Full-duplex communication method in WLAN system and apparatus

• US 10,237,049 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Jain, Raj
• Application Number:
  US15/462,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1268 of uplink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1273 of downlink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method includes: obtaining, by an access point (AP), use permission of a channel; determining, by the AP after obtaining the use permission of the channel, scheduling information for a station (STA) participating in full-duplex transmission, where the scheduling information includes information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on the channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information includes information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and sending, by the AP, a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes the scheduling information.

Claims

1. A communications apparatus disposed on an access point (AP) apparatus in a wireless local area network, the communications apparatus comprising:

a channel contention unit, configured to obtain use permission of a channel;

a scheduling information determining unit, configured to;

after the use permission of the channel is obtained, determine scheduling information for a station participating in full-duplex transmission, wherein the scheduling information comprises information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on the channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information comprises information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and

a transmission unit, configured to;

send the scheduling information,

after sending of a trigger frame that carries the scheduling information is completed, send a downlink data frame comprising a legacy preamble to the second station or the third station after waiting for a short interframe space (SIFS), wherein the legacy preamble in the downlink data frame sent to the second station and a legacy preamble in an uplink data frame sent by the first station are simultaneously sent on the channel and have the same content or the legacy preamble in the downlink data frame sent to the third station and a legacy preamble in an uplink data frame sent by the third station are simultaneously sent on the channel and have the same content.

2. The communications apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the legacy preamble comprises a rate field and a length field, and a value of the rate field and a value of the length field meet; and

a receive duration (RXTIME) that is calculated according to the value of the rate field and the value of the length field is not less than a duration of full-duplex transmission comprising an acknowledgement frame.

3. The communications apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scheduling information further comprises:

transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the uplink data frame sent by the first station or the third station, or transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the downlink data frame sent to the second station or the third station.

4. A communications apparatus disposed on a station (STA) in a wireless local area network, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive scheduling information sent by an access point (AP);

a scheduling information obtaining unit, configured to obtain the scheduling information by means of parsing, wherein the scheduling information comprises information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on a channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information comprises information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and

a transmission unit, configured to;

transmit data according to the scheduling information when the station (STA) on which the communications apparatus is located is the first station, the second station, or the third station, and

after receiving of a trigger frame that carries the scheduling information is completed,

when the STA on which the communications apparatus is located is the first station, send an uplink data frame after waiting for a short interframe space (SIFS), wherein a legacy preamble in the uplink data frame and a legacy preamble in a downlink data frame sent by the AP to the second station are simultaneously sent and have the same content, or

when the STA on which the communications apparatus is located is the third station, send an uplink data frame immediately, wherein a legacy preamble in the uplink data frame is the same as a legacy preamble in a downlink data frame sent by the AP to the third station.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the legacy preamble comprises a rate field and a length field, and a value of the rate field and a value of the length field meet; and

a receive duration (RXTIME) that is calculated according to the value of the rate field and the value of the length field is not less than a duration of full-duplex transmission comprising an acknowledgement frame.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the scheduling information further comprises transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the uplink data frame sent by the first station or the third station, or transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the downlink data frame sent to the second station or the third station.

7. A full-duplex communication method for use in a WLAN system, wherein the method is applied to an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the access point (AP), use permission of a channel;

determining, by the AP after obtaining the use permission of the channel, scheduling information for a station (STA) participating in full-duplex transmission, wherein the scheduling information comprises information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on the channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information comprises information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and

sending, by the AP, the scheduling information in a trigger frame;

after sending of the trigger frame is completed, sending, by the AP, a downlink data frame comprising a legacy preamble to the second station or the third station after waiting for a short interframe space (SIFS); and

wherein the legacy preamble in the downlink data frame sent to the second station and a legacy preamble in an uplink data frame sent by the first station are simultaneously sent on the channel and have same content, or the legacy preamble in the downlink data frame sent to the third station and a legacy preamble in an uplink data frame sent by the third station are simultaneously sent on the channel and have same content.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein:

the legacy preamble comprises a rate field and a length field, and a value of the rate field and a value of the length field meet; and

a receive duration (RXTIME) that is calculated according to the value of the rate field and the value of the length field is not less than a duration of full-duplex transmission comprising an acknowledgement frame.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the scheduling information further comprises transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the uplink data frame sent by the first station or the third station, or transmission duration or an upper limit of transmission duration of the downlink data frame sent to the second station or the third station.

10. A full-duplex communication method for use in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, wherein the method is applied to a station (STA) in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:

receiving scheduling information sent by an access point (AP);

obtaining the scheduling information by means of parsing, wherein the scheduling information comprises information about a first station that performs uplink transmission on the channel and information about a second station that performs downlink transmission on the channel at the same time, or the scheduling information comprises information about a third station that simultaneously performs uplink and downlink transmission on the channel; and

transmitting, by the first station, the second station, or the third station, data according to the scheduling information, comprising;

after receiving of a trigger frame that carries the scheduling information is completed,

sending, by the first station, an uplink data frame after waiting for a short interframe space (SIFS), wherein a legacy preamble in the uplink data frame and a legacy preamble in a downlink data frame sent by the AP to the second station are simultaneously sent and have same content, or

sending, by the third station, an uplink data frame immediately, wherein a legacy preamble in the uplink data frame is the same as a legacy preamble in a downlink data frame sent by the AP to the third station.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein:

the legacy preamble comprises a rate field and a length field, and a value of the rate field and a value of the length field meet; and

a receive duration (RXTIME) that is calculated according to the value of the rate field and the value of the length field is not less than a duration of full-duplex transmission comprising an acknowledgement frame.