Method and apparatus for band switching in wireless local access network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9319950-B2
Application number	US-201414205441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2008
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A method and apparatus for switching a band in a wireless local access network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes transmitting a multi-band switch request message to request switching from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, and receiving a multi-band switch response message in response to the multi-band switch request message. The multi-band switch request message includes a multi-band switch schedule to operate in the second frequency band. Wider coverage can be supported by using multi-band.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a wireless local access network, the method performed by a first station operating in a power save mode, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a second station, a multi-band switch request message for requesting a switching from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, the second frequency band including a plurality of channels, wherein the multi-hand switch request message includes switching channel information indicating the second frequency band and a wakeup schedule for periodically operating in the power save mode in the second frequency band;
receiving, from the second station, a multi-band switch response message in response to the multi-band switch request message, the multi-band switch response message comprising a status code indicating a success or a failure cause of the switching from the first frequency band to the second frequency band; and
if the status code indicates the success, switching from the first frequency band to the second frequency band,
wherein the wakeup schedule includes a start time field and a duration field, the start time field indicates a start time of an operation in the power save mode and a duration field indicates a duration of the operation in the power save mode, and
wherein the switching channel information includes channel number information specifying at least one channel of the plurality of channels to be operated in the second frequency band.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first frequency band is a band of 60 GHz and the second frequency band is a band below 6 GHz.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wakeup schedule includes a start time field and an interval field, the start time field indicates an offset to start a wakeup state, and the interval field indicates a length of the wakeup state.

4. A device for a wireless local access network, the device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory operatively coupled with the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause to the device to:
transmit, to a second station, a multi-band switch request message for requesting a switching from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, the second frequency band including a plurality of channels, wherein the multi-band switch request message includes switching channel information indicating the second frequency band and a wakeup schedule for periodically operating m the power save mode in the second frequency band,
receive, from the second station, a multi-band switch response message in response to the multi-band switch request message, the multi-band switch response message comprising a status code indicating a success or a failure cause of the switching from the first frequency band to the second frequency band, and
if the status code indicates the success, switch from the first frequency band to the second frequency band,

wherein the wakeup schedule includes a start time field and a duration field, the start time field indicates a start time of an operation in a power save mode and a duration field indicates a duration of the operation in the power save mode, and
wherein the switching channel information includes channel number information specifying at least one channel of the plurality of channels to be operated in the second frequency band.

5. The device of claim 4 ,
wherein the first frequency band is a band of 60 GHz and the second frequency band is a band below 6 GHz.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the start time field indicates an offset of a next wakeup beacon interval and the interval field indicates a time between two successive wakeup beacon intervals.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seok Yong Ho

Classifications

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• Y02B60/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title

• H04W36/06 Primary

  Reselecting a communication resource in the serving access point · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title