Patent ID: 8988979
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the method comprising: generating a signal field to include when the second subfield indicates that the first subfield includes the length indication, adding one or more padding bits to a set of information bits to generate a set of padded information bits according to a first padding scheme; when the second subfield indicates that the first subfield includes the duration indication, adding one or more padding bits to the set of information bits to generate the set of padded information bits according to a second padding scheme, the second padding scheme different than the first padding scheme; encoding the set of padded information bits with one or more binary convolutional coding (BCC) encoders to generate a set of encoded information bits; generating a plurality of OFDM symbols to include the set of encoded information bits; and generating the data unit to include the plurality of OFDM symbols.