Wireless communication method supporting multi-user cascading transmission and wireless communication terminal using same
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a Downlink Multi-User (DL MU) PPDU including information for an Uplink Multi-User (UL MU) transmission from a base wireless communication terminal by using the transceiver, and transmit the UL MU PPDU to the base wireless communication terminal based on the information for UL MU transmission.
1. A wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates, the wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to
receive a Downlink Multi-User (DL MU) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including information for an Uplink Multi-User (UL MU) transmission from a base wireless communication terminal by using the transceiver,
set signaling information indicating whether Spatial Reuse (SR) transmission to a PPDU for the UL MU transmission is allowed such that the SR transmission is not allowed when the information for the UL MU transmission is UL MU response information, wherein the UL MU response information includes transmission scheduling information of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission including ACK and is included in a medium access control (MAC) header, wherein the signaling information is included in the PPDU for the UL MU transmission, and
transmit the PPDU for the UL MU transmission to the base wireless communication terminal based on the information for the UL MU transmission.
2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the processor is configured to set a BW value of a transmission parameter TXVECTOR of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission as a frequency bandwidth of the DL MU PPDU.
3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the PPDU for the UL MU transmission without using UL MU-Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO).
4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the PPDU for the UL MU transmission using a binary convolutional coding (BCC) code.
5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a packet extension field according to a length indicated by the base wireless communication terminal when the wireless communication terminal transmits the PPDU for the UL MU transmission.
6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the PPDU for the UL MU transmission without carrier sensing.
7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, based on a length of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission, whether or not carrier sensing is required when the wireless communication terminal transmits the PPDU for the UL MU transmission.
8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) including the UL MU response information does not comprise a trigger MPDU that triggers a wireless communication terminal whose UL MU transmission is triggered by the UL MU response information.
9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , when the UL MU transmission information is a trigger MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal, wherein an Aggregate-MPDU (A-MPDU) comprising the trigger MPDU comprises a Block ACK MPDU as a first MPDU and comprises a trigger MPDU as a second MPDU.
10. The wireless communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the A-MPDU comprises a Block ACK Request (BAR) MPDU as a last MPDU when the UL MU transmission information is the trigger MPDU for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal.
11. An operation method of a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base wireless communication terminal, a Downlink Multi-User (DL MU) PPDU including information for Uplink Multi-User (UL MU) transmission;
setting signaling information indicating whether Spatial Reuse (SR) transmission to a PPDU for the UL MU transmission is allowed such that the SR transmission is not allowed when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the UL MU response information includes transmission scheduling information of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission including ACK and is included in a medium access control (MAC) header, wherein the signaling information is included in the PPDU for the UL MU transmission; and
transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission based on the information for the UL MU transmission to the base wireless communication terminal.
12. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises using a frequency bandwidth of the same size as a frequency bandwidth of the DL MU PPDU as a BW value of a transmission parameter TXVECTOR of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission.
13. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission without using UL MU-Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO).
14. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission using a binary convolutional coding (BCC) code.
15. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting a packet extension field according to a length indicated by the base wireless communication terminal.
16. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission without carrier sensing.
17. The operation method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission without carrier sensing comprises determining, based on a length of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission, whether or not carrier sensing is required when the wireless communication terminal transmits the PPDU for the UL MU transmission.
18. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) including the UL MU response information does not comprise a trigger MPDU that triggers a wireless communication terminal whose UL MU transmission is triggered by the UL MU response information.
19. The operation method of claim 11 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is a trigger MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal, wherein the Aggregate-MPDU (A-MPDU) comprising the trigger MPDU comprises a Block ACK MPDU as a first MPDU and comprises a trigger MPDU as a second MPDU.
20. The operation method of claim 19 , wherein the A-MPDU comprises a Block ACK Request (BAR) MPDU as a last MPDU when the information for the UL MU transmission information is the trigger MPDU for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal.