Data transmission method and device in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10356756-B2
Application number	US-201515525038-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	Aug 21, 2015
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A data transmission method of a station (STA) device in a wireless LAN system is disclosed. The data transmission method of an STA device, according to the present invention, comprises: a receiving step of receiving an uplink data frame from a first STA, wherein the uplink data frame includes first receiving operating mode information indicating a receiving operating mode to be changed by the first STA; and a transmitting step of transmitting an ACK frame for the uplink data frame, wherein the ACK frame includes mode change acceptance information indicating whether to accept or reject the change in the receiving operating mode according to the receiving operating mode information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting, by an Access Point (AP), data in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:
receiving an uplink (UL) frame from a station (STA), the UL frame comprising transmitting (Tx) operating mode information indicating a Tx operating mode to be changed,
wherein the Tx operating mode information comprises a maximum number of Tx spatial streams and a Tx channel bandwidth;
allocating at least one frequency resource unit or at least one spatial stream to the STA based on the received Tx operating mode information,
wherein the at least one frequency resource unit is defined in units of a predetermined number of tones, and
wherein the predetermined number of tones is 26 or 52;
sending a trigger frame for UL multiuser (MU) transmission,
wherein the trigger frame includes resource allocation information related to at least one of the at least one frequency resource unit or the at least one spatial stream; and
receiving a UL MU frame through the at least one frequency resource unit.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UL frame includes a medium access control (MAC) header and the first Tx operation mode information is included in the MAC header.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Tx operating mode information and a reception (Rx) operation mode information are of a same format.

4. An Access Point (AP) device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the AP device comprising:
a transceiver transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and
a processor controlling the transceiver,
wherein the AP device is configured to:
receive an uplink (UL) frame from a station (STA), the UL frame comprising transmitting (Tx) operating mode information indicating a Tx operating mode to be changed,
wherein the Tx operating mode information comprises a maximum number of Tx spatial streams and a Tx channel bandwidth,
allocate at least one frequency resource unit or at least one spatial stream to the STA based on the received Tx operating mode information,
wherein the at least one frequency resource unit is defined in units of a predetermined number of tones, and
wherein the predetermined number of tones is 26 or 52;
send a trigger frame for UL multiuser (MU) transmission,
wherein the trigger frame includes resource allocation information related to at least one of the at least one frequency resource unit or the at least one spatial stream, and
receive a UL MU frame through the at least one frequency resource unit.

5. The AP device of claim 4 , wherein the UL frame includes a medium access control (MAC) header and the first Tx operation mode information is included in the MAC header.

6. The AP device of claim 4 , wherein the Tx operating mode information and a reception (Rx) operation mode information are of a same format.

7. A method for transmitting, by a Station (STA), data in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:
transmitting an uplink (UL) frame to an Access Point (AP), the uplink frame comprising transmitting (Tx) operating mode information indicating a Tx operating mode to be changed,
wherein the Tx operating mode information comprises a maximum number of Tx spatial streams and a Tx channel bandwidth; and
receiving a trigger frame for UL multiuser (MU) transmission,
wherein the trigger frame includes resource allocation information related to at least one of at least one frequency resource unit or at least one spatial stream for the STA;
wherein the resource allocation information is generated based on the received Tx operating mode information,
wherein the at least one frequency resource unit is defined in units of a predetermined number of tones, and
wherein the predetermined number of tones is 26 or 52; and
receiving a UL MU frame through the at least one frequency resource unit.

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the UL frame includes a medium access control (MAC) header and the first Tx operation mode information is included in the MAC header.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the Tx operating mode information and a reception (Rx) operation mode information are of a same format.

10. A Station (STA) device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the STA device comprising:
a transceiver transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and
a processor controlling the transceiver,
wherein the STA device is configured to:
transmit an uplink (UL) frame to an Access Point (AP) the UL frame comprising transmitting (Tx) operating mode information indicating a Tx operating mode to be changed,
wherein the Tx operating mode information comprises a maximum number of Tx spatial streams and a Tx channel bandwidth,
receive a trigger frame for UL multiuser (MU) transmission,
wherein the trigger frame includes resource allocation information related to at least one of at least one frequency resource unit or at least one spatial stream for the STA,
wherein the at least one resource allocation information is generated based on the received Tx operating mode information,
wherein the frequency resource unit is defined in units of a predetermined number of tones,
wherein the predetermined number of tones is 26 or 52, and
receive a UL MU frame through the at least one frequency resource unit.

11. The STA device of claim 10 , wherein the UL frame includes a medium access control (MAC) header and the first Tx operation mode information is included in the MAC header.

12. The STA device of claim 10 , wherein the Tx operating mode information and a reception (Rx) operation mode information are of a same format.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Hyeyoung
• Ryu Kiseon
• Kim Jeongki
• Cho Hangyu
• Kim Suhwook

Classifications

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title

• H04L5/0055

  Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861) · CPC title

• H04W74/04

  Scheduled access (hybrid access H04W74/02) · CPC title