Wide Bandwidth Transmission Schemes

A method, comprising:

• establishing a wireless communication between an access point (AP) and a first station (STA) with the first STA initially monitoring a primary frequency segment of a plurality of frequency segments in an operating bandwidth of the AP in a basic service set (BSS) which is associated with a plurality of STAs including the first STA;
• and
• communicating between the AP and the first STA to result in the first STA being assigned either or both of a first preamble detection (PD) channel and a first signaling (SIG) content channel such that the first STA monitors a preamble on the first PD channel and decodes a SIG content on the first SIG content channel during at least a predetermined period of time,
• wherein, responsive to a first bandwidth of the first STA being different than a second bandwidth of a second STA of the plurality of STAs, at least one of a second PD channel and a second SIG content channel assigned to the second STA and at least one of the first PD channel and the first SIG content channel are in different frequency segments of the plurality of frequency segments, or
• wherein, responsive to a first type of the first STA being different than a second type of the second STA, the first SIG content channel is in one of the plurality of frequency segments other than the primary frequency segment.

An apparatus implementable in a station (STA), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with an access point (AP);
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
• communicating, via the transceiver, between the AP and the STA, which initially monitors an initial preamble detection (PD) channel and an initial signaling (SIG) content channel in a same frequency segment or different frequency segments of a plurality of frequency segments in an operating bandwidth of the AP, with the AP assigning to the STA either or both of a PD channel and a SIG content channel for a transmission opportunity (TXOP), the PD channel and the SIG content channel assigned by the AP being different from the initial PD channel and the initial SIG content channel, respectively;
• and
• performing, via the transceiver, a frame exchange between the AP and the STA during the TXOP such that the STA monitors a preamble on the PD channel and decodes a SIG content on the SIG content channel.