WLAN apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYong Ho Seok
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Abstract
A wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus for a WLAN system is provided that includes a first medium access protocol (MAC) entity supporting a first frequency band and a second MAC entity supporting a second frequency band, where a MAC management frame for the first frequency band is encapsulated in a MAC management frame for the second frequency band and transmitted via the second frequency band.
Claims14
A device supporting multi-band in a wireless local area network, the device comprising:
- network interface circuitry configured to implement a Station Management Entity (SME), a first Medium Access Control (MAC) entity and a second MAC entity,
- wherein the SME is configured to manage multi-band operation in which the device supports more than two frequency bands;
- wherein the first MAC entity is configured to construct a MAC Management Protocol Data Unit (MMPDU) that is destined for a first MAC entity of a receiving device;
- wherein the second MAC entity is configured to generate an encapsulation management frame by encapsulating the MMPDU and to transmit the encapsulation management frame via a wireless medium,
- wherein the encapsulation management frame includes a first frame control field, a second frame control field and a frame body field,
- wherein the first frame control field includes frame control for the encapsulation management frame,
- wherein the second frame control field includes frame control for the MMPDU,
- wherein the frame body field includes a frame body of the MMPDU, and
- wherein the first MAC entity operates at a first frequency band and the second MAC entity operates at a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band.
A method for supporting multi-band in a wireless local area network, the method performed by a transmitting device including a Station Management Entity (SME), a first Medium Access Control (MAC) entity and a second MAC entity and comprising:
- constructing a MAC Management Protocol Data Unit (MMPDU) by the first MAC entity, the MMPDU destined for a first MAC entity of a receiving device;
- generating an encapsulation management frame by the second MAC entity by encapsulating the MMPDU;
- and
- transmitting the encapsulation management frame via a wireless medium by the second MAC entity,
- wherein the encapsulation management frame includes a first frame control field, a second frame control field and a frame body field,
- wherein the first frame control field includes frame control for the encapsulation management frame,
- wherein the second frame control field includes frame control for the MMPDU,
- wherein the frame body field includes a frame body of the MMPDU, and
- wherein the first MAC entity operates at a first frequency band and the second MAC entity operates at a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band.
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