Reception node and transmission node for saving energy of reception node, and communication method thereof

• US 9,629,085 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Yeon, Jung, Hyun Sik, Park, Chang Soon, Kim, Young Soo, Hwang, Hyo Sun, Lee, Jang Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Towfighi, Afshawn
• Application Number:
  US14/176,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20150043402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A communication method of a transmission node includes generating information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in a reception available time period of a reception node, and transmitting, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period. The reception node operates in a sleep state based on the information of the transmission unavailable time period.

Claims

1. A communication method of a transmission node, comprising:

receiving, from a reception node, a receiver initiated transmission data request message, requesting the transmission node transmit data to the reception node during a reception available time period of the reception node, and including scheduling information indicating the reception available time period of the reception node, the reception available time period being a time period that the reception node is able to receive data;

generating information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in the reception available time period, the transmission unavailable time period being a time period that the transmission node is unable to transmit data; and

transmitting, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period,

wherein the reception node operates in a sleep state based on the information of the transmission unavailable time period, and

wherein the receiver initiated transmission data request is transmitted in an institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 Receiver initiated Transmission (RIT).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period, along with data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the transmission unavailable time period is present in the reception available time period.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating comprises generating the information of the transmission unavailable time period in a reception available time period of the reception node based on a result of the determining.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises generating the information of the transmission unavailable time period in a bitmap format.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises generating the information of the transmission unavailable time period in a form of a number of unit times in which transmission is unavailable until a subsequent transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises generating the information of the transmission unavailable time period in a form of an indicator.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the indicator indicates that a corresponding data transmission is a final transmission in the reception available time period.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission node and the reception node operate in a non-beacon mode in which a beacon is not used.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling information comprising a reception available time period is transmitted using an unslotted carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) transmission.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting node and the reception node form a Personal Area Network (PAN).

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling information further comprises the number of times the listen interval will be repeated in a bitmap format.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the transmission unavailable time period further comprises the number of listen intervals, within the number of times the listen interval will be repeated, that the transmission node will not transmit data to the reception node, and wherein the number of listen intervals is in the bitmap format.

15. A communication method of a reception node, comprising:

transmitting, to a transmission node, a receiver initiated transmission data request message, requesting the transmission node transmit data to the reception node during a reception available time period of the reception node, and including scheduling information indicating the reception available time period of the reception node, the reception available time period being a time period that the reception node is able to receive data;

receiving, from the transmission node, information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in the reception available time period of the reception node, the transmission unavailable time period being a time period that the transmission node is unable to transmit data; and

operating in a sleep state during the transmission unavailable time period,

wherein the receiver initiated transmission data request is transmitted in an institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 Receiver initiated transmission (RIT).

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting comprises periodically transmitting the scheduling information to the transmission node.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the information of the transmission unavailable time period is in at least one of a bitmap format, a form of a number of unit times in which transmission is unavailable until a subsequent transmission, and a form of an indicator.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 15.

19. A transmission node, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a reception node, a receiver initiated transmission data request message, requesting the transmission node transmit data to the reception node during a reception available time period of the reception node, and including scheduling information indicating the reception available time period, of the reception node, the reception available time period being a time period that the reception node is able to receive data;

a generator configured to generate information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in the reception available time period, the transmission unavailable time period being a time period that the transmission node is unable to transmit data; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period,

wherein the reception node operates in a sleep state based on the information of the transmission unavailable time period,

wherein the receiver initiated transmission data request is transmitted in an institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 Receiver initiated transmission (RIT).

20. The transmission node of claim 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period, along with data.

21. The transmission node of claim 19, wherein the generator is configured to generate the information of the transmission unavailable time period in at least one of a bitmap format, a form of a number of unit times in which transmission is unavailable until a subsequent transmission, and a form of an indicator.

22. A reception node, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to a transmission node, a receiver initiated transmission data request message, requesting the transmission node transmit data to the reception node during a reception available time period of the reception node, and including scheduling information indicating the reception available time period of the reception node, the reception available time period being a time period that the reception node is able to receive data; and

a state manager configured to maintain the reception node in a sleep state during a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in the reception available time period, the transmission unavailable time period being a time period that the transmission node is unable to transmit data,

wherein the receiver initiated transmission data request is transmitted in an institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 Receiver initiated transmission (RIT).

23. The reception node of claim 22, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from the transmission node, information of the transmission unavailable time period.

24. The reception node of claim 22, wherein the reception node is unavailable for reception in the sleep state.