Method for transmitting multi-user frame in wireless LAN system

• US 10,149,279 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2015
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Wookbong, Ryu, Kiseon, Chun, Jinyoung, Cho, Hangyu, Choi, Jinsoo, Lim, Dongguk
• Primary Examiner(s): Acolatse, Kodzovi
• Application Number:
  US15/315,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2657 Carrier synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2662 Symbol synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2675 Pilot or known symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0065 using measurement of signal travel time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method by which an STA transmits a multi-user (MU) frame in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from an access point (AP), a second downlink frame including time synchronization information and frequency synchronization information; adjusting a time synchronization and a frequency synchronization by using the time synchronization information and the frequency synchronization information; receiving a third downlink frame including MU frame allocation information; and transmitting the MU frame according to the MU allocation information, wherein the time synchronization information is determined by comparing, to a reference value, a difference of measurement values relating to frames exchanged prior to the reception of the second downlink frame, and the reference value is a common value among STAs related to a multi-user transmission.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a multi-user frame by an STA in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving a first downlink frame;

transmitting a first uplink frame in response to the first downlink frame;

transmitting a second uplink frame to a AP (access point) for requesting a second downlink frame;

receiving the second downlink frame including time synchronization information and frequency synchronization information from the AP;

adjusting time synchronization and frequency synchronization using the time synchronization information and the frequency synchronization information;

receiving a third downlink frame including MU frame assignment information; and

transmitting an MU frame according to the MU assignment information,

wherein the time synchronization information is determined in a manner of comparing a difference between measurement values for frames exchanged before the reception of the second downlink frame with a reference value

wherein the reference value comprises a value common to multi-user transmission related STAs, and

wherein the frequency synchronization information is obtained from a preamble of the second uplink frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the frames exchanged before the reception of the second downlink frame comprise the first downlink frame and the first uplink frame.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the frames exchanged before the reception of the second downlink frame comprise a measurement value of an end timing of the first downlink frame and a measurement value of a start timing of the first uplink frame.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preamble comprises an STF (short training field) and an LTS (long training field) of the second uplink frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the second uplink frame comprises a data frame, the second downlink frame comprises a reception acknowledgement frame for the data frame.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein if the second uplink frame comprises an RTS (request to send) frame, the second downlink frame comprises a CTS frame.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first uplink frame, the first downlink frame, the second uplink frame and the second downlink frame comprises a single user frame.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the second downlink frame is received after a preset time after the first uplink frame has been transmitted.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference value comprises an SIFS (short inter-frame space) of 16 μ

s.

10. In transmitting a multi-user (MU) frame in a wireless communication system, an STA device, comprising:

a receiving module; and

a processor configured to;

receive a first downlink frame,

transmit a first uplink frame in response to the first downlink frame,

transmit a second uplink frame to a AP (access point) for requesting a second downlink frame,

receive the second downlink frame including time synchronization information and frequency synchronization information from the AP,

adjust time synchronization and frequency synchronization using the time synchronization information and the frequency synchronization information,

receive a third downlink frame including MU frame assignment information, and

transmit an MU frame according to the MU assignment information,

wherein the time synchronization information is determined in a manner of comparing a difference between measurement values for frames exchanged before the reception of the second downlink frame with a reference value

wherein the reference value is common to multi-user transmission related STAs, and

wherein the frequency synchronization information is obtained from a preamble of the second uplink frame.