IP Library Granted Patent US 11,258,543
Granted Patent B2
US 11,258,543 · App. 16/851,101 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Wireless communication method supporting multi-user cascading transmission and wireless communication terminal using same

Inventors: Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Geonjung Ko (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Woojin Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,258,543
App. No.
16/851,101
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (25)

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, and

when the information for the UL MU transmission is UL MU response information, transmit, by using the transceiver, a PPDU for the UL MU transmission to the base wireless communication terminal based on the information for the UL MU transmission without carrier sensing,

wherein the UL MU response information includes transmission scheduling information of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission and is included in a medium access control (MAC) header.

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 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 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.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , 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 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.

8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 , wherein the A-MPDU comprises a Block ACK Request (BAR) MPDU as a last MPDU when the information for the UL MU transmission is the trigger MPDU for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal.

9. A method of operating 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; and

when the information for the UL MU transmission is UL MU response information, transmitting, without carrier sensing, a PPDU for the UL MU transmission based on the information for the UL MU transmission to the base wireless communication terminal,

wherein the UL MU response information includes transmission scheduling information of the PPDU for the UL MU transmission and is included in a medium access control (MAC) header.

10. The method of claim 9 , when information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the 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.

11. The method of claim 9 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the 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).

12. The method of claim 9 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission comprises transmitting the PPDU for the UL MU transmission using a binary convolutional coding (BCC) code.

13. The method of claim 9 , when the information for the UL MU transmission is the UL MU response information, wherein the 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.

14. The method of claim 9 , 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.

15. The method of claim 9 , 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.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the A-MPDU comprises a Block ACK Request (BAR) MPDU as a last MPDU when the information for the UL MU transmission is the trigger MPDU for triggering the UL MU transmission of the wireless communication terminal.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AGREEMENT DATE OF THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE NOVEMBER 1, 2022 WRITTEN IN THE RECORDED AGREEMENT SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO AUGUST 31, 2020. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 62152 FRAME 1. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE. Recorded Feb 26, 2025
From: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 070827/0861 →
LICENSE Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 062152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: SON, JUHYUNG; KWAK, JINSAM; KO, GEONJUNG; AHN, WOOJIN
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058167/0914 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0044466 · Apr 11, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0045120 · Apr 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16153670 · Oct 5, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017003932 · Apr 11, 2017
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