Power save mode-based operating method and device in WLAN

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104617-B2
Application number	US-201415112665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Feb 4, 2014
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A power save mode-based operating method and device in a WLAN are disclosed. The power save mode-based operating method in the WLAN may include: transmitting, by an STA, a first trigger frame to an AP; receiving, by the STA, a downlink frame transmitted by the AP based on the first trigger frame on a first service section; receiving, by the STA, traffic indication information from the AP on a second service section after the reception of the downlink frame; determining, by the STA, the presence or absence of a pending downlink frame at the AP based on the traffic indication information on the second service section; and determining, by the STA, a power saving mode based on the presence or absence of the pending downlink frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method operating based on a power save mode in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
transmitting, by a station (STA), a first trigger frame to an access point (AP) on a first service period;
receiving, by the STA, a first downlink frame transmitted by the AP on a basis of the first trigger frame on the first service period;
monitoring, by the STA, a second downlink frame if the second downlink frame is present in the AP or null data frame if the second downlink frame is absent in the AP on a second service period after receiving the first downlink frame; and
determining, by the STA, whether to transition a power saving mode from an awake state to a doze state based on End of service period (EOSP) information and More Data information included in the second downlink frame if the second downlink frame is transmitted by the AP; and
transitioning, by the STA, the power saving mode from the awake state to the doze state if the null data frame is transmitted by the AP,
wherein the null data frame comprises a service period change field,
wherein the service period change field comprises information on a length of the second service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 0, the length of the second service period is set to a length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 1, the length of the second service period is set to 2 times the length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 2, the length of the second service period is set to 4 times the length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 3, the length of the second service period is set to 8 times the length of the first service period, and
wherein the doze state is maintained until an end of the second service period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether to transition the power saving mode comprises:
maintaining, by the STA, the power saving mode as the awake state on the second service period if the EOSP information and the More Data information indicate a presence of a third downlink frame; and
transitioning, by the STA, the power saving mode from the awake state to the doze state on the second service period if the EOSP information and the More Data information indicate an absence of the third downlink frame.

3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the null data frame further comprises a pending data indication field, and
wherein the pending data indication field comprises information indicating the presence/absence of the second downlink frame.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising
monitoring, by the STA, the second downlink frame by considering a maximum retransmission execution period,
wherein the maximum retransmission execution period is a maximum time period in which retransmission is executed for the second downlink frame, and
wherein the maximum retransmission execution period is determined by considering a maximum number of retransmission attempts of the AP.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising
transmitting, by the STA, a second trigger frame to the AP on a third service period if the STA fails to receive the second downlink frame before the maximum retransmission execution time,
wherein the second trigger frame triggers transmission of the second downlink frame by the AP on the third service period.

6. A station (STA) operating based on a power save mode in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the STA comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit implemented to transmit or receive a radio signal; and
a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit,
wherein the processor is implemented to:
transmit a first trigger frame to an access point (AP) on a first service period;
receive a first downlink frame transmitted by the AP on a basis of the first trigger frame on the first service period;
monitor a second downlink frame if the second downlink frame is present in the AP or null data frame if the second downlink frame is absent in the AP on a second service period after receiving the first downlink frame;
determine whether to transition a power saving mode from an awake state to a doze state based on End of service period (EOSP) information and More Data information included in the second downlink frame if the second downlink frame is transmitted by the AP; and
transition the power saving mode from the awake state to the doze state if the null data frame is transmitted by the AP,
wherein the null data frame comprises a service period change field,
wherein the service period change field comprises information on a length of the second service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 0, the length of the second service period is set to a length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 1, the length of the second service period is set to 2 times the length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 2, the length of the second service period is set to 4 times the length of the first service period,
wherein if the service period change field indicates 3, the length of the second service period is set to 8 times the length of the first service period, and
wherein the doze state is maintained until an end of the second service period.

7. The STA of claim 6 ,
wherein the processor is implemented to maintain the power saving mode as the awake state on the second service period if the EOSP information and the More Data information indicate a presence of a third downlink frame, and to transition the power saving mode from the awake state to the doze state on the second service period if the EOSP information and the More Data information indicate an absence of the third downlink frame.

8. The STA of claim 6 ,
wherein the null data frame further comprises a pending data indication field, and
wherein the pending data indication field comprises information indicating the presence/absence of the second downlink frame.

9. The STA of claim 6 ,
wherein the processor is implemented to monitor the second downlink frame by considering a maximum retransmission execution period,
wherein the maximum retransmission execution period is a maximum time period in which retransmission is executed for the second downlink frame, and
wherein the maximum retransmission execution period is determined by considering a maximum number of retransmission attempts of the AP.

10. The STA of claim 9 ,
wherein if the second downlink frame is not transmitted by the AP before the maximum retransmission execution time, the processor is implemented to transmit a second trigger frame to the AP on a third service period, and
wherein the second trigger frame triggers transmission of the second downlink frame by the AP on the third service period.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Giwon
• Ryu Kiseon
• Kim Jeongki
• Cho Hangyu
• Kim Suhwook

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W52/0235 Primary

  where the received signal is a power saving command · CPC title

• Y02D70/00

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/1262

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/22

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic