A method for communicating in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes receiving allowed channel information from a second station, the allowed channel information indicating whether at least one channel is allowed for transmission, selecting, by the first station, at least one operating channel from the at least one allowed channel, and transmitting, by the first station, frames on the at least one selected operating channel. The allowed channel information comprises an allowed channel bitmap. Each bit of the allowed channel bitmap indicates each channel is allowed for the transmission.