WO2016006830A1 - 무선랜에서 다른 bss에서 전송된 프레임을 기반으로 파워 세이브 모드로 동작하는 방법 및 장치 - Google Patents
무선랜에서 다른 bss에서 전송된 프레임을 기반으로 파워 세이브 모드로 동작하는 방법 및 장치 Download PDFInfo
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- the present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for operating in a power save mode in a WLAN based on a frame transmitted from another basic service set (BSS).
- BSS basic service set
- a power save mechanism (or a power save mode) may be used to increase the lifetime of a WLAN STA.
- the STA operating based on the power saving mode may operate in an awake state or a doze state for power saving.
- the awake state is a state in which normal operation of the STA such as transmission or reception of a frame or channel scanning is possible.
- the doze state dramatically reduces power consumption, making it impossible to transmit or receive a frame and to perform channel scanning.
- the STA when the STA operates in the power saving mode, the STA may be in the doze state and, if necessary, may be switched to the awake state to reduce power consumption.
- the STA may operate by acquiring information on the existence of a frame pending at the AP and periodically switching to an awake state in order to receive the frame held at the AP.
- the AP may obtain information on the awake state operation timing of the STA, and transmit information on the presence or absence of a frame pending to the AP according to the awake state operation timing of the STA.
- the STA in the doze state may receive a beacon frame by periodically switching from the doze state to the awake state in order to receive information on the existence of a frame to be received from the AP.
- the AP may inform about the existence of a frame to be transmitted to each STA based on a traffic indication map (TIM) included in the beacon frame.
- TIM is used to inform the existence of a unicast frame to be transmitted to the STA
- DTIM delivery traffic indication map
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for operating in a power save mode based on a frame transmitted from another BSS in a WLAN.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for operating in a power save mode based on a frame transmitted from another BSS in a WLAN.
- a method for operating a power save mode of a STA in a WLAN wherein the STA receives a beacon frame from an access point (AP), wherein the beacon frame is Including a traffic indication map (TIM) element indicating downlink data pending to the STA; transmitting, by the STA, a power saving (PS) -poll frame to the AP in response to the beacon frame; Receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) frame transmitted by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame from the AP, and the STA performs another basic service set (BSS) transmission opportunity (TXOP) based on the ACK frame
- the method may include determining an operation in a power save mode, wherein the PS-poll frame includes information on downlink measurement values for the beacon frame and the STA.
- the ACK frame includes information on the downlink measurement value and information on whether to operate based on the other BSS TXOP power save mode. And information on whether to allow the operation in the other BSS TXOP power save mode, wherein the other BSS TXOP power save mode is transmitted by another STA or another AP included in another BSS not including the STA and the AP. A transition to the awake state or the doze state of the STA may be determined based on the other BSS frames.
- a station (station) operating in a power save mode is implemented with a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting or receiving a radio signal; And a processor operatively connected to the RF unit, wherein the processor receives a beacon frame from an access point (AP), wherein the beacon frame indicates downlink data pending to the STA. an indication map (ACK) element, transmitting a power saving (PS) -poll frame to the AP in response to the beacon frame, and acknowledgment sent by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame from the AP.
- RF radio frequency
- the PS-poll frame includes information on a downlink measurement value for the beacon frame and information on whether the STA operates in the other BSS TXOP power save mode, and the ACK frame includes the downlink measurement.
- Information on whether or not to allow operation of the STA to the other BSS TXOP power save mode determined based on information on the value and information on whether the other BSS TXOP power save mode is operated, and the other BSS TXOP
- the power save mode may determine a transition to the awake state or the doze state of the STA based on another STA or another BSS frame transmitted by another STA included in another BSS not including the AP.
- the STA operating in the active mode may be switched to the doze state based on whether the STA is a frame transmitted by another BSS. Therefore, the power of the STA can be saved and the operating time of the STA operating on a battery basis can be increased.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a scanning method in a WLAN.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication procedure and a combined procedure performed after a scanning procedure of an AP and an STA.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a beacon frame-based power save method.
- FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a beacon frame-based power save method.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating another BSS TXOP power save mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a PS-poll frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation of an STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode according to an interference threshold according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an ACK frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a PPDU format for delivering a frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- FIG. 1 shows the structure of an infrastructure BSS (Basic Service Set) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11.
- BSS Basic Service Set
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 802.11
- the WLAN system may include one or more infrastructure BSSs 100 and 105 (hereinafter, BSS).
- BSSs 100 and 105 are a set of APs and STAs such as an access point 125 and a STA1 (station 100-1) capable of successfully synchronizing and communicating with each other, and do not indicate a specific area.
- the BSS 105 may include one or more joinable STAs 105-1 and 105-2 to one AP 130.
- the BSS may include at least one STA, APs 125 and 130 that provide a distribution service, and a distribution system DS that connects a plurality of APs.
- the distributed system 110 may connect several BSSs 100 and 105 to implement an extended service set (ESS) 140 which is an extended service set.
- ESS 140 may be used as a term indicating one network in which one or several APs 125 and 230 are connected through the distributed system 110.
- APs included in one ESS 140 may have the same service set identification (SSID).
- the portal 120 may serve as a bridge for connecting the WLAN network (IEEE 802.11) with another network (for example, 802.X).
- a network between the APs 125 and 130 and a network between the APs 125 and 130 and the STAs 100-1, 105-1 and 105-2 may be implemented. However, it may be possible to perform communication by setting up a network even between STAs without the APs 125 and 130.
- a network that performs communication by establishing a network even between STAs without APs 125 and 130 is defined as an ad-hoc network or an independent basic service set (BSS).
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an IBSS.
- the IBSS is a BSS operating in an ad-hoc mode. Since IBSS does not contain an AP, there is no centralized management entity. That is, in the IBSS, the STAs 150-1, 150-2, 150-3, 155-4, and 155-5 are managed in a distributed manner. In the IBSS, all STAs 150-1, 150-2, 150-3, 155-4, and 155-5 may be mobile STAs, and access to a distributed system is not allowed, thus making a self-contained network. network).
- a STA is any functional medium that includes a medium access control (MAC) and physical layer interface to a wireless medium that is compliant with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard. May be used to mean both an AP and a non-AP STA (Non-AP Station).
- MAC medium access control
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- the STA may include a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU), a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber unit ( It may also be called various names such as a mobile subscriber unit or simply a user.
- WTRU wireless transmit / receive unit
- UE user equipment
- MS mobile station
- UE mobile subscriber unit
- It may also be called various names such as a mobile subscriber unit or simply a user.
- the data (or frame) transmitted from the AP to the STA is downlink data (or downlink frame), and the data (or frame) transmitted from the STA to the AP is uplink data (or uplink frame).
- the transmission from the AP to the STA may be expressed in terms of downlink transmission, and the transmission from the STA to the AP may be expressed in terms of uplink transmission.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a scanning method in a WLAN.
