Patent ID: 8619814

Claim:
A method of transmitting a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: including, by a device, a first PLCP preamble, a first PLCP header, and a first PLCP service data unit (PSDU) in a first PPDU; including, by the device, a second PLCP preamble, a second PLCP header, and a second PSDU in a second PPDU; determining, by the device, whether a time duration during which the first PPDU is transmitted is equal to a time duration during which the second PPDU is transmitted; if the time duration during which the first PPDU is transmitted is different from the time duration during which the second PPDU is transmitted, padding, by the device, at least one of the first PPDU and the second PPDU so that the first PPDU and the second PPDU have an equal time duration; selecting, by the device, a first subchannel and a second subchannel among a plurality of subchannels; transmitting, by the device, the first PPDU in the first subchannel, wherein the first PLCP preamble is directly followed by the first PLCP header which is directly followed by the first PSDU in the first PPDU, and wherein the first PLCP header indicates a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the first PSDU; and transmitting, by the device, the second PPDU in the second subchannel, wherein the second PLCP preamble is directly followed by the second PLCP header which is directly followed by the second PSDU in the second PPDU, and wherein the second PLCP header indicates a MCS of the second PSDU.