Patent ID: 9526011
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing whitespace operation information, the method comprising: transmitting, by a first station (STA) to a second STA, a frame including a TV whitespace high throughput (TVHT) operation information field, wherein the TVHT operation information field includes a primary channel number, a channel width, a channel center frequency segment 0 and a channel center frequency segment 1 subfields, wherein: wherein the TV channel index corresponding to the frequency segment 0 indicates the index of a lowest TV channel in an operating channel when the channel width corresponds to two contiguous basic channel units (BCUs) or four contiguous BCUs, and wherein the TV channel index corresponding to the frequency segment 0 indicates the index of a lowest TV channel in the frequency segment 0, and the TV channel index corresponding to the frequency segment 1 indicates the index of a lowest TV channel in the frequency segment 1, when the channel width corresponds to two non-contiguous BCUs or four non-contiguous BCUs.