Apparatus and method for broadband wireless local area communication
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communication performed by a source node, the method comprising:
- determining a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node;
transmitting a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval; and
transmitting the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time (Ptime) from a start point of the second time interval,wherein the second time interval is allocated after the first time interval, andwherein the relay node transmits the frame to destination node after the predetermined period of time (Ptime) from the start point of the second time interval,wherein the source node transmits a relay link setup teardown frame to the relay node, and the destination node, when a link cooperation process is completed,wherein the source node sets a source association ID (AID) field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets a destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets a relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node,wherein the relay node transmits the relay link setup teardown frame to the source node, and the destination node, andwherein the relay node sets the source AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets the destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets the relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communication performed by a source node, the method comprising:
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determining a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node; transmitting a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval; and transmitting the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time (Ptime) from a start point of the second time interval, wherein the second time interval is allocated after the first time interval, and wherein the relay node transmits the frame to destination node after the predetermined period of time (Ptime) from the start point of the second time interval, wherein the source node transmits a relay link setup teardown frame to the relay node, and the destination node, when a link cooperation process is completed, wherein the source node sets a source association ID (AID) field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets a destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets a relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node, wherein the relay node transmits the relay link setup teardown frame to the source node, and the destination node, and wherein the relay node sets the source AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets the destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets the relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for wireless communication performed by a relay node, the method comprising:
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receiving a frame from a source node through an antenna pattern directed towards the source node, during a first time interval; and transmitting the received frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time(Ptime) from a start point of a second time interval, wherein the second time interval is allocated after the first time interval, wherein the source node transmits the frame to destination node after the predetermined period of time(Ptime) from the start point of the second time interval, wherein the source node transmits a relay link setup teardown frame to the relay node, and the destination node, when a link cooperation process is completed, wherein the source node sets a source association ID (AID) field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets a destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets a relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node, wherein the relay node transmits the relay link setup teardown frame to the source node, and the destination node, and wherein the relay node sets the source AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets the destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets the relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for wireless communication performed by a destination node, the method comprising:
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receiving a frame from a relay node and a source node in a second time interval after a first time interval; transmitting an acknowledgment (ACK) frame indicating a reception of the frame after SIFS (Short Inter-Frame Space) within the second time interval to the source node, wherein the second time interval is allocated after the first time interval, wherein the source node transmits the frame to the relay node in the first time internal from a start point of the first time interval, wherein the destination node receives the frame from the relay node and source node after the predetermined period of time (Ptime) from a start point of the second time interval, wherein the source node transmits a relay link setup teardown frame to the relay node, and the destination node, when a link cooperation process is completed, wherein the source node sets a source association ID (AID) field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets a destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets a relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node, wherein the relay node transmits the relay link setup teardown frame to the source node, and the destination node, and wherein the relay node sets the source AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets the destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets the relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node.
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21. A source node, the source node comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node; and transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and to transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval, wherein the second time interval is allocated after the first time interval, and wherein the relay node transmits the frame to destination node after the predetermined period of time (Ptime) from the start point of the second time interval, wherein the source node transmits a relay link setup teardown frame to the relay node, and the destination node, when a link cooperation process is completed wherein the source node sets a source association ID (AID) field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets a destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets a relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node, wherein the relay node transmits the relay link setup teardown frame to the source node, and the destination node, and wherein the relay node sets the source AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the source node, sets the destination AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the destination node, and sets the relay AID field of the relay link setup teardown frame to an AID of the relay node. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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