Apparatus for controlling power of WiMedia media access control device and method using the same

• US 8,879,448 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2007
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sundaresan, Swaminathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US11/964,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20080151803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,505 Days
• Field of Search: 370/350, 370/311
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/267 taking into account the information rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/28 using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/286 during data packet transmission, e.g. high speed packet access [HSPA]

Abstract

An apparatus and method of controlling power of a wireless multimedia media access control (WiMedia MAC) device are provided. The method includes: determining whether a fragment of an MAC service data unit (MSDU) is lost when a fragment is received; extracting a duration field from the received fragment if it is determined that the fragment of the MSDU is lost; and converting a power mode into a low power mode during a period of time established in the duration field.

Claims

1. A method of controlling power of a receiving wireless multimedia media access control (WiMedia MAC) device, the method comprising:

determining whether a previous fragment of an MAC service data unit (MSDU) received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device is lost by the receiving WiMedia MAC device when a fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device;

extracting a duration field from the received fragment if it is determined that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost;

converting a power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into a low power mode during a period of time extracted from the duration field; and

converting the low power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into an active mode after the period of time extracted from the duration field,

wherein the determining whether the previous fragment is lost comprises;

comparing a sequence number of the received fragment and a sequence number of an expected fragment; and

determining that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost if the sequence number of the received fragment is greater than the sequence number of the expected fragment,

wherein the period of time extracted from the duration field corresponds to a period of from when the received fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device to a period of time when a final fragment of the MSDU is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the sequence number of the received fragment and the sequence number of the expected fragment comprises an MSDU identifier and a fragment number, and

the determining whether the previous fragment is lost comprises:

comparing a fragment number of the received fragment and a fragment number of the expected fragment if the MSDU identifier of the sequence number of the received fragment and the MSDU identifier of the sequence number of the expected fragment are identical; and

determining that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost if the fragment number of the received fragment is greater than the fragment number of the expected fragment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is applied to a WiMedia MAC device operated in a no acknowledgment mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is applied to a prioritized contention access method.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is applied to a distributed reservation protocol method.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the low power mode corresponds to an idle mode.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the low power mode corresponds to a sleep mode.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing a method of controlling power of a receiving wireless multimedia media access control (WiMedia MAC) device, the method comprising:

determining whether a previous fragment of an MAC service data unit (MSDU) received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device is lost by the receiving WiMedia MAC device when a fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device;

extracting a duration field from the received fragment if it is determined that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost;

converting a power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into a low power mode during a period of time extracted from the duration field; and

converting the low power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into an active mode after the period of time extracted from the duration field,

wherein the determining whether the previous fragment is lost comprises;

comparing a sequence number of the received fragment and a sequence number of an expected fragment; and

determining that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost if the sequence number of the received fragment is greater than the sequence number of the expected fragment,

wherein the period of time extracted from the duration field corresponds to a period of time from when the received fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device to a period of time when a final fragment of the MSDU is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device.

9. An apparatus for controlling power of a receiving wireless multimedia media access control (WiMedia MAC) device, the apparatus comprising:

a loss determiner which determines whether a previous fragment of an MAC service data unit (MSDU) received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device is lost by the receiving WiMedia MAC device when a fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device;

a duration field extractor which extracts a duration field from the received fragment if the loss determiner determines that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost;

a power mode converter which converts a power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into a low power mode during a period of time extracted from the duration field, and converts the low power mode of the receiving WiMedia MAC device into an active mode after the period of time extracted from the duration field,

wherein the loss determiner compares a sequence number of the received fragment and a sequence number of an expected fragment, and determines that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost when the sequence number of the received fragment is greater than the sequence number of the expected fragment,

wherein the period of time extracted from the duration field corresponds to a period of time from when the received fragment is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device to a period of time when a final fragment of the MSDU is received by the receiving WiMedia MAC device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the sequence number of the received fragment and the sequence number of the expected fragment comprise an MSDU identifier and a fragment number, and

the loss determiner compares a fragment number of the received fragment and a fragment number of the expected fragment if the MSDU identifier of the sequence number of the received fragment and the MSDU identifier of the sequence number of the expected fragment are identical, and determines that the previous fragment of the MSDU is lost if the fragment number of the received fragment is greater than the fragment number of the expected fragment.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is operated in a no acknowledgement mode.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is operated in a prioritized contention access method.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is operated in a distributed reservation protocol method.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the low power mode corresponds to an idle mode.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the low power mode corresponds to a sleep mode.