- a scanning method may be classified into passive scanning 200 and active scanning 250.
- the passive scanning 200 may be performed by the beacon frame 230 periodically broadcasted by the AP 200.
- the AP 200 of the WLAN broadcasts the beacon frame 230 to the non-AP STA 240 every specific period (for example, 100 msec).
- the beacon frame 230 may include information about the current network.
- the non-AP STA 240 receives the beacon frame 230 that is periodically broadcast to receive the network information to perform scanning for the AP 210 and the channel to perform the authentication / association (authentication / association) process Can be.
- the passive scanning method 200 only needs to receive the beacon frame 230 transmitted from the AP 210 without requiring the non-AP STA 240 to transmit the frame.
- passive scanning 200 has the advantage that the overall overhead incurred by the transmission / reception of data in the network is small.
- scanning can be performed manually in proportion to the period of the beacon frame 230, the time taken to perform scanning is relatively increased compared to the active scanning method.
- beacon frame For a detailed description of the beacon frame, see IEEE Draft P802.11-REVmb TM / D12, November 2011 'IEEE Standard for Information Technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications (hereinafter referred to as IEEE 802.11) 'are described in 8.3.3.2 beacon frame.
- IEEE 802.11 ai may additionally use other formats of beacon frames, and these beacon frames may be referred to as fast initial link setup (FILS) beacon frames.
- a measurement pilot frame may be used in a scanning procedure as a frame including only some information of a beacon frame. Measurement pilot frames are disclosed in the IEEE 802.11 8.5.8.3 measurement pilot format.
- a FILS discovery frame may be defined.
- the FILS discovery frame is a frame transmitted between transmission periods of a beacon frame at each AP and may be a frame transmitted with a shorter period than the beacon frame. That is, the FILS discovery frame is a frame transmitted with a period smaller than the transmission period of the beacon frame.
- the FILS discovery frame may include identifier information (SSID, BSSID) of the AP transmitting the detection frame.
- the FILS discovery frame may be transmitted before the beacon frame is transmitted to the STA to allow the STA to detect in advance that the AP exists in the corresponding channel.
- the interval at which a FILS discovery frame is transmitted from one AP is called a FILS discovery frame transmission interval.
- the FILS discovery frame may include part of information included in the beacon frame and be transmitted.
- the non-AP STA 290 may transmit the probe request frame 270 to the AP 260 to proactively perform scanning.
- the AP 260 After receiving the probe request frame 270 from the non-AP STA 290, the AP 260 waits for a random time to prevent frame collision, and then includes network information in the probe response frame 280. may transmit to the non-AP STA 290. The non-AP STA 290 may obtain network information based on the received probe response frame 280 and stop the scanning process.
- the probe request frame 270 is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.9 and the probe response frame 280 is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.10.
- the AP and the non-AP STA may perform an authentication procedure and an association procedure.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication procedure and a combined procedure performed after a scanning procedure of an AP and an STA.
- an authentication procedure and a combining procedure with one of the scanned APs may be performed.
- Authentication and association procedures can be performed, for example, via two-way handshaking.
- the left side of FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication and combining procedure after passive scanning, and the right side of FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an authentication and combining procedure after active scanning.
- the authentication procedure and the association procedure are based on an authentication request frame 310 / authentication response frame 320 and an association request frame 330 regardless of whether active scanning method or passive scanning is used.
- / Association response frame 340 may be equally performed by exchanging an association response frame 340 between the AP 300, 350 and the non-AP STA 305, 355.
- the non-AP STAs 305 and 355 may transmit the authentication request frame 310 to the APs 300 and 350.
- the AP 300 or 350 may transmit the authentication response frame 320 to the non-AP STAs 305 and 355 in response to the authentication request frame 310.
- Authentication frame format is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.11.
- the non-AP STAs 305 and 355 may transmit an association request frame 330 to the APs 300 and 305.
- the APs 305 and 355 may transmit the association response frame 340 to the non-AP STAs 300 and 350.
- the association request frame 330 transmitted to the AP includes information on the capabilities of the non-AP STAs 305 and 355. Based on the performance information of the non-AP STAs 305 and 355, the APs 300 and 350 may determine whether support for the non-AP STAs 305 and 355 is possible.
- the APs 300 and 350 may transmit the combined response frame 340 to the non-AP STAs 305 and 355.
- the association response frame 340 may include whether or not to accept the association request frame 340, and the capability information that can be supported by the association response frame 340.
- Association frame format is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.5/8.3.3.6.
- association procedure After the association procedure is performed between the AP and the non-AP STA, normal data transmission and reception may be performed between the AP and the non-AP STA. If the association procedure between the AP and the non-AP STA fails, the association procedure with the AP may be performed again or the association procedure with another AP may be performed again based on the reason for the association failure.
- the STA When the STA is associated with the AP, the STA may be assigned an association identifier (AID) from the AP.
- the AID assigned to the STA may be a unique value within one BSS, and the current AID may be one of 1 to 2007. 14bit is allocated for AID and can be used as the value of AID up to 16383. However, the value of 2008 ⁇ 16383 is reserved.
- a power save mechanism is provided to increase the lifespan of a STA of a WLAN.
- the STA can operate based on two modes (or states): active mode (awake state) and sleep mode (doze state). have.
- the STA may operate in a power save mode based on the awake state or the doze state.
- the STA in the active mode may perform normal operations such as transmission or reception of a frame and channel scanning.
- the STA in the sleep mode does not perform transmission or reception of a frame and does not perform channel scanning to reduce power consumption.
- the STA operating in the power save mode may be kept in the doze state and, if necessary, may be switched to (or transitioned to) an awake state to communicate with the AP.
- the power consumption of the STA may decrease and the lifetime of the STA may also increase.
- transmission or reception of the frame of the STA is impossible. If there is an uplink frame pending in the STA, the STA may switch from the doze state to the active state and transmit the uplink frame to the AP. On the contrary, if there is a pending frame to be transmitted to the STA in the doze state, the AP cannot transmit the frame to the STA until the STA switches to the awake mode.
- the STA may occasionally switch from the doze state to the awake state and receive information on whether there is a frame pending for the STA from the AP.
- the AP may transmit information on the existence of downlink data pending for the STA to the STA in consideration of the transition time of the STA to the awake state.
- the STA may periodically switch from the doze state to the awake state to receive a beacon frame in order to receive information on whether there is a frame pending for the STA.
- the beacon frame is a frame used for passive scanning of the STA and may include information on the capability of the AP.
- the AP may transmit a beacon frame to the STA periodically (eg, 100 msec).
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a beacon frame-based power save method.
- the AP may periodically transmit a beacon frame
- the STA may periodically switch from the doze state to the awake state to receive the beacon frame in consideration of the transmission timing of the beacon frame.
- the beacon frame may include a traffic indication map element (TIM element).
- TIM element may be used to transmit information on downlink data for the STA pending to the AP.
