Abstract:
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for determining an identity of a WLAN system occupying a channel, using information within a signal field or time synchronization between target channels. For this, the present invention includes a preamble detecting unit configured to detect a preamble in each channel; a channel information obtaining unit configured to obtain reference time information when the preamble is detected in each channel, or to obtain signal field information in each channel using the detected preamble; and an identity determining unit configured to determine an identity of a WLAN system occupying each channel by comparing the reference time information obtained in each channel, or by comparing the signal field information obtained in each channel.