Patent ID: 9191928
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting data in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: configuring, by a non-access point (AP) station, a first bonding channel and a second bonding channel, the first bonding channel including a first primary channel and a first secondary channel, the second bonding channel including a second primary channel and a second secondary channel; determining, by the non-AP station, whether the first primary channel or the second primary channel is idle; and transmitting, by the non-AP station, data using the first bonding channel or the second bonding channel to a receiving station only after the non-AP station determines that the first primary channel or the second primary channel is idle, wherein the first primary channel is overlapped with the second primary channel, wherein the first secondary channel is adjacent to the first primary channel, but is not adjacent to the second secondary channel, and wherein transmitting the data comprises: wherein the first primary channel and the second primary channel have a same bandwidth, wherein each of the first primary channel and the second primary channel has a bandwidth of 20 MHz, and wherein the first secondary channel has a bandwidth of 40 MHz and the second secondary channel has a bandwidth of 20 MHz.