Patent ID: 11171692

Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame by performing multi input multi output (MIMO) beamforming procedure in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a first station (STA) generates the feedback frame based on the MIMO beamforming procedure. The first STA transmits the feedback frame to a second STA. The feedback frame includes a feedback subcarrier for a predetermined frequency band. A first subcarrier transmitted first in the feedback subcarrier and a second subcarrier having subcarrier indices −2 and 2 are statically transmitted. The first subcarrier is configured as a left edge subcarrier or right edge subcarrier of the predetermined frequency band. A subcarrier index of a third subcarrier included in the feedback subcarrier is determined based on a grouping value which is a subcarrier interval. The third subcarrier is a subcarrier excluding the first subcarrier and the second subcarrier from the feedback subcarrier. The grouping value is dynamically changed based on channel state information.