Apparatus for allocating transmission period in a wireless communication system

• US 20070115970A1
• Filed: 10/17/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sisvel International S.A. (Fineur International S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Kyung-Hun, Lee, Dong-Jun, Hwang, Hyo-Sun, Kim, Young-Soo, Park, Jong-Ae
• Granted Patent: US 7,668,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2656 for structure of frame, burst
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0007 by modifying the frame length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0025 Transmission of mode-switching indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1614 using bitmaps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/26 using explicit feedback to the source, e.g. choke packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/33 using forward notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/365 Dynamic adaptation of the packet size
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/04 Scheduled access hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An apparatus is provided for efficiently allocating a transmission period in a wireless network system. An access point (AP) transmits a PSMP frame indicating a downlink period provided to each station (STA) and a minimum amount of an uplink period allocated to each STA, and at least one sub PSMP frame indicating an uplink period additionally provided for an STA that transmitted a resource request message for remaining queued data in the uplink period indicated by the PSMP frame. If the uplink period indicated by the PSMP frame is insufficient to transmit the queued data, the STA transmits a data unit including a part of the queued data and a resource request message for the remaining queued data in the uplink period. After transmitting the resource request message, the STA receives the sub PSMP frame after the full period indicated by the sub PSMP frame, and transmits the remaining queued data to the AP in the uplink period indicted by the sub PSMP frame.

Claims

1. A station (STA) apparatus for receiving an allocated transmission period in a transmission frame period in a wireless network system, said transmission frame period having a preset duration, the apparatus comprising:

a processor for analyzing a power save multi-poll (PSMP) frame providing by an access point (AP) a downlink period and an initial uplink period, and if the initial uplink period provided by the PSMP frame is insufficient to transmit queued data, generating a data unit including a part of the queued data and a resource request message requesting an allocation of additional resources for remaining queued data;

a transceiver for receiving the PSMP frame from the AP, delivering the PSMP frame to the processor, transmitting the data unit to the AP in the initial uplink period and receiving in the transmission frame period a sub PSMP frame providing by the AP an additional uplink period, the sub PSMP frame being transmitted by the AP after all of the periods provided by the PSMP frame, and transmitting at least part of the remaining queued data to the AP in the additional uplink period provided by the sub PSMP frame.

2. The STA apparatus of claim 1, wherein the initial uplink period is provided according to at least one of a required minimum data rate and a period required for transmission of a resource request message.

3. The STA apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resource request message includes at least one of a size field defining the amount of the remaining queued uplink data and a duration request field defining a required quality of service (QoS).

4. The STA apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sub PSMP frame comprises:

an identifier (ID) of the STA that transmitted the resource request message;

a start offset indicating a start point of the additional uplink period provided by the sub PSMP frame; and

a duration field indicating a length of the additional uplink period.

5. The STA apparatus of claim 1, wherein all of the periods provided by the PSMP frame and all of the periods provided by the sub PSMP frame are included in one transmission frame period having a fixed length.