- the TIM element may transmit information about a frame pending to the STA based on a bitmap.
- the TIM element may be divided into a TIM or a delivery TIM (DTIM).
- the TIM may indicate the presence of pending downlink data to be transmitted to the STA on unicast basis.
- the DTIM may indicate the presence of pending downlink data to be transmitted on a broadcast / multicast basis.
- FIG. 4 discloses a method in which an AP transmits a downlink frame based on an immediate response to a power saving (poll) -poll frame.
- the STA may receive information on the existence of downlink data pending for the STA from the AP based on the TIM of the beacon frame 400.
- the STA may transmit the PS-poll frame 410 to the AP.
- the AP may receive the PS-poll frame 410 from the STA and transmit the downlink frame 420 to the STA in an immediate response to the PS-poll frame 410.
- the immediate response to the PS-poll frame of the AP may be performed after receiving the PS-poll frame and short interframe space (SIFS).
- SIFS short interframe space
- the STA may transmit the ACK frame 430 in response to the downlink frame.
- the STA may be switched back (or transitioned) to the doze state.
- FIG. 4 shows a method of transmitting a downlink frame of an AP based on a deferred response to a PS-poll frame.
- the STA may receive information about the existence of downlink data pending for the STA from the AP based on the TIM of the beacon frame 440.
- the STA may transmit the PS-poll frame 450 to the AP.
- the AP may receive the PS-poll frame 450 from the STA and transmit the ACK frame 460 to the STA in response to the PS-poll frame 450.
- the AP may transmit a downlink frame 470 including the pending downlink data to the STA after transmission of the ACK frame 460.
- the STA may monitor the downlink frame 470 transmitted by the AP to the STA after receiving the ACK frame 460.
- the STA may be switched (or transitioned) from the awake state to the doze state again.
- FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a beacon frame-based power save method.
- the DTIM is transmitted through the beacon frame 500.
- Beacon frame 500 may include a DTIM.
- the DTIM may indicate the presence of pending downlink data to be transmitted on a broadcast / multicast basis.
- the AP may transmit a beacon frame 500 including the DTIM to the STA.
- the STA may maintain the awake state without transmitting the PS-poll frame and monitor the transmission of the downlink frame 520.
- the AP may transmit the downlink frame 520 to the STA through a multicast method or a broadcast method.
- the transmission from the AP to the STA may be expressed by the term downlink transmission.
- Each of the PPDUs, frames, and data transmitted through downlink transmission may be represented by the terms downlink PPDU, downlink frame, and downlink data.
- the PPDU may be a data unit including a PPDU header and a physical layer service data unit (PSDU) (or MAC protocol data unit (MPDU)).
- PSDU physical layer service data unit
- MPDU MAC protocol data unit
- the PPDU header may include a PHY header and a PHY preamble
- the PSDU (or MPDU) may include or indicate a frame.
- the PHY header may be referred to as a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header in another term, and the PHY preamble may be expressed as a PLCP preamble in another term.
- PLCP physical layer convergence protocol
- the transmission from the STA to the AP may be expressed by the term uplink transmission.
- Each of the PPDUs, frames, and data transmitted through uplink transmission may be expressed in terms of uplink PPDU, uplink frame, and uplink data.
- the STA may operate based on the TXOP power save mode, which is a power save mode based on TXOP as well as the TIM based power save mode.
- the power management mode of the STA may be classified into an active mode and a power save mode.
- the TIM-based power save mode described above is one of power save modes.
- the STA operating in the TXOP power save mode may have a doze state during a TXOP duration (or a TXOP duration set by a frame of another STA) when media occupancy for transmission of a frame of another STA occurs. Can be switched to.
- the STA operating in the conventional TXOP power save mode receives a downlink frame from the combined AP and partially combines the identifier with the group ID included in the PHY header (or PLCP header) of the downlink PPDU that transmitted the downlink frame. It may be determined whether to switch to a doze state or maintain an awake state based on the (Partial association identifier (AID)).
- AID Partial association identifier
- the STA may be switched to the doze state when the group identifier included in the PHY header of the received downlink PPDU does not match.
- the STA matches the group identifier included in the PHY header of the downlink PPDU and the group identifier of the STA, but the PAID included in the PHY header of the downlink PPDU does not match, the STA goes into a doze state. Can be switched.
- the STA operating in the conventional TXOP power save mode does not wake in the awake state only when the received frame is a frame transmitted by an AP (or a non-AP STA included in a BSS including the STA). The state has been switched.
- the power save when the STA receives a frame (or PPDU) transmitted by another BSS (or a non-AP STA or STA included in another BSS), the power save supports the transition of the STA to the doze state.
- the mode is started.
- Such a power save mode may be expressed in terms of another BSS TXOP power save mode (or 11ax TXOP power save mode).
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating another BSS TXOP power save mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the frame transmitted by another BSS may be a frame transmitted by another AP or another STA included in another BSS other than the BSS in which the current STA is included.
- the STA1 610 and the AP1 600 may be included in the BSS1, and the STA2 660 and the AP2 650 may be included in the BSS2.
- BSS2 may be an overlapped basic service set (OBSS) for BSS1.
- OBSS overlapped basic service set
- the STA1 610 may be interfered by the frame transmitted by the BSS2.
- the frame transmitted by the BSS2 may include a downlink frame transmitted by the AP2 650 to the STA2 660 or an uplink frame transmitted by the STA2 660 to the AP2 650.
- each of the AP1 600 and the STA1 610 may have a reception range of a frame transmitted by the BSS2 within a similar range (or the AP1 600 and the STA1 610 may be less than a threshold distance). Adjacent STA), the STA1 may operate in the power save mode based on the frame transmitted by the BSS2.
- the reception strength of a frame transmitted by BSS2 received by AP1 may be greater than or equal to a certain intensity. If AP1 can predict that STA1 will also receive a frame transmitted by BSS2 with a similar strength of reception, AP1 can predict interference of the frame transmitted by BSS2 to STA1. Accordingly, AP1 may not transmit a downlink frame to STA1.
- the reception strength of the frame transmitted by the BSS2 received by the STA1 may be greater than or equal to a certain intensity. If STA1 can predict that AP1 will also receive a frame transmitted by BSS2 with a similar strength of reception, then STA1 can predict interference of the frame transmitted by BSS2 to AP. Accordingly, STA1 may not transmit an uplink frame to AP1.
- STA1 is the transmission strength of another BSS frame It can operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode, which is based on the power save mode.
- STA1 and AP1 can confirm that they receive a frame transmitted by another BSS with a similar range of reception strengths (or STA1 and AP1 are close to each other below a threshold distance)
- STA1 determines the transmission strength of another BSS frame. It may be operated in another BSS TXOP power save mode by considering only whether another BSS frame is transmitted without considering it.
- a pre-negotiation procedure between the AP and the STA for operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode of the STA is disclosed.
