IP Library Granted Patent US 9,282,511
Granted Patent B2
US 9,282,511 · App. 13/991,818 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Method for managing power save mode in wireless LAN system, and device for supporting same

Inventors: Suh Wook Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Yong Ho Seok (Anyang-si, KR); Bong Hoe Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W52/0206H04W52/0216H04W74/06H04W76/048Y02B60/50
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Patent No.
US 9,282,511
App. No.
13/991,818
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for operating a power save mode performed by an access point in a WLAN system. The method includes: transmitting, by an access point (AP), a first traffic indication map (TIM) broadcast indication frame to a first station (STA); transmitting, by the AP, a second TIM broadcast indication frame to a second STA; transmitting, by the AP, a first TIM frame indicating that buffered traffic to the first STA is present; and transmitting, by the AP, a second TIM frame indicating that buffered traffic to the second STA is present. The first TIM broadcast indication frame includes a first TIM offset field indicating a transmission time of the first TIM frame, and the second TIM broadcast indication frame includes a second TIM offset field indicating a transmission time of the second TIM frame.

Claims (43)

1. A method for operating a power save mode in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, comprising:

transmitting, by an access point (AP), a beacon frame to a first STA and a second STA;

transmitting, by the (AP), a first traffic indication map (TIM) broadcast indication frame to a first station (STA) in a beacon frame interval;

transmitting, by the AP, a second TIM broadcast indication frame to a second STA in the beacon frame interval;

transmitting, by the AP, a first TIM frame indicating buffered traffic for the first STA presenting the beacon frame interval; and

transmitting, by the AP, a second TIM frame indicating buffered traffic for the second STA in the beacon frame interval,

wherein the first TIM broadcast indication frame includes a first TIM offset field indicating a transmission time of the first TIM frame,

wherein the second TIM broadcast indication frame includes a second TIM offset field indicating a second transmission time of the second TIM frame, and

wherein the first STA and the second STA are assigned with the same association identifier (AID) when the STAs are associated with the AP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmission time indicated by the first TIM offset field and the second transmission time indicated by the second TIM offset field are different from each other.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first transmission time of the first TIM frame is expressed by an offset time value which elapses from a transmission time of a specific beacon frame which the AP periodically transmits.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

entering, by the first STA, a doze state after receiving the first TIM Broadcast indication frame, and

operating, by the first STA, while switching to an awake state at the time indicated by the first TIM offset field.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

entering, by the second STA, the doze state after receiving the second TIM broadcast indication frame, and

operating, by the second STA, while switching to the awake state at the time indicated by the second TIM offset field.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TIM frame includes information indicating the AID in order to notify that the buffered frame to the first STA is present.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second TIM frame includes information indicating the AID of the second STA in order to notify that the buffered frame to the second STA is present.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

exchanging, by the AP, frames with the first STA and the second STA.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

entering, by the first STA, the doze state when completing the frame exchange with the AP; and

entering, by the second STA, the doze state when completing the frame Exchange with the AP.

10. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first TIM frame is periodically transmitted, and

wherein the first TIM broadcast indication frame further includes a first TIM interval field indicating a transmission period of the first TIM frame.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the second TIM frame is periodically transmitted, and

wherein the second TIM broadcast indication frame further includes a second TIM interval field indicating a transmission period of the second TIM frame.

12. A wireless apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively connected to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit a beacon frame to a first STA and a second STA;

transmit a first traffic indication map (TIM) broadcast indication frame to the first station (STA) in a beacon frame interval,

transmit a second TIM broadcast indication frame to the second STA in the beacon frame interval,

transmit a first TIM frame indicating a buffered traffic for the first STA in the beacon frame interval, and

transmit a second TIM frame indicating a buffered traffic for the second STA in the beacon frame interval,

wherein the first TIM broadcast indication frame includes a first TIM offset field indicating first transmission time of the first TIM frame,

wherein the second TIM broadcast indication frame includes a second TIM offset field indicating a second transmission time of the second TIM frame, and

wherein the first STA and the second STA are assigned with the same association identifier (AID) when the STAs are associated with the AP.

13. The wireless apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first transmission time indicated by the first TIM offset field and the second transmission time indicated by the second TIM offset field are different from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2013
From: KIM, SUH WOOK; SEOK, YONG HO; KIM, BONG HOE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61420327 · Dec 7, 2010
Provisional Application 61424677 · Dec 20, 2010
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