A wireless communication method for extended range transmission, performed by a first apparatus, the wireless communication method comprising: generating a first signal field, U-SIG, having a fixed length; generating a second signal field, EHT-SIG, having a variable length; and transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, including the first signal field and the second signal field to a second apparatus, wherein said generating the second signal field comprises: generating a bitstream; generating an encoded block by encoding the bitstream; generating a modulated block by modulating the encoded block; generating, from the modulated block, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol block including at least one OFDM symbol; and arranging the OFDM symbol block and one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block within the second signal field; wherein the first signal field, U-SIG, includes a number of OFDM symbol blocks field indicating the number of the one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block or a total number of the OFDM symbol blocks in the second signal field, EHT-SIG; and wherein said generating the first signal field, U-SIG, comprises: generating first and second OFDM symbols modulated from first encoded bits according to different modulation schemes, respectively; generating third and fourth OFDM symbols modulated from second encoded bits according to a common modulation scheme; and generating the first signal field including the first through fourth OFDM symbols, wherein the number of OFDM symbol blocks field is included in the first encoded bits. generating a first signal field, U-SIG, having a fixed length; generating a second signal field, EHT-SIG, having a variable length; and transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, including the first signal field and the second signal field to a second apparatus, wherein said generating the second signal field comprises: generating a bitstream; generating an encoded block by encoding the bitstream; generating a modulated block by modulating the encoded block; generating, from the modulated block, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol block including at least one OFDM symbol; and arranging the OFDM symbol block and one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block within the second signal field; wherein the first signal field, U-SIG, includes a number of OFDM symbol blocks field indicating the number of the one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block or a total number of the OFDM symbol blocks in the second signal field, EHT-SIG; and wherein said generating the first signal field, U-SIG, comprises: generating first and second OFDM symbols modulated from first encoded bits according to different modulation schemes, respectively; generating third and fourth OFDM symbols modulated from second encoded bits according to a common modulation scheme; and generating the first signal field including the first through fourth OFDM symbols, wherein the number of OFDM symbol blocks field is included in the first encoded bits. generating a bitstream; generating an encoded block by encoding the bitstream; generating a modulated block by modulating the encoded block; generating, from the modulated block, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol block including at least one OFDM symbol; and arranging the OFDM symbol block and one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block within the second signal field; wherein the first signal field, U-SIG, includes a number of OFDM symbol blocks field indicating the number of the one or more repetitions of the OFDM symbol block or a total number of the OFDM symbol blocks in the second signal field, EHT-SIG; and wherein said generating the first signal field, U-SIG, comprises: generating first and second OFDM symbols modulated from first encoded bits according to different modulation schemes, respectively; generating third and fourth OFDM symbols modulated from second encoded bits according to a common modulation scheme; and generating the first signal field including the first through fourth OFDM symbols, wherein the number of OFDM symbol blocks field is included in the first encoded bits. generating first and second OFDM symbols modulated from first encoded bits according to different modulation schemes, respectively; generating third and fourth OFDM symbols modulated from second encoded bits according to a common modulation scheme; and generating the first signal field including the first through fourth OFDM symbols, wherein the number of OFDM symbol blocks field is included in the first encoded bits.