Granted Patent B2

US 11,357,001 · App. 16/993,554 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Inventors: Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Kiseon Ryu (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Hangyu Cho (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W72/044H04L1/00H04W72/04H04W74/006H04W84/12H04L1/0075H04W88/08

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A method of managing a network allocation vector (NAV) by a station (STA) operating in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting a high efficiency (HE) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), the method comprising:

receiving the HE PPDU including (i) a HE-SIG A field including a first duration field and (ii) a medium access control (MAC) header including a second duration field, wherein the first duration field comprises at least one most significant bit (MSB) and at least one least significant bit (LSB);

obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value based on (i) a first value obtained based on the at least one MSB and (ii) a second value obtained based on the at least one LSB, wherein the first value multiplied by the second value relates to the TXOP duration value; and

performing NAV management based on the TXOP duration value,

wherein a bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is smaller than a bit length of the second duration field in the MAC header.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the NAV management comprises:

setting, updating, or resetting a time period during which channel access is restricted.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the NAV management is based on the second duration field in the MAC header in a state in which the MAC header has been successfully decoded, and

wherein performing the NAV management is based on the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field in a state in which decoding of the MAC header has failed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field indicates a granularity with which the first duration field is set based on the TXOP duration.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is one of a plurality of granularities that are related to a plurality of TXOP durations.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field of the HE PPDU is greater than a granularity of the second duration field in the MAC header of the HE PPDU.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is 5 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 32 us or 512 us, or

wherein the bit length of the first duration field is 6 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 16 us or 256 us, or

wherein the bit length of the first duration field is 7 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 8 us or 128 us.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first value is equal to a first bit value of the at least one MSB of the first duration field, and

wherein the second value is based on a second bit value of the at least one LSB of the first duration field.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is 5 bits, 6 bits, or 7 bits.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the TXOP duration indicated by the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field and a second TXOP duration indicated by the second duration field in the MAC header are set for transmission of the HE PPDU, and

wherein the TXOP duration indicated by the first duration field of the HE PPDU is greater than or equal to the second TXOP duration indicated by the second duration field of the MAC header.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is n bits,

wherein the at least one MSB is a first k bits of the first duration field, for k greater than or equal to 1, and

wherein the at least one LSB is a last n-k bits of the first duration field.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one MSB is a single bit.

13. A station (STA) device configured to manage a network allocation vector (NAV) in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting a high efficiency (HE) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), the STA device comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, via the transceiver, the HE PPDU including (i) a HE-SIG A field including a first duration field and (ii) a medium access control (MAC) header including a second duration field, wherein the first duration field comprises at least one most significant bit (MSB) and at least one least significant bit (LSB);

obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value based on (i) a first value obtained based on the at least one MSB and (ii) a second value obtained based on the at least one LSB, wherein the first value multiplied by the second value relates to the TXOP duration value; and

performing NAV management based on the TXOP duration value,

wherein a bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is smaller than a bit length of the second duration field in the MAC header.

14. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein performing the NAV management comprises:

setting, updating, or resetting a time period during which channel access is restricted.

15. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein performing the NAV management is based on the second duration field in the MAC header in a state in which the MAC header has been successfully decoded, and

wherein performing the NAV management is based on the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field in a state in which decoding of the MAC header has failed.

16. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field indicates a granularity with which the first duration field is set based on the TXOP duration.

17. The STA device of claim 16 , wherein the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is one of a plurality of granularities that are related to a plurality of TXOP durations.

18. The STA device of claim 16 , wherein the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field of the HE PPDU is greater than a granularity of the second duration field in the MAC header of the HE PPDU.

19. The STA device of claim 16 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is 5 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 32 us or 512 us, or

wherein the bit length of the first duration field is 6 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 16 us or 256 us, or

wherein the bit length of the first duration field is 7 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB of the first duration field is one of 8 us or 128 us.

20. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein the first value is equal to a first bit value of the at least one MSB of the first duration field, and

wherein the second value is based on a second bit value of the at least one LSB of the first duration field.

21. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is 5 bits, 6 bits, or 7 bits.

22. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein both the TXOP duration indicated by the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field and a second TXOP duration indicated by the second duration field in the MAC header are set for transmission of the HE PPDU, and

wherein the TXOP duration indicated by the first duration field of the HE PPDU is greater than or equal to the second TXOP duration indicated by the second duration field of the MAC header.

23. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein the bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is n bits,

wherein the at least one MSB is a first k bits of the first duration field, for k greater than or equal to 1, and

wherein the at least one LSB is a last n-k bits of the first duration field.

24. The STA device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one MSB is a single bit.

25. A processing apparatus configured to control a station (STA) device to manage a network allocation vector (NAV) in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting a high efficiency (HE) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), the processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving the HE PPDU including (i) a HE-SIG A field including a first duration field and (ii) a medium access control (MAC) header including a second duration field, wherein the first duration field comprises at least one most significant bit (MSB) and at least one least significant bit (LSB);

obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value based on (i) a first value obtained based on the at least one MSB and (ii) a second value obtained based on the at least one LSB, wherein the first value multiplied by the second value relates to the TXOP duration value; and

performing NAV management based on the TXOP duration value,

wherein a bit length of the first duration field in the HE-SIG A field is smaller than a bit length of the second duration field in the MAC header.

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