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Granted Patent B2
US 10,595,212 · App. 16/322,915 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Signal transmission/reception method in wireless LAN system, and device therefor

Inventors: Sungjin Park (Seoul, KR); Jinmin Kim (Seoul, KR); Hangyu Cho (Seoul, KR); Kyungtae Jo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W16/28H04L27/26H04W72/04H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 10,595,212
App. No.
16/322,915
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification discloses a method by which a station transmits/receives a signal in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, and a device therefor. More particularly, disclosed are: a method for performing beamforming training for a plurality of channels and transmitting/receiving a signal on the basis of the beamforming training, when the station transmits/receives the signal through the plurality of channels; and a device therefor.

Claims (33)

1. A method for transmitting a signal by a first station (STA) to a second station (STA) through multiple channels in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, comprising:

performing a beamforming training procedure on the multiple channels for the second STA by transmitting a Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) through the multiple channels to the second STA; and

transmitting the signal through the multiple channels to the second STA based on the beamforming training procedure,

wherein in case the PPDU is transmitted based on a channel aggregation, the PPDU includes a Legacy Short Training Field (L-STF) field, a Legacy Channel Estimation (L-CE) field, a Legacy Header (L-Header) field, an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit Header A (EDMG Header A) field, and a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) field, which are duplicated aggregated channels included in the multiple channels, and the PPDU further includes a first Training (TRN) field having a gap configured between the aggregated channels,

wherein in case the PPDU is transmitted based on a channel bonding, the PPDU includes a L-STF field, a L-CE field, a L-Header field, an EDMG Header A field, and a BRP field, which are duplicated for bonded channels included in the multiple channels, and the PPDU further includes a second TRN field being transmitted through an entire bandwidth of the bonded channels, and

wherein the first TRN field and the second TRN field are differently configured based on whether the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation or the channel bonding, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the PPDU is configured by an order of the L-STF field, the L-CE field, the L-Header field, the EDMG Header A field, the BRP field, and the first TRN field in a time domain in the case where the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation, and

wherein the PPDU is configured by an order of the L-STF field, the L-CE field, the L-Header field, the EDMG Header A field, the BRP field, and the second TRN field in the time domain in the case where the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel bonding.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel bonding, the channel bonding includes 2-channel bonding to 4-channel bonding.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation, the channel aggregation includes a 2-channel aggregation or a 4-channel aggregation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PPDU does not include an EDMG-STF field, an EDMG-CE field, and an EDMG Header-B field.

6. A station device for transmitting a signal through multiple channels in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, comprising:

a transmitting/receiving unit having one or more radio frequency (RF) chains and being configured to transmit/receive a signal to/from another station device; and

a processor being operatively connected to the transmitting/receiving unit and performing signal processing of the signal transmitted/received to/from the other station device,

wherein the processor is configured:

to a perform beamforming training procedure on the multiple channels for the other station device by transmitting a Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) through the multiple channels to the other STA, and

to transmit the signal through the multiple channels to the other station device based on the beamforming training procedure,

wherein in case the PPDU is transmitted based on a channel aggregation, the PPDU includes a Legacy Short Training Field (L-STF) field, a Legacy Channel Estimation (L-CE) field, a Legacy Header (L-Header) field, an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit Header A (EDMG Header A) field, and a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) field, which are duplicated for aggregated channels included in the multiple channels, and the PPDU further includes a first Training (TRN) field having a gap configured between the aggregated channels,

wherein in case the PPDU is transmitted based on a channel bonding, the PPDU includes a L-STF field, a L-CE field, a L-Header field, an EDMG Header A field, and a BRP field, which are duplicated for bonded channels included in the multiple channels, and the PPDU further includes a second TRN field being transmitted through an entire bandwidth of the bonded channels, and

wherein the first TRN field and the second TRN field are differently configured based on whether the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation or the channel bonding, respectively.

7. The station device of claim 6 ,

wherein the PPDU is configured by an order of the L-STF field, the L-CE field, the L-Header field, the EDMG Header A field, the BRP field, and the first TRN field in a time domain in the case where the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation, and

wherein the PPDU is configured by an order of the L-STF field, the L-CE field, the L-Header field, the EDMG Header A field, the BRP field, and the second TRN field in the time domain in the case where the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel bonding.

8. The station device of claim 6 , wherein, in case the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel bonding, the channel bonding includes 2-channel bonding to 4-channel bonding.

9. The station device of claim 6 , wherein, in case the PPDU is transmitted based on the channel aggregation, the channel aggregation includes a 2-channel aggregation or a 4-channel aggregation.

10. The station device of claim 6 , wherein the PPDU does not include an EDMG-STF field, an EDMG-CE field, and an EDMG Header-B field.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the channel bonding is related to the PPDU being transmitted through multiple continuous channels, and

wherein the channel aggregation is related to the PPDU being transmitted through non-continuous channels.

12. The station device of claim 6 ,

wherein the channel bonding is related to the PPDU being transmitted through multiple continuous channels, and

wherein the channel aggregation is related to the PPDU being transmitted through non-continuous channels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: PARK, SUNGJIN; KIM, JINMIN; CHO, HANGYU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 048223/0839 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62363346 · Jul 18, 2016
Provisional Application 62364871 · Jul 21, 2016
Provisional Application 62369764 · Aug 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62376499 · Aug 18, 2016
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