IP Library Granted Patent US 10,687,281
Granted Patent B2
US 10,687,281 · App. 16/016,520 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal, which use discontinuous channel

Inventors: Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Geonjung Ko (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Woojin Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
H04W52/0229H04L1/00H04L5/0041H04L5/0094H04L27/26H04L29/08H04W72/042H04W74/00H04W74/08H04W84/12H04L5/0007H04W72/0453Y02D70/00Y02D70/10Y02D70/14Y02D70/142
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Patent No.
US 10,687,281
App. No.
16/016,520
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a non-contiguous channel. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a wireless packet through the communication unit, obtains total bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet, obtains information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet, and decodes the received packet based on the total bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit and a wireless communication method using the same.

Claims (31)

1. A wireless communication terminal, the terminal comprising:

a processor; and

a communication unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a wireless packet through the communication unit,

obtain bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet,

obtain information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet, and

decode the received packet based on the bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit,

wherein the information of the unassigned resource unit is indicated via a combination of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a resource unit allocation field of the HE-SIG-B, and

wherein the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A indicates channel information to be punctured within the bandwidth, and the resource unit allocation field indicates additional puncturing information for the unassigned resource unit within the bandwidth.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the resource unit allocation field indicates a specific resource unit not assigned to a user through a predetermined index.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 2 , wherein the specific resource unit not assigned to a user is at least one of a 242-tone resource unit, a 484-tone resource unit, and a 996-tone resource unit.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the information of the unassigned resource unit is obtained through resource unit arrangement information indicated by the resource unit allocation field of the HE-SIG-B and a Null STA ID contained in a user field corresponding to a specific resource unit in the resource unit arrangement.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific resource unit is at least one of a 26-tone resource unit, a 52-tone resource unit, and a 106-tone resource unit.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the bandwidth field indicates puncturing of one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 80 MHz or puncturing of at least one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz, the resource unit allocation field indicates which 20 MHz channel in the secondary 40 MHz channel is punctured.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the bandwidth field indicates puncturing of a secondary 20 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz or puncturing of at least one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz, the resource unit allocation field indicates additional puncturing in a secondary 80 MHz channel.

8. A wireless communication method of a wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a wireless packet;

obtaining bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet;

obtaining information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet; and

decoding the received packet based on the bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit,

wherein the information of the unassigned resource unit is indicated via a combination of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a resource unit allocation field of the HE-SIG-B, and

wherein the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A indicates channel information to be punctured within the bandwidth, and the resource unit allocation field indicates additional puncturing information for the unassigned resource unit within the bandwidth.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the resource unit allocation field indicates a specific resource unit not assigned to a user through a predetermined index.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , wherein the specific resource unit not assigned to a user is at least one of a 242-tone resource unit, a 484-tone resource unit, and a 996-tone resource unit.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the information of the unassigned resource unit is obtained through resource unit arrangement information indicated by the resource unit allocation field of the HE-SIG-B and a Null STA ID contained in a user field corresponding to a specific resource unit in the resource unit arrangement.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the specific resource unit is at least one of a 26-tone resource unit, a 52-tone resource unit, and a 106-tone resource unit.

13. The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein when the bandwidth field indicates puncturing of one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 80 MHz or puncturing of at least one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz, the resource unit allocation field indicates which 20 MHz channel in the secondary 40 MHz channel is punctured.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein when the bandwidth field indicates puncturing of a secondary 20 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz or puncturing of at least one of two 20 MHz channels in a secondary 40 MHz channel within a bandwidth of 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz, the resource unit allocation field indicates additional puncturing in a secondary 80 MHz channel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 067790/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2018
From: SON, JUHYUNG; KWAK, JINSAM; KO, GEONJUNG; AHN, WOOJIN
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046185/0366 →
Priority Claims (8)
KR 10-2015-0186871 · Dec 24, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0004471 · Jan 13, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0005835 · Jan 18, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0026683 · Mar 4, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0030006 · Mar 13, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0059182 · May 14, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0062422 · May 20, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0083756 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2016015297 · Dec 26, 2016
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