Method for transmitting or receiving wake-up signal in wireless lan system device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10904053-B2
Application number	US-201716338412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A method for receiving, by an STA, a WUR signal in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: monitoring at least one sub-band among multiple sub-bands included in a wireless LAN band through a WUR receiver of the STA in a state in which a wireless LAN receiver of the STA has been turned off; and outputting a wake-up signal to the wireless LAN receiver through the WUR receiver of the STA when a WUR signal for the STA is detected as a result of monitoring the at least one sub-band, wherein the WUR signal includes a wireless LAN preamble transmitted in an OFDM scheme and a WUR payload transmitted in an OOK scheme, the STA detects the WUR signal on the basis of the OOK scheme, thereby acquiring only the WUR payload other than the wireless LAN preamble, and at least one sub-band that the STA monitors may be determined to be specific to a BSS associated by the STA.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for receiving, by a station (STA), a wake-up receiver (WUR) signal in a wireless LAN system, the method comprising:
monitoring at least one of a plurality of sub-bands included in a wireless LAN band through a WUR receiver of the STA in a state in which a wireless LAN receiver of the STA is turned off; and
outputting the WUR signal to the wireless LAN receiver through the WUR receiver of the STA when the WUR signal for the STA is detected as a result of monitoring the at least one sub-band,
wherein the WUR signal includes a wireless LAN preamble transmitted in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) scheme and a WUR payload transmitted in an on-off keying (OOK) scheme, the STA detects the WUR signal based on the OOK scheme, thereby acquiring only the WUR payload other than the wireless LAN preamble, and at least one sub-band monitored by the STA is determined to be specific to a basic service set (BSS) with which the STA is associated, and
wherein at least one sub-band monitored by the STA is determined through a BSS identifier (BSSID) or a BSS color of the BSS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one sub-band monitored by the STA is determined based on a first mathematical expression of “MOD(L, N_S)”, wherein “L” represents the BSSID or the BSS color, “N_S” represents the number of sub-bands included in the wireless LAN band, and “MOD” represents a modulo operation in the first mathematical expression, wherein the number of sub-bands is determined based on a second mathematical expression of “floor[N/K]”, wherein “N” is the number of subcarriers included in the wireless LAN band and “K” is the number of subcarriers used for WUR signal transmission in the second mathematical expression.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STA monitors the WUR signal while hopping at least two sub-bands among the plurality of sub-bands.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hopping of at least two sub-bands is performed based on the BSSID or the BSS color of the BSS.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving, from an access point (AP) of the BSS, WUR configuration information including at least one of allocation information about the plurality of sub-bands, sub-band size information and sub-band hopping information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the WUR configuration information is acquired from a beacon frame, a control frame or a management frame received through the wireless LAN receiver instead of the WUR receiver.

7. A station (STA) for receiving a wake-up receiver (WUR) signal in a wireless LAN system, comprising:
a wireless LAN receiver for receiving a wireless LAN signal; and
a WUR receiver for monitoring at least one of a plurality of sub-bands included in a wireless LAN band in a state in which the wireless LAN receiver is turned off and outputting the WUR signal to the wireless LAN receiver when the WUR signal for the STA is detected as a result of monitoring the at least one sub-band,
wherein the WUR signal includes a wireless LAN preamble transmitted in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) scheme and a WUR payload transmitted in an on-off keying (OOK) scheme, the WUR receiver detects the WUR signal based on the OOK scheme, thereby acquiring only the WUR payload other than the wireless LAN preamble, and at least one sub-band monitored by the WUR receiver is determined to be specific to a basic service set (BSS) with which the STA is associated, and
wherein at least one sub-band monitored by the STA is determined through a BSS identifier (BSSID) or a BSS color of the BSS.

8. A method for transmitting, by an access point (AP), a wake-up receiver (WUR) signal in a wireless LAN system, the method comprising:
generating the WUR signal including a wireless LAN preamble and a WUR payload; and
transmitting the WUR signal to a station (STA) with a wireless LAN receiver turned off through at least one of a plurality of sub-bands included in a wireless LAN band,
wherein the wireless LAN preamble is transmitted in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) scheme, the WUR payload is transmitted by reusing an OFDM transmitter of the AP for the wireless LAN preamble in an on-off keying (OOK) scheme, and at least one sub-band through which the WUR signal is transmitted is determined to be specific to a basic service set (BSS) operated by the AP, and
wherein at least one sub-band monitored by the STA is determined through a BSS identifier (BSSID) or a BSS color of the BSS.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least one sub-band through which the WUR signal is transmitted is determined based on a first mathematical expression of “MOD(L, N_S)”, wherein “L” represents the BSSID or the BSS color, “N_S” represents the number of sub-bands included in the wireless LAN band, and “MOD” represents a modulo operation in the first mathematical expression, wherein the number of sub-bands is determined based on a second mathematical expression of “floor[N/K]”, wherein “N” is the number of subcarriers included in the wireless LAN band and “K” is the number of subcarriers used for WUR signal transmission in the second mathematical expression.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the AP transmits the WUR signal while hopping at least two sub-bands among the plurality of sub-bands.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the hopping of at least two sub-bands is performed based on the BSSID (BSS identifier) or the BSS color of the BSS.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising transmitting WUR configuration information including at least one of allocation information about the plurality of sub-bands, sub-band size information and sub-band hopping information.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein WUR signals for other STAs are transmitted over sub-bands other than at least one sub-band over which the WUR signal for the STA is transmitted among the plurality of sub-bands.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Dongguk
• Park Eunsung
• Cho Hangyu
• Choi Jinsoo

Classifications

• H04L27/06 Primary

  Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits · CPC title

• H04L5/0012 Primary

  Hopping in multicarrier systems · CPC title

• H04L27/2603

  Signal structure ensuring backward compatibility with legacy system · CPC title

• H04L27/2602

  Signal structure · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title