Method for performing random access in wireless LAN system and device for same

• US 10,397,916 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeongki, Ryu, Kiseon, Cho, Hangyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck, Gregory B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ulysse, Jael M
• Application Number:
  US15/574,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20180146476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/008 with additional processing of random access related information at receiving side
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0841 with collision treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for performing random access in a wireless LAN system and a device for same. To this end, a station receives from an AP a frame comprising resource allocation information for random access and performs backoff, on the basis of a predetermined contention window size, in resources allocated on the basis of the resource allocation information for random access. In addition, the station transmits, at a first point in which a backoff counter reaches 0, a second frame by means of randomly selected resources which have been randomly selected among the resources that have been allocated as specified, wherein the STA performs clear channel assessment (CCA) for the resources that have been allocated on the basis of the resource allocation information for random access and thus controls the transmission of the second frame by means of the randomly selected resources on the basis of a CCA result.

Claims

1. A method of performing random access to an access point (AP) by a station (STA) operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

receiving a first frame including resource allocation information for a random access from the AP;

performing backoff using a backoff count based on a predetermined contention window size in resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access;

performing clear channel assessment (CCA) by the STA for the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access to adjust transmission of a second frame through a randomly selected resource based on a result of CCA,

wherein the second frame is not transmitted at a first timing at which the backoff count reaches 0, when the randomly selected resource at the first timing is busy as the result of CCA;

receiving a third frame including second resource allocation information for a subsequent random access from the AP; and

transmitting the second frame at a second timing through a second randomly selected resource from among resources allocated based on the second resource allocation information of the third frame,

wherein when the third frame is received, the second timing is determined while the backoff count is maintained at 0.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined contention window size is determined in correspondence to a number of resource units of the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting a random access threshold value corresponding to a number of resource units which are idle among the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access; and

not attempting to perform random access in the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access of the first frame, when a randomly selected value within the predetermined contention window size is larger than the random access threshold value.

4. A station (STA) for operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the STA comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a first frame including resource allocation information for a random access from an access point (AP) and transmit a second frame through a randomly selected resource from among resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access; and

a processor connected to the transceiver and configured to;

perform backoff using a backoff count based on a predetermined contention window size in the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access,

perform clear channel assessment (CCA) for the resources allocated based on the resource allocation information for the random access to adjust transmission of a second frame through a randomly selected resource based on a result of CCA,

wherein the second frame is not transmitted at a first timing at which the backoff count reaches 0, when the randomly selected resource at the first timing is busy as the result of CCA,

receive a third frame including second resource allocation information for a subsequent random access from the AP, and

transmit the second frame at a second timing through a second randomly selected resource from among resources allocated based on the second resource allocation information of the third frame,

wherein when the third frame is received, the second timing is determined while the backoff count is maintained at 0.