- the STA may pre-negotiate whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode based on the reception of another BSS frame.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- an STA may be coupled to an AP and operate in a TIM based power save mode.
- the STA may determine whether there is downlink data pending to the STA by checking the TIM element of the beacon frame 700 transmitted by the AP.
- the STA may transmit a PS-poll frame 710 to request transmission of a downlink frame including the downlink data pending to the AP.
- the PS-Poll frame 710 transmitted by the STA may include information related to the reception strength of the downlink frame transmitted by the AP.
- the information related to the reception strength of the downlink frame may be a downlink measurement value.
- the downlink measurement value may include a received channel power indicator (RCPI) for the downlink signal and a received signal to noise indicator (RSNI).
- RCPI received channel power indicator
- RSNI received signal to noise indicator
- RCPI may indicate the total channel power (signal, noise, interference) of the received frame.
- the RSNI may indicate the ratio of signal and noise + interference in the received frame.
- the RSNI may indicate a ratio of noise + interference power (ANPI) to the received signal power (RCPI-ANPI).
- the downlink measurement value included in the PS-polll frame 710 may be RCPI and RSNI values for the beacon frame 700 which triggered transmission of the PS-poll frame 710. Or it may be an RCPI, RSNI value for the previous downlink frame (for example, an average value of the RCPI, RSNI value for the previous downlink frame). For example, the downlink measurement value may be included in the downlink measurement field of the PS-poll frame and transmitted.
- the AP receives the received strength of the frame transmitted by another BSS to be received by the STA and the frame transmitted by the other BSS to be received by the AP based on the information on the downlink measurement value included in the PS-poll frame 710. It may be determined whether the reception strength of is within a similar range suitable for performing another BSS TXOP power save mode of the STA. In other words, the AP is based on information on the downlink measurement value included in the PS-poll frame 710 transmitted by the STA so that the position of the STA and the position of the AP may be used to perform another BSS TXOP power save mode of the STA. It can be determined whether it is within a suitable similar range.
- a frame transmitted by another BSS may be expressed in terms of another BSS frame 730.
- a unit of a signal that triggers another BSS TXOP power save mode of an STA is represented by another BSS frame 730.
- another BSS frame 730 may also be expressed and interpreted as another BSS PPDU indicating a PPDU carrying another BSS frame 730.
- the PS-poll frame 710 may include another BSS TXOP power save mode field 715 indicating whether the STA performs an operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the other BSS TXOP Power Save Mode field 715 may be expressed in terms of another BSS NO TXOP field.
- the STA sets the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 715 included in the PS-poll frame 710 to 1 and during the duration set by the other BSS frame 730 upon reception of another BSS frame 730.
- a duration of a duration field of another BSS frame It may be indicated to operate by switching from the awake state to the doze state.
- the STA is switched from the awake state to the doze state for the duration set by the other BSS frame 730 only when the reception strength of the other BSS frame 730 is greater than or equal to a predetermined size in consideration of the reception strength of the other BSS frame 730. It may work.
- the STA sets the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 715 included in the PS-poll frame 710 to 0, and does not consider receiving another BSS frame 730 in a power save mode (or active mode). Can be instructed to operate.
- the AP may receive a PS-poll frame 710 including information on a downlink measurement value transmitted by the STA and information on another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the AP may determine whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode based on downlink measurement value information of the PS-poll frame 710 transmitted by the STA and information on another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the downlink measurement value transmitted by the STA through the PS-poll frame 710 is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and an operation of the STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode based on the PS-poll frame 710 is performed. If indicated, the AP may allow the STA to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode. On the contrary, the downlink measurement value transmitted by the STA through the PS-poll frame 710 is less than the threshold value or the operation of the STA to another BSS TXOP power save mode is not instructed based on the PS-poll frame 710. In this case, the AP may not allow the STA to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the AP will not allow the STA to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode. Can be.
- the AP may transmit information on whether the STA allows the operation of another BSS TXOP power save mode based on the ACK frame 720 transmitted in response to the PS-poll frame 710.
- the ACK frame 720 sent by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame 710 may include another BSS TXOP Power Save Mode field (or other BSS NO TXOP field) 725.
- another BSS TXOP power save mode field 725 included in the ACK frame 720 is set to 1, permission for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of the STA may be indicated.
- another BSS TXOP power save mode field 725 included in the ACK frame 720 is set to 0, unlicensed for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of the STA may be indicated.
- the AP may receive another BSS frame 730 after transmitting an ACK frame 720 to the STA to allow another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of the STA.
- the AP may determine whether the received frame is another BSS frame 730 based on another BSS color bit included in the PPDU header of the PPDU carrying the received frame.
- the BSS color bit may include information for indicating a BSS that transmitted a PPDU (or frame). For example, when the BSS color bit included in the PPDU header indicates another BSS, the AP may determine a frame transmitted through the PPDU as another BSS frame 730.
- the STA may determine whether the received frame is another BSS frame 730 based on the BSS color bit included in the PPDU header of the PPDU carrying the received frame.
- the STA may transition to the doze state for a time corresponding to the transmission duration in consideration of the transmission duration set based on the other BSS frame 730. The power consumption of the STA according to the transition of may be reduced.
- an STA operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode may switch from the awake state to the doze state only when the received strength of another received BSS frame 730 is greater than or equal to a certain intensity.
- the STA may not switch to the doze state when the reception strength of another BSS frame 730 is less than a predetermined intensity.
- the AP may transmit the downlink frame to the STA by determining the state of the STA as an awake state (that is, not switched to the doze state) only when the reception strength of another BSS frame 730 is less than a predetermined intensity. Conversely, when the reception strength of another BSS frame 730 is greater than or equal to a certain intensity, the STA may be switched to the doze state.
- the AP receives another BSS frame 730 with a predetermined intensity or more, the AP may determine the state of the STA as a doze state and transmit a downlink frame to the STA.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a PS-poll frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a PS-poll frame including information on a downlink measurement value transmitted by an STA and information on another BSS TXOP power save mode as a separate field in a MAC payload is disclosed.
- the information on the downlink measurement value and other BSS TXOP power save mode may be included in the PS-poll frame in various information formats at various locations.
- the PPDU header of the PPDU carrying the PS-poll frame may include information on the downlink measurement value and / or information on another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the PS-poll frame may include a downlink measurement field 800 and another BSS TXOP power save mode field 820.
- the downlink measurement field 800 may include information on reception strength (or downlink measurement value) of the downlink frame transmitted by the AP transmitted by the STA.
- the downlink measurement value may include RCPI and RSNI for the downlink frame.
- the downlink measurement value may be a value measured based on a beacon frame that triggers transmission of the PS-poll frame.
- the downlink measurement value may be a value determined based on the downlink measurement value for the previous downlink frame (for example, an average of the downlink measurement value for the previous downlink frame).
