CPC H04L 1/0013 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1614 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device comprising:
transmitting, to a wireless station (STA), a management frame including an operation element, the operation element including:
a bit indicating whether the operation element omits octets that indicate a bitmap associated with punctured channel information; and
the octets that indicate the bitmap associated with the punctured channel information in accordance with the bit indicating that the operation element carries the octets, the punctured channel information indicating one or more first punctured subchannels associated with a wireless channel; and
communicating with the STA over a portion of the wireless channel that excludes at least the one or more first punctured subchannels.
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