Method and apparatus for allocating resources for multiple users in wireless LAN system

• US 10,609,695 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Sungkyu, Oh, Jongho
• Primary Examiner(s): Phung, Luat
• Application Number:
  US15/565,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• 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 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to technologies for sensor networks, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), and the Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be used for intelligent services based on these technologies (smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety, and the like). For sending a payload to multiple users through OFDMA in a wireless LAN system, it is difficult to efficiently allocate resources for OFDMA by using the resource allocation configuration of the existing PPDU. Hence, there is proposed a new PPDU including a first field and a second field.

Claims

1. A method for a transmitter to allocate resources to a receiver in a wireless local area network system, the method comprising:

generating a protocol data unit (PDU) including control information on resource allocation and a payload; and

transmitting the PDU to the receiver,

wherein the payload is decoded, by the receiver, based on the control information, and the control information includes a first field and a second field, and

wherein the first field is for transmitting common control information and includes at least 2 bit length bandwidth information, 6 bit length basic service set (BSS) identifier information, and information on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the second field,

wherein the first field comprises a first subfield,

wherein the first field further comprises a second subfield and a third subfield, according to whether the PDU is transmitted for a single user,

wherein the first subfield includes information on a number of symbols of the second subfield, and

wherein, based on the information on the number of symbols of the second subfield indicating that the number of symbols of the second subfield is zero, the PDU is transmitted for the single user and the first field does not comprise the second subfield and the third subfield.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first field is repeatedly transmitted for every 20 MHz band.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second field includes user-specific information which includes information associated with beamforming, a number of space time streams, and an MCS.

4. A method for a receiver to receive a payload from a transmitter in a wireless local area network system, the method comprising:

receiving a protocol data unit (PDU) including control information on resource allocation and a payload from the transmitter having generated the PDU; and

decoding the payload based on the control information,

wherein the control information includes a first field and a second field, and

wherein the first field is for transmitting common control information and includes at least 2 bit length bandwidth information, 6 bit length basic service set (BSS) identifier information, and information on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the second field,

wherein the first field comprises a first subfield,

wherein the first field further comprises a second subfield and a third subfield, according to whether the PDU is transmitted for a single user,

wherein the first subfield includes information on a number of symbols of the second subfield, and

wherein, based on the information on the number of symbols of the second subfield indicating that the number of symbols of the second subfield is zero, the PDU is transmitted for the single user and the first field does not comprise the second subfield and the third subfield.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first field is repeatedly transmitted for every 20 MHz band.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second field includes user-specific information which includes information associated with beamforming, a number of space time streams, and an MCS.

7. A transmitter capable of allocating resources to a receiver in a wireless local area network system, comprising:

a transceiver to send and receive a signal; and

a controller to perform generating a protocol data unit (PDU) including control information on resource allocation and a payload, and controlling the transceiver to transmit the PDU to the receiver,

wherein the payload is decoded, by the receiver, based on the control information,

wherein the control information includes a first field and a second field,

wherein the first field is for transmitting common control information and includes at least 2 bit length bandwidth information, 6 bit length basic service set (BSS) identifier information, and information on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the second field,

wherein the first field comprises a first subfield,

wherein the first field further comprises a second subfield and a third subfield according to whether the PDU is transmitted for a single user,

wherein the first subfield includes information on a number of symbols of the second subfield, and

wherein, based on the information on the number of symbols of the second subfield indicating that the number of symbols of the second subfield is zero, the PDU is transmitted for the single user and the first field does not comprise the second subfield and the third subfield.

8. The transmitter of claim 7, wherein the first field is repeatedly transmitted for every 20 MHz band.

9. The transmitter of claim 7, wherein the second field stores user-specific information which includes information associated with beamforming, a number of space time streams, and an MCS.

10. A receiver capable of receiving a payload from a transmitter in a wireless local area network system, comprising:

a transceiver to send and receive a signal; and

a controller to perform controlling the transceiver to receive a protocol data unit (PDU) including control information on resource allocation and a payload from the transmitter having generated the PDU, and controlling decoding of the payload based on the control information,

wherein the control information includes a first field and a second field, and

wherein the first field is for transmitting common control information and includes at least 2 bit length bandwidth information, 6 bit length basic service set (BSS) identifier information, and information on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the second field,

wherein the first field comprises a first subfield,

wherein the first field further comprises a second subfield and a third subfield according to whether the PDU is transmitted for a single user,

wherein the first subfield includes information on a number of symbols of the second subfield, and

wherein, based on the information on the number of symbols of the second subfield indicating that the number of symbols of the second subfield is zero, the PDU is transmitted for the single user and the first field does not comprise the second subfield and the third subfield.

11. The receiver of claim 10,

wherein the first field is repeatedly transmitted for every 20 MHz band, and

wherein the second field includes user-specific information which includes information associated with beamforming, a number of space time streams, and an MCS.