- the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 820 may include information indicating whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode. For example, when another BSS TXOP power save mode field 820 included in the PS-poll frame is 0, it may be indicated that an operation of the STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode is not performed. Can be directed. On the contrary, when another BSS TXOP power save mode field 820 included in the PS-poll frame is 1, an operation of the STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode may be indicated.
- the STA sets another BSS TXOP power save mode included in the PS-poll frame to 1 so that, when receiving another BSS frame, for a duration set by another BSS frame (eg, a duration field 820 of another BSS frame) Duration) can be instructed to operate by switching from the awake state to the doze state.
- the STA may switch to the doze state from the awake state for the duration set by the other BSS frame only when the reception intensity is greater than or equal to a predetermined size in consideration of the reception intensity of another BSS frame.
- the STA may indicate that the other BSS TXOP power save mode included in the PS-poll frame is set to 0 to not operate in another BSS power save mode.
- the information included in the downlink measurement field 800 and the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 820 may be used to negotiate operation with another AP in the BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the AP considers the information included in the downlink measurement value field included in the PS-poll frame and the information included in the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 820 and transfers the STA to another BSS TXOP power save mode. The action can be determined.
- the AP may transmit information on whether to allow the TA to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode through the ACK frame to the STA.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a method of negotiating whether to operate in another BSS power save mode through an initial access frame transmitted through an initial access procedure without modification to a PS-poll frame and an ACK frame structure is disclosed.
- a preliminary negotiation procedure may be performed to negotiate whether other BSS TXOP power save mode operations are possible by the association request frame transmitted by the STA during the initial access frame and the association response frame transmitted by the AP in response to the association request frame. Can be.
- the STA may perform a pre-negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation based on the combining procedure 900.
- the STA may transmit information indicating whether the operation in the other BSS TXOP power save mode is possible to the AP through the association request frame.
- the combined request frame may include other BSS TXOP power save mode information
- the other BSS power save mode information may include information on whether the STA can operate another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- BSS TXOP power save mode information may be included as a lower information element in the extended capability element of the capability field of the combined request frame.
- Table 1 below shows other BSS power save mode information included as sub-information in the extended capability element of the capability field.
- BSS TXOP Power Save 0 Indicates that operation to another BSS TXOP power save mode is not possible. That is, it is indicated that the operation to another BSS TXOP power save mode is not set. 1: It is indicated that operation to another BSS TXOP power save mode is possible.
- BSS power save mode information may be expressed in reverse as shown in Table 2 below.
- BSS NO TXOP Power Save 0 Indicates that operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode is possible. That is, when the STA receives another BSS frame, it is possible to transition to the doze state during the duration of the STA. 1: It is indicated that operation to another BSS TXOP power save mode is not possible.
- the STA negotiating the availability of other BSS TXOP power save mode operations based on the association request frame / association response frame further considers the reception strength of the beacon frame 910 / the reception strength of another BSS frame. It is possible to determine whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA after the STA primarily negotiates whether another BSS TXOP power save mode operation is possible based on the association request frame / association response frame, the STA secondarily performs reception strength / different BSS frame (the beacon frame 910). Further considering the reception strength of 940, it may be determined whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may secondaryly receive the reception strength of the beacon frame 910 and will be described later.
- the measurement thresholds can be compared to re-determine the operation of the other BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA is operated in another BSS TXOP power save mode, and switching between the doze state and the awake state in consideration of the reception strength of another BSS frame and the interference threshold to be described later. Or transition).
- the beacon frame 910 transmitted by the AP may include information about the threshold reception strength of the beacon frame 910 and the other BSS frame 940 for determining whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode. have.
- the beacon frame 910 may include information about a measurement threshold that is information about a threshold reception strength of the beacon frame 910 for determining the operation of the STA to another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the beacon frame 910 may include information about an interference threshold, which is information about the threshold reception strength of another BSS frame 940 for determining the STA's operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode. have.
- the measurement threshold is the RCPI threshold, RSNI threshold for the beacon frame 910 for determining the STA's operation to another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA that receives the beacon frame 910 including the measurement threshold value enters another BSS TXOP power save mode when the RCPI and RSNI of the received beacon frame 910 is equal to or greater than the measurement threshold value (RCPI threshold, RSNI threshold). It can work. Specifically, the STA that receives the beacon frame 910 is a frame received by the STA when the RCPI of the received beacon frame 910 is greater than or equal to the RCPI threshold and the RSNI of the received beacon frame 910 is greater than or equal to the RSNI threshold. It may be determined that the reception strength of the receiver and the reception strength of the frame received by the AP are similar ranges. Accordingly, the STA may operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA when the STA receives the frame, if the RCPI of the received beacon frame 910 is equal to or greater than the RCPI threshold and the RSNI of the received beacon frame 910 is equal to or greater than the RSNI threshold, the distance between the STA and the AP is in a predetermined range. It can be judged as within. Accordingly, the STA may operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may include information on whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode based on the reception strength of the beacon frame 910 in the PS-poll frame 920 and transmit the information.
- the interference threshold may be a threshold that is compared with the received strength of another BSS frame 940 to determine the STA's operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may be switched to the doze state by operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may not perform the operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode when the reception strength of another BSS frame 940 is less than or equal to the interference threshold set by the beacon frame 910.
- the STA predicts that the interference by the other BSS frame 940 to the STA and the AP will be small, and the awake state is not switched to the doze state. I can keep it.
- the STA may predict that the interference by the other BSS frame 940 is greater in the STA and the AP, and may switch to the doze state.
- Clear channel assessment (CCA) levels instead of interference levels may be used to determine the operation of the STA into another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- CCA Clear channel assessment
- the STA may switch to the doze state by operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the reception strength of another BSS frame 940 is less than or equal to the CCA level, the STA may not perform an operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode. If the interference level is not included in the beacon frame 910, another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of the STA may be performed based on the CCA sensitivity level.
- the STA may receive the beacon frame 910 and transmit the PS-poll frame 920 based on the TIM element included in the beacon frame 910.
- the STA may determine the operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode by comparing the reception strength of the beacon frame 910 and the measurement threshold value.
- Information on the operation of the STA in the other BSS TXOP power save mode may be transmitted to the AP through the PS-poll frame 920.
- the AP may transmit an ACK frame 930 for the PS-poll frame 920.
- the AP may perform contention-based channel access to transmit a downlink frame including downlink data pending to the STA in response to the PS-poll frame 920.
- the AP may receive another BSS frame 940 during channel access, and the STA may also receive another BSS frame 940 while monitoring the downlink frame for the STA after receiving the ACK frame 930.
- the STA may determine whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode based on the interference threshold and the reception strength of another BSS frame 940.
- the STA may be switched to the doze state by operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode during a transmission duration set based on the other BSS frame 940.
- the AP also does not transmit the downlink frame during the transmission duration set based on the other BSS frame 940 based on the interference threshold and the reception strength of the other BSS frame 940 in consideration of the operation of the STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode. You may not.
