primary 80 MHz or primary 160 MHz. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the MU PPDU includes a first PPDU for the HE STA and a second PPDU for the EHT STA, wherein the first PPDU includes the L-SIG field, the RL-SIG field, the HE-SIG field, and first data, wherein the second PPDU includes the L-SIG field, the RL-SIG field, the EHT-SIG field, and second data, wherein the HE-SIG field includes an HE-SIG-A field and an HE-SIG-B field, wherein the EHT-SIG field includes an EHT-SIG-A field and an EHT-SIG-B field, wherein the first and second PPDUs are transmitted simultaneously, wherein the first PPDU is allocated to the third band, and wherein the second PPDU is allocated to a fourth band, wherein the fourth band is a band excluding the third band from the first band. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is a primary 160 MHz, the HE-SIG field and the first data are allocated to the primary 160 MHz, and the EHT-SIG field and the second data are allocated to secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is primary 80 MHz, the HE-SIG field and the first data are allocated to the primary 80 MHz, and the EHT-SIG field and the data are allocated to secondary 80 MHz and secondary 160 MHz. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein, when the first band is 320 MHz and the third band is primary 80 MHz, the HE-SIG field is allocated to the primary 40 MHz, the EHT-SIG field is allocated to secondary 40 MHz, secondary 80 MHz, and secondary 160 MHz, the first data is allocated to the primary 80 MHz, and the second data is allocated to the secondary 80 MHz and the secondary 160 MHz.