Technique for transmitting information on midamble in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12119970-B2
Application number	US-202017597567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Priority date	Jul 12, 2019
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

One embodiment according to the present specification relates to a technique for transmitting information on a midamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A transmitting STA may generate a NGV PPDU. The NGV PPDU may include a preamble, a data field and a midamble. The preamble may include information on the midamble. For example, the information on the midamble may include information on the configuration and period of the midamble.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the method performed by a transmitting station (STA) and comprising:
generating a Next Generation V2X Physical Protocol Data Unit (NGV PPDU),
wherein a bandwidth of the NGV PPDU is 10 MHz, and a subcarrier spacing of the NGV PPDU is 156.25 kHz,
wherein the NGV PPDU includes a preamble, a data field contiguous to the preamble, and a midamble contiguous to the data field,
wherein the preamble includes a legacy long training field (LTF), a legacy signal field, a repeated legacy signal field in which the legacy signal field is repeated, an NGV signal field including control information for the NGV PPDU, a repeated NGV signal field in which the NGV signal field is repeated, and an NGV LTF for channel estimation of the NGV PPDU,
wherein each of the legacy LTF, the legacy signal field, the repeated legacy signal field, the NGV signal field, and the repeated NGV signal field is contiguous with one another,
wherein the legacy signal field is configured to be 24 bits, and the NGV signal field is configured to be 24 bits,
wherein the NGV signal field includes 1-bit information related to a format of the midamble and 2-bit information related to a transmission periodicity of the midamble,
wherein the 1-bit information is set as one of a first format related to a first LTF sequence or a second format related to a second LTF sequence,
wherein the first LTF sequence is defined as {1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1},
wherein the second LTF sequence is defined as {1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1},
wherein a format of the midamble is determined as a same format of the NGV LTF,
wherein the transmission periodicity of the midamble is determined in a unit of symbols of the data field; and
transmitting the NGV PPDU.

2. The method of claim 1 , the transmitting the NGV PPDU comprises:
transmitting the NGV PPDU through a 5.9 GHz band.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first LTF sequence and the second LTF sequence is set based on available tones.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 1-bit information related to the format of the midamble is set as a first value,
wherein the format of the midamble is determined, based on the 1-bit information related to the format of the midamble, to be the first format related to the first LTF sequence.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 1-bit information related to the format of the midamble is set as a second value,
wherein the format of the midamble is determined, based on the 1-bit information related to the format of the midamble, to be the second format related to the second LTF sequence.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission periodicity of the midamble is determined as one of three transmission periodicities based on the 2-bit information related to the transmission periodicity of the midamble.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the three transmission periodicities are set to 4, 8, or 16 symbols.

8. A method in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the method performed by a receiving station (STA) and comprising:
receiving a Next Generation V2X Physical Protocol Data Unit (NGV PPDU),
wherein a bandwidth of the NGV PPDU is 10 MHZ, and a subcarrier spacing of the NGV PPDU is 156.25 kHz,
wherein the NGV PPDU includes a preamble, a data field contiguous to the preamble, and a midamble contiguous to the data field,
wherein the preamble includes a legacy long training field (LTF), a legacy signal field, a repeated legacy signal field in which the legacy signal field is repeated, an NGV signal field including control information for the NGV PPDU, a repeated NGV signal field in which the NGV signal field is repeated, and an NGV LTF for channel estimation of the NGV PPDU,
wherein each of the legacy LTF, the legacy signal field, the repeated legacy signal field, the NGV signal field, and the repeated NGV signal field is contiguous with one another,
wherein the legacy signal field is configured to be 24 bits, and the NGV signal field is configured to be 24 bits,
wherein the NGV signal field includes 1-bit information related to a format of the midamble and 2-bit information related to a transmission periodicity of the midamble,
wherein the 1-bit information is set as one of a first format related to a first LTF sequence or a second format related to a second LTF sequence,
wherein the first LTF sequence is defined as {1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1},
wherein the second LTF sequence is defined as {1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1},
wherein a format of the midamble is determined as a same format of the NGV LTF,
wherein the transmission periodicity of the midamble is determined in a unit of symbols of the data field; and
decoding the NGV PPDU based on the 1-bit information related to the format of the midamble and the 2-bit information related to the transmission periodicity of the midamble.

9. A transmitting station (STA) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, the transmitting STA comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver,
wherein the processor is configured to:
generate a Next Generation V2X Physical Protocol Data Unit (NGV PPDU),
wherein a bandwidth of the NGV PPDU is 10 MHZ, and a subcarrier spacing of the NGV PPDU is 156.25 kHz,
wherein the NGV PPDU includes a preamble, a data field contiguous to the preamble, and a midamble contiguous to the data field,
wherein the preamble includes a legacy long training field (LTF), a legacy signal field, a repeated legacy signal field in which the legacy signal field is repeated, an NGV signal field including control information for the NGV PPDU, a repeated NGV signal field in which the NGV signal field is repeated, and an NGV LTF for channel estimation of the NGV PPDU,
wherein each of the legacy LTF, the legacy signal field, the repeated legacy signal field, the NGV signal field, and the repeated NGV signal field is contiguous with one another,
wherein the legacy signal field is configured to be 24 bits, and the NGV signal field is configured to be 24 bits,
wherein the NGV signal field includes 1-bit information related to a format of the midamble and 2-bit information related to a transmission periodicity of the midamble,
wherein the 1-bit information is set as one of a first format related to a first LTF sequence or a second format related to a second LTF sequence,
wherein the first LTF sequence is defined as {1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, −1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, −1},
wherein the second LTF sequence is defined as {1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, 1, 1, 1, −1, −1},
wherein a format of the midamble is determined as a same format of the NGV LTF,
wherein the transmission periodicity of the midamble is determined in a unit of symbols of the data field; a

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Lg Elelctronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Dongguk
• Choi Jinsoo
• Park Eunsung
• Jang Insun

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W80/02

  Data link layer protocols · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

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

• H04L5/0044

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

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title