WLAN APPARATUS

摘要

A wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus for a WLAN system is provided that includes a first medium access protocol (MAC) entity supporting a first frequency band and a second MAC entity supporting a second frequency band, where a MAC management frame for the first frequency band is encapsulated in a MAC management frame for the second frequency band and transmitted via the second frequency band.

主权项

1. A device supporting multi-band in a wireless local area network that conforms to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standards, the device comprising:
network interface circuitry configured to implement a Station Management Entity (SME), a first Medium Access Control (MAC) entity and a second MAC entity, wherein the SME is configured to manage multi-band operation in which the device supports more than two frequency bands; wherein the first MAC entity is configured to construct a MAC Management Protocol Data Unit (MMPDU) that is destined for a first MAC entity of a receiving device; wherein the second MAC entity is configured to generate an encapsulation management frame by encapsulating the MMPDU and to transmit the encapsulation management frame via a wireless medium, wherein the encapsulation management frame includes a first frame control field, a second frame control field and a frame body field, wherein the first frame control field includes frame control for the encapsulation management frame, wherein the second frame control field includes frame control for the MMPDU, and wherein the frame body field includes a frame body of the MMPDU.