- the STA may communicate with the AP by maintaining an awake state without operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- an STA operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode may determine whether to transition to a doze state or an awake state based on the interference threshold and the reception strength of another BSS frame 940.
- An STA operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode may switch to a doze state during a transmission duration set based on another BSS frame when the reception strength of another BSS frame 940 is greater than an interference threshold.
- an STA operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode may maintain an awake state to communicate with the AP when the reception strength of another BSS frame 940 is less than or equal to an interference threshold.
- the STA does not determine whether to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode according to whether the other BSS frame 940 is received, but operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode, but maintains the doze state transition or awake state. You can decide whether or not.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation of an STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode according to an interference threshold according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the STA 1000 may determine that the AP1 1010 is located within a threshold distance of the STA 1000 based on the reception strength of the beacon frame transmitted by the AP1 1010.
- the AP2 1020 may transmit another BSS frame.
- the AP1 1010 may receive another BSS frame with a reception strength of -79 dBm.
- the STA 1000 may receive another BSS frame with a reception strength of -77 dBm.
- the STA1 1000 does not operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode because the reception strength of another BSS frame is less than or equal to the interference threshold. I can keep it.
- AP1 1010 may also transmit a downlink frame including the downlink data pending to the STA 1000 because the reception strength of another BSS frame is less than or equal to the interference threshold.
- AP1 1010 may transmit the downlink frame by determining that the channel state is idle since the reception strength of another BSS frame is less than or equal to the interference threshold.
- the AP1 1010 may determine that the STA 1000 does not operate in another BSS power save mode because the reception strength of another BSS frame is less than or equal to an interference threshold, and may transmit a downlink frame to the STA 1000.
- the AP2 1020 may transmit another BSS frame.
- the AP1 1010 may receive another BSS frame with a reception strength of -71 dBm.
- the STA 1000 may receive another BSS frame with a reception strength of -70 dBm.
- the STA 1000 may switch to the doze state by operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode because the reception strength of another BSS frame is greater than the interference threshold. Can be.
- AP1 1010 may not transmit the downlink frame including the downlink data pending to the STA 1000 because the reception strength of another BSS frame is greater than the interference threshold.
- AP1 1010 may determine that the channel state is busy because the reception strength of another BSS frame is larger than the interference threshold, and thus may not transmit the downlink frame.
- AP1 1010 may determine that the STA 1000 operates in another BSS power save mode because the reception strength of another BSS frame is greater than the interference threshold, and may transmit a downlink frame to the STA 1000.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a preliminary negotiation procedure for another BSS TXOP power save mode operation of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the STA and the AP may negotiate whether the STA and the AP can operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode through a combining procedure 1100 based on the association request frame / association response frame.
- the association request frame may include information indicating whether the STA can operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the association response frame may include information indicating whether the STA allows another BSS TXOP power save mode operation.
- the AP may transmit a beacon frame 1110 to the STA.
- the beacon frame 1110 may include information about the measurement threshold, but may not include.
- the STA may transmit the PS-poll frame 1120 to the AP based on the TIM element included in the beacon frame 1110.
- the STA may transmit information on the downlink measurement value in the PS-poll frame 1120.
- Information on the downlink measurement value included in the PS-poll frame 1120 may include a measurement value (RCPI value and RSNI value) for the beacon frame 1110 or an average measurement value (RCPI value and RSNI value) for the previous downlink frame. ) May contain information about.
- the AP may compare the measurement threshold with the downlink measurement transmitted through the PS-poll frame 1120. When the downlink measurement value is larger than the measurement threshold value, the AP may indicate that the STA can operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode through the ACK frame 1130. In contrast, when the downlink measurement value is less than or equal to the measurement threshold value, the AP may indicate that the STA cannot perform another BSS TXOP power save mode through the ACK frame 1130.
- another BSS TXOP power save mode field 1135 included in the ACK frame 1130 when another BSS TXOP power save mode field 1135 included in the ACK frame 1130 is set to 1, it may be indicated that the operation of the STA in another BSS TXOP power save mode is possible.
- the other BSS TXOP power save mode field 1135 included in the ACK frame 1130 is set to 0, it may be indicated that the operation of the STA in the other BSS TXOP power save mode is impossible.
- the AP secondaryly measures the measurement threshold and the PS-poll frame 1120. It is possible to determine whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode by comparing the received measurement value transmitted through the BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the STA may operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the ACK frame 1130 may include information on the interference threshold.
- the interference threshold may be a threshold for determining the operation of the STA in another BSS power save mode compared to the reception strength of another BSS frame 1140 of the STA.
- the interference threshold may be a threshold for determining whether to switch to a doze state of an STA operating in another BSS power save mode compared to the reception strength of another BSS frame 1140 of the STA.
- the STA transitions to a doze state during a transmission duration set based on the other BSS frame 1140 to save power. can do. Conversely, if the reception level of the other received BSS frame 1140 is less than or equal to the interference threshold included in the ACK frame 1130, the STA may maintain an awake state and communicate with the AP.
- the STA may determine whether to transition to the doze state based on the CCA sensitivity level.
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an ACK frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the ACK frame may include other BSS TXOP power save mode and interference level information.
- the MAC payload of the ACK frame includes different BSS TXOP power save mode information 1200 and interference level information 1210.
- BSS TXOP power save mode and interference level information may be included in the MAC header of the ACK frame and the PPDU header of the PPDU carrying the ACK frame.
- the other BSS TXOP power save mode information 1200 may include information on whether the STA can operate in another BSS power save mode.
- the STA may determine whether to operate in the BSS TXOP power save mode based on the other BSS TXOP power save mode information 1200.
- the interference level information 1210 may include information about an interference threshold value compared with a reception level of another BSS frame to determine whether the STA switches to the doze state.
- FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a PPDU format for delivering a frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the PPDU may include a PPDU header and a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) (or a physical layer service data unit (PSDU)).
- MPDU MAC protocol data unit
- PSDU physical layer service data unit
- the frame may correspond to an MPDU.
- the PPDU header in the PPDU format may be used to mean a PHY header and a PHY preamble of the PPDU.
- the PPDU format disclosed in FIG. 13 carries the aforementioned frames (eg, initial access frames (eg, beacon frames, join request / response frames, etc.), PS-poll frames, other BSS frames, ACK frames, etc.). Can be used to
- the PPDU header of the downlink PPDU includes a legacy-short training field (L-STF), a legacy-long training field (L-LTF), a legacy-signal (L-SIG), and an HE-SIG A.
- L-STF legacy-short training field
- L-LTF legacy-long training field
- HE-SIG legacy-signal
- HE-SIG A high efficiency-signal A
- HE-STF high efficiency-short training field
- HE-LTF high efficiency-long training field
- HE-SIG B high efficiency-signal-B
- the L-STF 1300 may include a short training orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol.
