Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using multi-basic service identifier set
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
1. A wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein a basic service set (BSS) of the wireless communication terminal corresponds to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set,
wherein the multiple BSSID set is a set of a BSSID of each of a plurality of BSSs classified into one group,
wherein the processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine the frame as an Intra-BSS frame when a medium access control (MAC) address signaled in a MAC header of the frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, and enter a power save state when the frame is an Intra-BSS frame and a receiver address (RA) of the frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal.
2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein when a transmitter address (TA) or a receiver address (RA) signaled in the MAC header of the frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, the processor is configured to determine that the frame is an Intra-BSS frame.
3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the MAC address signaled in the MAC header of the frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set and the RA of the frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal, the processor is configured to enter the power save state.
4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 3 , wherein when a receiver address (RA) or a transmitter address (TA) of the frame is one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set and the RA of the frame is not the MAC address of the wireless communication terminal, the processor is configured to enter the power save state.
5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to maintain the power save state during a duration of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the frame.
6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to separately set a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) for an Intra-BSS frame and a NAV for an Inter-BSS frame and access a channel based on the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame and the NAV for the Inter-BSS frame.
7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 6 , wherein when the MAC address signaled in the MAC header of the frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, the processor is configured to set the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame based on the frame.
8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of BSSs corresponding to the multiple BSSID set have the same BSS color value, and
the BSS color is information identifying a BSS signaled in a physical layer signaling field of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the frame.
9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to apply a first threshold for determining whether a channel is idle to accessing a channel when the frame is the Intra-BSS frame, and
apply a second threshold to for determining whether a channel is idle accessing a channel when the frame is the Inter-BSS frame,
wherein the second threshold is determined in a Overlapped BSS (OBSS) level range,
wherein the OBSS level range includes values equal to or greater than the first threshold.
10. An operating method of a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly, the method comprising:
receiving a frame;
determining the frame as an Intra-BSS frame when a medium access control (MAC) address signaled in a MAC header of the frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set to which a BSS of the wireless communication terminal corresponds, wherein the multiple BSSID set is a set of a BSSID of each of a plurality of BSSs classified into one group; and
entering a power save state when the frame is an Intra-BSS frame and a receiver address (RA) of the frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining the frame as the Intra-BSS frame comprises determining that the frame is an Intra-BSS frame when a transmitter address (TA) or a receiver address (RA) signaled in the MAC header of the frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the entering the power save state comprises entering the power save state when the MAC address signaled in the MAC header of the frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set and the RA of the frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein a plurality of BSSs corresponding to the multiple BSSID set have the same BSS color value, and
the BSS color is information identifying a BSS signaled in a physical layer signaling field of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the frame.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
applying a first threshold for determining whether a channel is idle to accessing a channel when the frame is the Intra-BSS frame, and
applying a second threshold for determining whether a channel is idle to accessing a channel when the frame is the Inter-BSS frame,
wherein the second threshold is determined within a OBSS level range,
wherein the OBSS level range is equal to or greater than the first threshold.