Method and apparatus of transmitting a White Space Map information in a wireless local area network system

摘要

A method of transmitting a White Space Map information in a wireless local area network system (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of transmitting a white space map information from a first station to a second station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises transmitting, from the first station, one of a beacon frame, a probe response frame and a white space map announcement frame comprising a white space map (WSM) element comprising information for first available channels, which are available for the unlicensed device, to the second station, wherein the WSM element comprises a device type field indicating which device type the list of the fist available channels is for.

主权项

1. A method of transmitting a white space map information from a first station to a second station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
generating, by the first station, a white space map (WSM) element comprising information for first available channels for the second station; and transmitting, from the first station to the second station, a frame comprising the WSM element, wherein the WSM element comprises a device type field indicating which device type a list of the first available channels is for, and wherein the frame is one of: a beacon frame, a probe response frame, or a white space map announcement frame.