CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
1. A method performed by a first non-access point (non-AP) station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to an AP, a request signal comprising first information related to whether a transmission opportunity (TXOP) obtained by the AP is shared for a direct link between non-AP stations;
receiving, from the AP, a trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame includes bit information related to the TXOP obtained by the AP,
wherein the bit information has a first value when the TXOP obtained by the AP is shared for a first uplink communication from the first non-AP station to the AP and a second direct communication to a second non-AP station,
wherein the bit information has a second value when the TXOP obtained by the AP is shared only for the second direct communication;
transmitting, to the second non-AP station, a null data packet announcement (NDPA) and a null data packet (NDP) frame;
receiving, from the second non-AP station, channel information between the first non-AP station and the second non-AP station;
determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a number of space-time-stream (NSTS) based on the channel information; and
transmitting, to the second non-AP station, a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the MCS and the NSTS.
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