Method for transmitting trigger frame in wireless LAN system and terminal using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10575314-B2
Application number	US-201615769323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2016
Priority date	Oct 20, 2015
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present specification, a method for transmitting a trigger frame for requesting uplink data to be received through an wireless resource individually configured in an overlapped time duration from a plurality of terminals in a wireless LAN system, comprises: a step for receiving, by an access point, a first buffer state frame from a first terminal, wherein the first buffer state frame includes first QoS information of first uplink data; a step for receiving, by the access point, a second buffer state frame from a second terminal, wherein the second buffer state frame includes second QoS information of second uplink data; a step for determining, by the access point, a first primary AC for a trigger frame on the basis of the first QoS information and the second QoS information, wherein the access point includes a plurality of AP buffers for downlink data to be transmitted to a plurality of terminals; and a step for transmitting, by the access point, the trigger frame through the downlink buffer corresponding to the determined first primary AC among the plurality of AP buffers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting a frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system performed by an access point (AP), the method comprising:
receiving a first buffer status frame (BSF) used for first uplink (UL) data of a first station (STA), wherein the first UL data has a first access category (AC) related to a first type quality of service (QoS);
receiving a second BSF used for second UL data of a second STA, wherein the second UL data has a second AC related to a second type QoS;
configuring a trigger frame soliciting a plurality of UL frames from the first and second STAs, wherein the plurality of UL frames are used for receiving the first and second UL data, wherein the plurality of UL frames are received in a same time interval through frequency resources allocated by the trigger frame;
determining a primary AC for the trigger frame among the first AC and the second AC, wherein the AP performs a first back-off operation for the first AC and a second back-off operation for the second AC, wherein the primary AC for the trigger frame is determined based on the first and second back-off operations;
determining downlink (DL) QoS data based on the primary AC for the trigger frame, wherein the DL QoS data is to be transmitted with the trigger frame, wherein an AC of the DL QoS data is same as the primary AC;
configuring a PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) including the DL QoS data and the trigger frame;
performing a channel access procedure based on the primary AC to acquire transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a wireless medium; and
transmitting the PPDU based on the TXOP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the AP includes a plurality of DL buffers including a first DL buffer for buffering at least one frame belonging to first AC, and a second DL buffer for buffering at least one frame belonging to the second AC.

3. An access point (AP) for transmitting a frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the AP comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) circuit transmitting a radio signal; and
a processor operatively coupled to the RF circuit, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a first buffer status frame (BSF) used for first uplink (UL) data of a first station (STA), wherein the first UL data has a first access category (AC) related to a first type quality of service (QoS);
receive a second BSF used for second UL data of a second STA, wherein the second UL data has a second AC related to a second type QoS,
configure a trigger frame soliciting a plurality of UL frames from the first and second STAs, wherein the plurality of UL frames are used for receiving the first and second UL data, wherein the plurality of UL frames are received in a same time interval through frequency resources allocated by the trigger frame;
determine a primary AC for the trigger frame among the first AC and the second AC, wherein the AP performs a first back-off operation for the first AC and a second back-off operation for the second AC, wherein the primary AC for the trigger frame is determined based on the first and second back-off operations;
determine downlink (DL) QoS data based on the primary AC for the trigger frame, wherein the DL QoS data is to be transmitted with the trigger frame, wherein an AC of the DL QoS data is same as the primary AC;
configure a PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) including the DL QoS data and the trigger frame;
perform a channel access procedure based on the primary AC to acquire transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a wireless medium; and
transmit the PPDU based on the TXOP.

4. The AP of claim 3 , wherein the AP includes a plurality of DL buffers include a first DL buffer for buffering at least one frame belonging to the first AC, and a second DL buffer for buffering at least one frame belonging to the second AC, than that of the BE type.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Hyunhee
• Ryu Kiseon
• Chun Jinyoung
• Kim Jeongki
• Cho Hangyu
• Kim Suhwook

Classifications

• H04L5/0078

  Timing of allocation · CPC title

• H04L5/006

  Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W74/08

  Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02) · CPC title

• H04W28/0278

  using buffer status reports (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12) · CPC title