Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for channel bonding and bonded channel access. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: gain access to a first 10 MHz channel and to a second 10 MHz channel, and encode a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission over a bonded channel, the bonded channel comprising the first 10 MHz channel and the second 10 MHz channel, where the PPDU is encoded to comprise a legacy preamble portion to be transmitted on the first 10 MHz channel and a repeated legacy preamble portion to be transmitted on the second 10 MHz channel, the PPDU further including a non-legacy portion, the non-legacy portion comprising a non-legacy signal field indicating a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) used to encode a data portion of the non-legacy portion, the data portion to be transmitted on the bonded channel.