- the L-STF 1300 may be used for frame detection, automatic gain control (AGC), diversity detection, and coarse frequency / time synchronization.
- AGC automatic gain control
- the L-LTF 1310 may include a long training orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol.
- the L-LTF 1310 may be used for fine frequency / time synchronization and channel prediction.
- L-SIG 1320 may be used to transmit control information.
- the L-SIG 1320 may include information about a data rate and a data length.
- the HE-SIG A 1330 may include identification information of a STA for indicating a target STA to receive a downlink PPDU.
- the STA may determine whether to receive the information included in the HE-SIG A 1330 based on the identifier information of the target STA.
- the STA may perform additional decoding on the downlink PPDU.
- the HE-SIG A 1330 may be configured to receive downlink data (frequency resources (or subbands) based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDMA) or space time stream resources (MIMO (multiple input multiple output) based). Information may be included).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- MIMO multiple input multiple output
- the HE-SIG A 1330 may include color bits information, bandwidth information, tail bits, CRC bits, and MCS (modulation) for the HE-SIG B 1560 for BSS identification. and coding scheme), symbol number information for the HE-SIG B 1560, and cyclic prefix (CP) (or guard interval (GI)) length information.
- CP cyclic prefix
- GI guard interval
- the HE-SIG A 1330 includes uplink transmission indication information and BSS identification information (eg, color bits, PBSSID) for determining whether a STA operating in another BSS TXOP power save mode is switched. can do.
- BSS identification information eg, color bits, PBSSID
- the HE-STF 1340 may be used to improve automatic gain control estimation in a MIMO environment or an OFDMA environment.
- the HE-LTF 1350 may be used to estimate a channel in a MIMO environment or an OFDMA environment.
- the HE-SIG B 1360 may include information about a length MCS (modulation and coding scheme) of a physical layer service data unit (PSDU) for each STA, and tail bits.
- MCS modulation and coding scheme
- PSDU physical layer service data unit
- the size of the inverse fast fourier transform (IFFT) applied to the fields after the HE-STF 1340 and the HE-STF 1340 may be different from the size of the IFFT applied to the field before the HE-STF 1340.
- the size of the IFFT applied to the field after the HE-STF 1340 and the HE-STF 1340 may be four times larger than the size of the IFFT applied to the field before the HE-STF 1340.
- the STA may be determined whether to decode the field.
- the STA is based on the FFT size changed from the fields after the HE-STF 1340 and the HE-STF 1340. Decoding can be performed.
- the STA may stop decoding and set a network allocation vector (NAV).
- NAV network allocation vector
- the cyclic prefix (CP) of the HE-STF 1340 may have a larger size than the CP of another field, and during this CP period, the STA may perform decoding on the downlink PPDU by changing the FFT size.
- the order of fields constituting the format of the PPDU disclosed at the top of FIG. 13 may vary.
- the HE-SIG B 1315 of the HE portion may be located immediately after the HE-SIG A 1305, as disclosed in the interruption of FIG. 13.
- the STA may decode up to the HE-SIG A 1305 and the HE-SIG B 1315, receive necessary control information, and make NAV settings.
- the size of the IFFT applied to the fields after the HE-STF 1325 and the HE-STF 1325 may be different from the size of the IFFT applied to the fields before the HE-STF 1325.
- the STA may receive the HE-SIG A 1305 and the HE-SIG B 1315.
- the STA may perform decoding on the downlink PPDU by changing the FFT size from the HE-STF 1325.
- the STA may configure a network allocation vector (NAV).
- NAV network allocation vector
- a downlink PPDU format for downlink (DL) multi-user (MU) transmission is disclosed.
- the downlink PPDU may be transmitted to the STA through different downlink transmission resources (frequency resources or spatial streams) based on OFDMA. That is, downlink data may be transmitted to a plurality of STAs through a plurality of subbands based on a downlink PPDU format for DL MU transmission.
- the previous field of the HE-SIG B 1345 on the downlink PPDU may be transmitted in a duplicated form in each of different downlink transmission resources.
- the HE-SIG B 1345 may be transmitted in an encoded form on all transmission resources.
- the field after the HE-SIG B 1345 may include individual information for each of the plurality of STAs receiving the downlink PPDU.
- the CRC for each field may be included in the downlink PPDU.
- the CRC for each field may not be included in the downlink PPDU.
- the downlink PPDU format for DL MU transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention can reduce the CRC overhead of the downlink frame by using the HE-SIG B 1345 of an encoded form on all transmission resources.
- the downlink PPDU format for DL MU transmission may be encoded based on an IFFT size different from that of the HE-STF 1355 and the fields after the HE-STF 1355. Accordingly, when the STA receives the HE-SIG A 1335 and the HE-SIG B 1345 and is instructed to receive the downlink PPDU based on the HE-SIG A 1335, from the HE-STF 1355. Decoding of the downlink PPDU may be performed by changing the FFT size.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- the wireless device 1400 may be an STA that may implement the above-described embodiment, and may be an AP 1400 or a non-AP station (or STA) 1450.
- the AP 1400 includes a processor 1410, a memory 1420, and an RF unit 1430.
- the RF unit 1430 may be connected to the processor 1410 to transmit / receive a radio signal.
- the processor 1410 may implement the functions, processes, and / or methods proposed in the present invention.
- the processor 1410 may be implemented to perform the operation of the wireless device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above.
- the processor may perform an operation of the wireless device disclosed in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 13.
- the processor 1410 may be implemented to transmit a beacon frame that includes information about the measurement threshold and the interference threshold.
- the processor 1410 may determine another BSS TXOP power of the STA based on information on downlink measurement values for the beacon frame included in the PS-poll frame and information on whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode. It is possible to determine whether to allow the operation to the save mode.
- the processor 1410 may be implemented to transmit information on whether the STA permits operation in another BSS TXOP power save mode to the STA through an ACK frame.
- the STA 1450 includes a processor 1460, a memory 1470, and a radio frequency unit 1480.
- the RF unit 1480 may be connected to the processor 1460 to transmit / receive a radio signal.
- the processor 1460 may implement the functions, processes, and / or methods proposed in the present invention.
- the processor 1420 may be implemented to perform the operation of the wireless device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above.
- the processor may perform the operation of the wireless device in the embodiment of FIGS.
- the processor 1460 receives a beacon frame from the AP, the beacon frame includes a traffic indication map (TIM) element indicating downlink data pending to the STA, and the PS (power) in response to the beacon frame saving) -poll frame may be implemented to transmit to the AP.
- the processor 1460 receives an acknowledgment (ACK) frame transmitted by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame from the AP, and based on the ACK frame, another basic service set (TXS) transmission opportunity (TXOP) power It may be implemented to determine the operation to the save mode.
- TXS basic service set
- TXOP transmission opportunity
- the PS-poll frame may include information on downlink measurement values for the beacon frame and information on whether the STA operates in another BSS TXOP power save mode.
