Patent attributes
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for receiving a data unit. A method for receiving a data unit in a wireless local area network can comprise the steps of: an STA transmitting an association request frame to an AP, the association request frame containing PPDU format request information; and the STA receiving, from the AP, an association response frame as a response for the association request frame, the association response frame containing PPDU format determination information, wherein the PPDU format request information can comprise PPDU format information for the AP to communicate with the STA, and the PPDU format determination information can comprise information for whether the communication will be carried out on the basis of a PPDU format.