Method for changing channel in multi-links
Presented are a method by which a transmitting device performs channel switching between multi-links in a wireless local area network (LAN) system, and a device. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting multi-link channel switching capability information to a receiving device, wherein the multi-link channel switching capability information includes information related to whether the transmitting device can perform channel changing between multi-link channels; transmitting a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) to the receiving device through a first link; transmitting a multi-link channel change signal to the receiving device through the first link; and transmitting the PPDU to the receiving device through a second link.
1. A method performed by at least one Access Point (AP) affiliated with an AP Multi-Link Device (MLD) in a wireless local area network system, the method comprising:
transmitting a first Beacon frame related to channel switching information, wherein the AP MLD comprises a first link and a second link, and the first Beacon frame is transmitted on the second link,
wherein the first Beacon frame comprises a link identifier (ID) for the first link, a channel switch count related to the first link and a channel switch time element related to the first link;
after transmitting the first Beacon frame, transmitting a second Beacon frame on the first link; and
transmitting a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the second Beacon frame,
wherein the first PPDU comprises a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field being contiguous to the L-SIG field, a first control signal field being contiguous to the RL-SIG field, and a second control signal field being contiguous to the first control signal field,
wherein the L-SIG field comprises a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the first PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,
wherein the RL-SIG field is a repeat of the L-SIG field,
wherein the first control signal has a length of two symbols,
wherein the first control signal comprises version-independent bits followed by version-dependent bits,
wherein the version-independent bits comprise a Physical (PHY) version Identifier having a length of three bits, and a value of the PHY version Identifier is used to identify a PHY version starting with Extremely High Throughput (EHT),
wherein the version-independent bits further comprise information related to an Identifier (ID) related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) color and information indicating a duration related to a transmission opportunity (TXOP),
wherein the version-dependent bits comprise punctured channel information related to preamble puncturing applied to the first PPDU,
wherein the second control signal field comprises a common control field and a user specific field being contiguous to the common control field, and the common control field comprises Resource Unit (RU) allocation information.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel switch time element includes information related to a time to perform channel switching.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PPDU is an EHT PPDU.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a second PPDU in response to the first PPDU.
5. At least one Access Point (AP) affiliated with an AP Multi-Link Device (MLD) in a wireless local area network system, the at least one AP comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
transmitting a first Beacon frame related to channel switching information, wherein the AP MLD comprises a first link and a second link, and the first Beacon frame is transmitted on the second link,
wherein the first Beacon frame comprises a link identifier (ID) for the first link, a channel switch count related to the first link and a channel switch time element related to the first link;
after transmitting the first Beacon frame, transmitting a second Beacon frame on the first link; and
transmitting a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the second Beacon frame,
wherein the first PPDU comprises a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field being contiguous to the L-SIG field, a first control signal field being contiguous to the RL-SIG field, and a second control signal field being contiguous to the first control signal field,
wherein the L-SIG field comprises a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the first PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,
wherein the RL-SIG field is a repeat of the L-SIG field,
wherein the first control signal has a length of two symbols,
wherein the first control signal comprises version-independent bits followed by version-dependent bits,
wherein the version-independent bits comprise a Physical (PHY) version Identifier having a length of three bits, and a value of the PHY version Identifier is used to identify a PHY version starting with Extremely High Throughput (EHT),
wherein the version-independent bits further comprise information related to an Identifier (ID) related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) color and information indicating a duration related to a transmission opportunity (TXOP),
wherein the version-dependent bits comprise punctured channel information related to preamble puncturing applied to the first PPDU,
wherein the second control signal field comprises a common control field and a user specific field being contiguous to the common control field, and the common control field comprises Resource Unit (RU) allocation information.
6. The at least one AP of claim 5 , wherein the first PPDU is an EHT PPDU.
7. The at least one AP of claim 5 , wherein the channel switch time element includes information related to a time to perform channel switching.
8. A method in a wireless local area network system, the method comprising:
receiving, from at least one Access Point (AP) affiliated with an AP Multi-Link Device (MLD), a first Beacon frame related to channel switching information, wherein the AP MLD comprises a first link and a second link, and the first Beacon frame is received on the second link,
wherein the first Beacon frame comprises a link identifier (ID) for the first link, a channel switch count related to the first link and a channel switch time element related to the first link;
after receiving the first Beacon frame, receiving a second Beacon frame on the first link; and
receiving a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the second Beacon frame,
wherein the first PPDU comprises a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field being contiguous to the L-SIG field, a first control signal field being contiguous to the RL-SIG field, and a second control signal field being contiguous to the first control signal field,
wherein the L-SIG field comprises a length field, which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three, and the remainder is used to differentiate the first PPDU from a High Efficiency (HE) PPDU,
wherein the RL-SIG field is a repeat of the L-SIG field,
wherein the first control signal has a length of two symbols,
wherein the first control signal comprises version-independent bits followed by version-dependent bits,
wherein the version-independent bits comprise a Physical (PHY) version Identifier having a length of three bits, and a value of the PHY version Identifier is used to identify a PHY version starting with Extremely High Throughput (EHT),
wherein the version-independent bits further comprise information related to an Identifier (ID) related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) color and information indicating a duration related to a transmission opportunity (TXOP),
wherein the version-dependent bits comprise punctured channel information related to preamble puncturing applied to the first PPDU,
wherein the second control signal field comprises a common control field and a user specific field being contiguous to the common control field, and the common control field comprises Resource Unit (RU) allocation information.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first PPDU is an EHT PPDU.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the channel switch time element includes information related to a time to perform channel switching.