Patent ID: 9107222
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: transmitting, by a first station, a plurality of a request to send (RTS) frames to a second station through a plurality of subchannels, each of the plurality of RTS frames being transmitted through each of the plurality of subchannels; receiving, by the first station, at least one clear to send (CTS) frame as a response to the plurality of RTS frames from the second station through at least one idle subchannel among the plurality of subchannels, the at least one CTS frame being received through the at least one idle subchannel; and transmitting, by the first station, a data frame to the second station, wherein a number of the at least one idle subchannel is equal to or less than a number of the plurality of subchannels, wherein: