US 12,289,260 B2
Physical (PHY) layer control for wireless local area network (WLAN) communication
Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Ramona, CA (US); and Bin Tian, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,226.
Application 18/174,226 is a continuation of application No. 17/180,525, filed on Feb. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,601,239.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/983,428, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283422 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 5/0044 (2013.01) [H04L 27/2607 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communications by an apparatus of an access point (AP), comprising:
transmitting, via a wireless channel, a first physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) indicating a common field and at least one per-user field following the common field, the common field being coded and the at least one per-user field being coded with a same coding, and the common field being separate from a universal signal field (U-SIG) in the first PPDU.