Method and apparatus for transreceiving operating channel information in wireless communication system

• US 9,516,647 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2012
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seok, Yongho
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bokhari, Syed M
• Application Number:
  US14/412,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20150139115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 370/328, 370/252
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/20 Negotiating bandwidth
• 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 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transreceiving operating channel information. A method for providing an operating parameter of a station, which operates in a whitespace band, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a frame comprising an operation information field including a channel width subfield; and transmitting a signal (SIG) field of a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) preamble, wherein the SIG field comprises a bandwidth (BW) field, and wherein the type of the PPDU can be determined on the basis of the channel width subfield and the BW field.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting operation parameters to a station by an access point (AP) of a basic service set (BSS) operating in television whitespace (TVWS), the method comprising:

transmitting a frame including an operation information field, the operation information field including a subfield identifying a channel width of a BSS operating channel, the BSS operating channel comprising one or more basic channel units (BCUs); and

transmitting a SIG (signal) field in a preamble of a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU);

wherein the SIG field includes a field identifying a BW (bandwidth) of a PPDU transmission band, the BW of the PPDU transmission band being less than or equal to the channel width of the BSS operating channel, and

wherein a type of the PPDU is determined to be one of contiguous multi-BCUs, non-contiguous multi-BCUs or a single BCU based on a combination of the channel width of the BSS operating channel and the BW of the PPDU transmission band.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a value of the channel width subfield indicates:

a first type operating channel width for one BCU, hereafter ‘

W’

;

a second type operating channel width for two contiguous BCUs, hereafter ‘

2W’

;

a third type operating channel width for two non-contiguous BCUs, hereafter ‘

W+W’

;

a fourth type operating channel width for four contiguous BCUs, hereafter ‘

4W’

;

or

a fifth type operating channel width for two non-contiguous frequency blocks whereby each frequency block is comprised of two contiguous BCUs, hereafter ‘

2W+2W’

,

wherein ‘

W’

corresponds to a width of a primary channel of the BSS operating channel.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the first type operating channel width (W) and if the BW field has a first value.

4. The method according to claim 3,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the second type operating channel width (2W) and if the BW field has the first value, and

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the second type operating channel width (2W) and if the BW field has a second value.

5. The method according to claim 4,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the third type operating channel width (W+W) and if the BW field has the first value, and

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two non-contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the third type operating channel width (W+W) and if the BW field has the second value.

6. The method according to claim 5,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fourth type operating channel width (4W) and if the BW field has the first value,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fourth type operating channel width (4W) and if the BW field has the second value, and

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to four contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fourth type operating channel width (4W) and if the BW field has a third value.

7. The method according to claim 6,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W) and if the BW field has the first value,

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W) and if the BW field has the second value, and

wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two non-contiguous frequency units whereby each frequency unit is comprised of two contiguous BCUs, if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W) and if the BW field has the third value.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to the single BCU if the BW field has a first value and if the value of the channel width subfield indicates one of the first type operating channel width (W), second type operating channel width (2W), third type operating channel width (W+W), fourth type operating channel width (4W), or fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W).

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two contiguous BCUs if the BW field has a second value and if the value of the channel width subfield indicates one of the second type operating channel width (2W), fourth type operating channel width (4W), or fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W).

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two non-contiguous BCUs if the BW field has a second value and if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the third type operating channel width (W+W).

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to four contiguous BCUs if the BW field has a third value and if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fourth type operating channel width (4W).

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein the PPDU type corresponds to two non-contiguous frequency units whereby each frequency unit is comprised of two contiguous BCUs, if the BW field has a third value and if the value of the channel width subfield indicates the fifth type operating channel width (2W+2W).

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation information field further includes a subfield that identifies a primary channel in the BSS operating channel.

14. A method for receiving operation parameters by a station from an access point (AP) of a basic service set (BSS) operating in television whitespace (TVWS), the method comprising:

receiving a frame including an operation information field, the operation information field including a subfield identifying a channel width of a BSS operating channel, the BSS operating channel comprising one or more basic channel units (BCUs); and

receiving a SIG (signal) field in a preamble of a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU);

wherein the SIG field includes a field identifying a BW (bandwidth) of a PPDU transmission band, the BW of the PPDU transmission band being less than or equal to the channel width of the BSS operating channel, and

wherein a type of the PPDU is determined to be one of contiguous multi-BCUs, non-contiguous multi-BCUs or a single BCU based on a combination of the channel width of the BSS operating channel and the BW of the PPDU transmission band.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the operation information field further includes a subfield that identifies a primary channel in the BSS operating channel.

16. An apparatus for providing operation parameters for a station operating in unlicensed spectrum, the station comprising:

a transceiver configured to perform transmission and reception with another device; and

a processor configured to control the apparatus including the transceiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to

transmit a frame including an operation information field, the operation information field including a subfield identifying a channel width of a BSS operating channel, the BSS operating channel comprising one or more basic channel units (BCUs); and

transmit a SIG (signal) field in a preamble of a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU);

wherein the SIG field includes a field identifying a BW (bandwidth) of a PPDU transmission band, the BW of the PPDU transmission band being less than or equal to the channel width of the BSS operating channel, and

wherein a type of the PPDU is determined to be one of contiguous multi-BCUs, non-contiguous multi-BCUs or a single BCU based on a combination of the channel width of the BSS operating channel and the BW of the PPDU transmission band.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the operation information field further includes a subfield that identifies a primary channel in the BSS operating channel.

18. An apparatus for receiving operation parameters for a station operating in unlicensed spectrum, the station comprising:

a transceiver configured to perform transmission and reception with another device; and

a processor configured to control the apparatus including the transceiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

receive a frame including an operation information field, the operation information field including a subfield identifying a channel width of a BSS operating channel, the BSS operating channel comprising one or more basic channel units (BCUs); and

receive a SIG (signal) field in a preamble of a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU);

wherein the SIG field includes a field identifying a BW (bandwidth) of a PPDU transmission band, the BW of the PPDU transmission band being less than or equal to the channel width of the BSS operating channel, and

wherein a type of the PPDU is determined to be one of contiguous multi-BCUs, non-contiguous multi-BCUs or a single BCU based on a combination of the channel width of the BSS operating channel and the BW of the PPDU transmission band.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the operation information field further includes a subfield that identifies a primary channel in the BSS operating channel.