- the ACK frame may include information on whether to allow an STA to operate in another BSS TXOP power save mode determined based on information on downlink measurement values and information on whether another BSS TXOP power save mode is operated.
- the other BSS TXOP power save mode may determine the STA's transition to the awake state or the doze state based on another BSS frame transmitted by another STA or another AP included in another BSS not including the STA and the AP. have.
- Processors 1410 and 1460 may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, data processing devices, and / or converters for interconverting baseband signals and wireless signals.
- the memories 1420 and 1470 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory cards, storage media, and / or other storage devices.
- the RF unit 1430 and 1480 may include one or more antennas for transmitting and / or receiving a radio signal.
- the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
- the module may be stored in the memories 1420 and 1470 and executed by the processors 1410 and 1460.
- the memories 1420 and 1470 may be inside or outside the processors 1410 and 1460, and may be connected to the processors 1410 and 1460 by various well-known means.
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Bit | Information | Notes |
Other BSS TXOP Power Save | 0: 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드로의 동작이 가능하지 않음이 지시됨. 즉, 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드로의 동작이 설정되지 않음이 지시됨. 1: 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드로의 동작이 가능함이 지시됨. |
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Other BSS NO TXOP Power Save | 0: 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드로의 동작이 가능함을 지시됨. 즉, STA의 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신시 STA의 듀레이션 동안 도즈 상태로의 천이가 가능함. 1: 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드로의 동작이 가능하지 않음이 지시됨. |
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- 무선랜에서 STA(station)의 파워 세이브 모드 동작 방법은,
STA이 AP(access point)로부터 비콘 프레임을 수신하되, 상기 비콘 프레임은 상기 STA에 펜딩된 하향링크 데이터를 지시하는 TIM(traffic indication map) 요소를 포함하는, 단계;
상기 STA이 상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 응답으로 PS(power saving)-poll 프레임을 AP로 전송하는 단계;
상기 STA이 상기 AP로부터 상기 PS-poll 프레임에 대한 응답으로 전송된 ACK(acknowledgement) 프레임을 수신하는 단계; 및
상기 STA이 상기 ACK 프레임을 기반으로 다른 BSS(basic service set) TXOP(transmission opportunity) 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 결정하는 단계를 포함하되,
상기 PS-poll 프레임은 상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보 및 상기 STA의 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드동작의 능력(capability)에 대한 정보를 포함하고,
상기 ACK 프레임은 상기 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보 및 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작의 능력에 대한 정보를 기반으로 결정된 상기 STA의 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작의 허용 여부에 대한 정보를 포함하고,
상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작은 상기 STA 및 상기 AP를 포함하지 않는 다른 BSS에 포함되는 다른 STA 또는 다른 AP에 의해 전송된 다른 BSS 프레임을 기반으로 상기 STA의 어웨이크 상태 또는 도즈 상태로의 천이를 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제1항에 있어서,
상기 STA이 상기 ACK 프레임을 수신 후 채널 상에서 상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신하는 단계; 및
상기 STA이 상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신한 경우, 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 기반으로 한 도즈 상태로 천이(transition)되는 단계를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제1항에 있어서,
상기 STA이 상기 ACK 프레임을 수신 후 채널 상에서 상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신하는 단계; 및
상기 STA이 상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기와 간섭 임계값을 비교하여 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 기반으로 한 도즈 상태로의 천이 여부를 결정하는 단계를 더 포함하되,
상기 비콘 프레임은 상기 간섭 임계값에 대한 정보를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제3항에 있어서, 상기 도즈 상태로의 천이 여부를 결정하는 단계는,
상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기가 상기 간섭 임계값보다 큰 경우, 상기 STA은 상기 도즈 상태로의 천이를 결정하는 단계; 및
상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기가 상기 간섭 임계값보다 작거나 같은 경우, 상기 STA은 어웨이크 상태의 유지를 결정하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제1항에 있어서,
상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 상기 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보는 상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 RCPI(received channel power indicator), RSNI(received signal to noise indicator)를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 무선랜에서 파워 세이브 모드를 기반으로 동작하는 STA(station)은,
무선 신호를 송신 또는 수신하기 위해 구현된 RF(radio frequency)부; 및
상기 RF부와 동작 가능하도록(operatively) 연결되는 프로세서를 포함하되,
상기 프로세서는 AP(access point)로부터 비콘 프레임을 수신하되, 상기 비콘 프레임은 상기 STA에 펜딩된 하향링크 데이터를 지시하는 TIM(traffic indication map) 요소를 포함하고,
상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 응답으로 PS(power saving)-poll 프레임을 AP로 전송하고,
상기 AP로부터 상기 PS-poll 프레임에 대한 응답으로 ACK(acknowledgement) 프레임을 수신하고,
상기 ACK 프레임을 기반으로 다른 BSS(basic service set) TXOP(transmission opportunity) 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 결정하도록 구현되되,
상기 PS-poll 프레임은 상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보 및 상기 STA의 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작의 능력(capability)에 대한 정보를 포함하고,
상기 ACK 프레임은 상기 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보 및 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작의 능력에 대한 정보를 기반으로 결정된 상기 STA의 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작의 허용 여부에 대한 정보를 포함하고,
상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작은 상기 STA 및 상기 AP를 포함하지 않는 다른 BSS에 포함되는 다른 STA 또는 다른 AP에 의해 전송된 다른 BSS 프레임을 기반으로 상기 STA의 어웨이크 상태 또는 도즈 상태로의 천이를 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 STA. - 제6항에 있어서,
상기 프로세서는 상기 ACK 프레임을 수신 후 채널 상에서 상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신하고,
상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신한 경우, 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 기반으로 한 도즈 상태로 천이(transition)되도록 구현되는 것을 특징으로 하는 STA. - 제6항에 있어서,
상기 프로세서는 상기 ACK 프레임을 수신 후 채널 상에서 상기 다른 BSS 프레임을 수신하고,
상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기와 간섭 임계값을 비교하여 상기 다른 BSS TXOP 파워 세이브 모드 동작을 기반으로 한 도즈 상태로의 천이 여부를 결정하도록 구현되되,
상기 비콘 프레임은 상기 간섭 임계값에 대한 정보를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 STA. - 제8항에 있어서,
상기 프로세서는 상기 도즈 상태로의 천이 여부를 결정하기 위해 상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기가 상기 간섭 임계값보다 큰 경우, 상기 도즈 상태로의 천이를 결정하고, 상기 다른 BSS 프레임의 수신 세기가 상기 간섭 임계값보다 작거나 같은 경우, 어웨이크 상태의 유지를 결정하도록 구현되는 것을 특징으로 하는 STA. - 제6항에 있어서,
상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 상기 하향링크 측정 값에 대한 정보는 상기 비콘 프레임에 대한 RCPI(received channel power indicator), RSNI(received signal to noise indicator)를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 STA.
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