Method and device for restricted access window-based channel access in WLAN system

• US 9,913,292 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeongki, Seok, Yongho, Cho, Hangyu, Choi, Jinsoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Chau, Peter
• Application Number:
  US14/651,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/04 Scheduled access hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method and a device for restricted access window-based channel access in a WLAN system are disclosed. The method whereby a station (STA) performs channel access in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving restricted access window (RAW) cross-border transmission allowance (CBTA) information from an access point (AP) in case an RAW is allocated to the STA; and performing transmission by the STA on the basis of the RAW CBTA information. In case the RAW CBTA information is configured as a first value, transmission by the STA beyond the border of the RAW may be allowed.

Claims

1. A method for performing channel access by a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving restricted access window (RAW) cross boundary transmission allowance (CBTA) information and slot CBTA information from an access point (AP) when a RAW is allocated to the STA,

wherein the RAW CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different RAWs, and

wherein the slot CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different slots of the RAW; and

performing transmission with the AP based on the RAW CBTA information,

wherein, when the slot CBTA information indicates granting of channel access beyond the boundary between the different slots, and the RAW CBTA information is set to a first value that indicates that channel access is allowed beyond the boundary between the different RAWs, transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different RAWs is permitted.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the RAW CBTA information is set to a second value, transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different RAWs is not permitted.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RAW is divided into one or more slots and, when transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different slots is permitted, transmission from the STA is performed based on the RAW CBTA information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the RAW CBTA information is included in a RAW parameter set information element (RPS IE).

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the RPS IE is received from the AP through a beacon frame.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more RAW CBTA information are received from the AP in the middle of the RAW.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the one or more RAW CBTA information are received from the AP through a null-data packet (NDP) frame or a control frame.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the NDP frame is an NDP clear-to-send (CTS) frame or an NDP acknowledgement (ACK) frame.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the control frame is a clear-to-send (CTS) frame or an acknowledgement (ACK) frame.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein transmission from the STA is performed based on lastly received RAW CBTA information among the one or more RAW CBTA information.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the one or more RAW CBTA information are transmitted after start of the different slots of the RAW or before a boundary of the RAW.

12. A method for supporting channel access of a station (STA) by an access point (AP) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting restricted access window (RAW) cross boundary transmission allowance (CBTA) information and slot CBTA information to the STA when a RAW is allocated to the STA,

wherein the RAW CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different RAWs, and

wherein the slot RAW CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different slots of the RAW; and

performing transmission with the STA based on the RAW CBTA information,

wherein, when the slot CBTA information indicates granting of channel access beyond the boundary between the different slots, and the RAW CBTA information is set to a first value that indicates that channel access is allowed beyond the boundary between the different RAWs, transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different RAWs is permitted.

13. A station (STA) for performing channel access in a wireless communication system, the STA comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the transceiver to receive restricted access window (RAW) cross boundary transmission allowance (CBTA) information and slot CBTA information from an access point (AP) when a RAW is allocated to the STA,

wherein the RAW CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different RAWs, and

wherein the slot CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different slots of the RAW; and

control the transceiver to perform transmission with the AP based on the RAW CBTA information, and

wherein, when the slot CBTA information indicates granting of channel access beyond the boundary between the different slots, and the RAW CBTA information is set to a first value that indicates that channel access is allowed beyond the boundary between the different RAWs, transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different RAWs is permitted.

14. An access point (AP) for supporting channel access of a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, the AP comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the transceiver to transmit restricted access window (RAW) cross boundary transmission allowance (CBTA) information and slot CBTA information to the STA when a RAW is allocated to the STA,

wherein the RAW CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different RAWs, and

wherein the slot CBTA information indicates whether or not channel access is allowed beyond a boundary between different slots of the RAW; and

control the transceiver to perform transmission with the STA based on the RAW CBTA information, and

wherein, when the slot CBTA information indicates granting of channel access beyond the boundary between the different slots, and the RAW CBTA information is set to a first value that indicates that channel access is allowed beyond the boundary between the different RAWs, transmission of the STA extended across the boundary between the different RAWs is permitted.