Patent ID: 8265055

Claim:
A transmitting method comprising: selectively generating one of (1) a first packet signal, which is transmitted from a plurality of antennas, having a first packet format which includes a first short training sequence (STS) for a MIMO system and a first long training sequence (LTS) for the MIMO system, the first STS and the first LTS being arranged in that order in the first packet format, and (2) a second packet signal, which is transmitted from a plurality of antennas, having a second packet format which includes a second STS for a non-MIMO system, a second LTS for the non-MIMO system, and a third LTS for the MIMO system, the second STS, the second LTS, and the third LTS being arranged in that order in the second packet format; and transmitting the generated one of the first and second packet signals, wherein the first packet format includes no second LTS, the first and second STSs are for AGC estimation, the first to third LTSs are for channel estimation, the first LTS has a signal pattern which is the same as that of the third LTS, and the first STS has a signal pattern which is different from that of the second STS.