US 12,452,761 B2
Methods for MAC frame extensibility and frame specific MAC header design for WLAN systems
Lei Wang, San Diego, CA (US); and Sudheer A. Grandhi, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,434.
Application 17/856,434 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,447, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,382,021.
Application 17/020,447 is a continuation of application No. 14/018,056, filed on Sep. 4, 2013, granted, now 10,779,212, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/697,126, filed on Sep. 5, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338091 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/73 (2021.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/73 (2021.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for use in a-station (STA), comprising:
receiving a medium access control (MAC) frame which includes a frame control field, wherein the frame control field includes a first subfield indicating a type of the MAC frame, and a second subfield indicating a subtype of the MAC frame;
and
processing a third subfield based on both a value of the second subfield and a value of the first subfield together indicating that, for the type of the MAC frame, the third subfield is present in the MAC frame.