Method and device for allocating resource unit on basis of container in wireless LAN

• US 10,231,243 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Jinsoo, Cho, Hangyu, Lee, Wookbong, Kim, Jeongki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chou, Albert T
• Application Number:
  US15/524,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/121 for groups of terminals or users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for allocating a resource unit on the basis of a container in a wireless LAN. The method for allocating a resource unit in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: generating, by an AP, a PPDU to be transmitted to a plurality of STAs; and transmitting, by the AP, the PPDU to the plurality of STAs through at least one container allocated on the entire frequency band, wherein the PPDU includes MU/SU transmission indication information and resource allocation information for each container, the MU/SU transmission indication information includes information on whether an SU-based transmission or an MU-based transmission is carried out on the entire bandwidth, and the resource allocation information for each container can include information on the number of STAs allocated to each of the at least one container.

Claims

1. A method for allocating resource units in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:

generating, by an access point (AP), a PHY layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that is to be transmitted to a plurality of stations (STAs); and

transmitting, by the AP, the PPDU to the plurality of STAs through an entire frequency bandwidth including at least one container,

wherein the PPDU includes resource allocation information,

wherein the resource allocation information indicates a number of STAs being allocated to each of the at least one container,

wherein each of the at least one container includes one first resource unit or a plurality of second resource units,

wherein a number of tones corresponding to the first resource unit is greater than a number of tones corresponding to the plurality of second resource units, and

wherein when a specific container of the at least one container includes only the first resource unit and multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) is applied in the first resource unit, the resource allocation information further indicates a number of STAs to which the MU MIMO is applied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource allocation information includes a 2-bit indicator or a 3-bit indicator, and

wherein the number of STAs to which the MU MIMO is applied is indicated for each specific container by using the 2-bit indicator or the 3-bit indicator.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the MU MIMO is performed within at least one tone unit being included in the specific container, and

wherein the at least one tone unit corresponds to a unit dividing the first resource unit or the plurality of second resource units included in the specific container into a plurality of groups.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a number of the at least one container increases in accordance with an increase in a size of the entire frequency bandwidth, and

wherein a number of STAs capable of being allocated to each of the at least one container is restricted in accordance with the size of the entire frequency bandwidth.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one container further comprises each of at least one divided second resource unit, the at least one divided second resource unit being configured by dividing one second resource unit, and

wherein each of the at least one divided second resource unit is associated with one another so as to configure one second resource unit and to be allocated to the plurality of STAs.

6. An access point (AP) allocating resource units in a wireless local area network (LAN), the AP comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting and receiving radio signals; and

a processor being operatively connected to the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured;

to generate a PHY layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that is to be transmitted to a plurality of stations (STAs), and

to transmit the PPDU to the plurality of STAs through an entire frequency bandwidth including at least one container,

wherein the PPDU includes resource allocation information,

wherein the resource allocation information indicates a number of STAs being allocated to each of the at least one container,

wherein each of the at least one container includes one first resource unit or a plurality of second resource units,

wherein a number of tones corresponding to the first resource unit is greater than a number of tones corresponding to the plurality of second resource units, and

wherein when a specific container of the at least one container includes only the first resource unit and multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) is applied in the first resource unit, the resource allocation information further indicates a number of STAs to which the MU MIMO is applied.

7. The AP of claim 6, wherein the resource allocation information includes a 2-bit indicator or a 3-bit indicator, and

wherein the number of STAs to which the MU MIMO is applied is indicated for each specific container by using the 2-bit indicator or the 3-bit indicator.

8. The AP of claim 6,

wherein the MU MIMO is performed within at least one tone unit being included in the specific container, and

wherein the at least one tone unit corresponds to a unit dividing the first resource unit or the plurality of second resource units included in the specific container into a plurality of groups.

9. The AP of claim 6, wherein a number of the at least one container increases in accordance with an increase in a size of the entire frequency bandwidth, and

wherein a number of STAs capable of being allocated to each of the at least one container is restricted in accordance with the size of the entire frequency bandwidth.

10. The AP of claim 6, wherein each of the at least one container further comprises each of at least one divided second resource unit, the at least one divided second resource unit being configured by dividing one second resource unit, and

wherein each of the at least one divided second resource unit is associated with one another so as to configure one second resource unit and to be allocated to the plurality of STAs.