IP Library Granted Patent US 12,185,368
Granted Patent B2
US 12,185,368 · App. 17/714,142 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using basic service set identification information determination of received frame

Inventors: Geonjung Ko (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Woojin Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
H04W74/08H04L12/28H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,185,368
App. No.
17/714,142
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a determination of basic service set identification information of a received frame, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing an operation according to a determination result whether the received frame is an intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a wireless frame through the communication unit, when the received frame is a VHT PPDU, extracts partial association ID (AID) information and group ID information from a preamble of the VHT PPDU, when the extracted group ID information is equal to a predetermined value, checks whether at least some information of the extracted partial AID matches a partial basic service set (BSS) color announced to the terminal, and determines whether the received frame is an intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame according to whether at least some information of the partial AID matches the partial BSS color and a wireless communication method using the same.

Claims (45)

1. A wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal comprising:

a processor; and

a communication unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a PPDU (PHY protocol Data Unit) including a Group ID and a partial association ID (AID), and

classify whether the PPDU is an inter-BSS (basic service set) PPDU or an intra-BSS PPDU,

wherein a plurality of bits of the partial AID are used to classify whether the PPDU is the inter-BSS PPDU or the intra-BSS PPDU based on a partial BSS color bits announced by a BSS associated with the wireless communication terminal, and

wherein predetermined N-bits of an AID assigned to the wireless communication terminal is determined based on a value obtained by subtracting an N-bit value based on a BSSID of the BSS from the partial BSS color bits of a BSS color of the BSS when a base wireless communication terminal applies an AID assignment rule.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the AID of the wireless communication terminal,

wherein the PPDU is classified into the inter-BSS PPDU or the intra-BSS PPDU according to whether the plurality of bits of the partial AID equal to the partial BSS color bits announced by the BSS associated with the wireless communication terminal when the Group ID is a specific value, and a partial BSS color field of a HE(High-Efficiency) operation element is a predetermined value.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the partial BSS color bits are a value of the least significant N-bits or the most significant N-bits of the BSS color, and the N-bit value based on the BSSID is a value of exclusive OR of a first predetermined N-bits of the BSSID and a second predetermined N-bits of the BSSID.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein the N is 4, and

wherein the specific value of the Group ID is 63.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the AID assignment rule is as the following equation,

AID(8 −N+ 1:8)=bin[(dec(BCB(0: N− 1))−dec(BSSID(47 −N+ 1:47)XOR BSSID(43 −N+ 1:43)))mod 2 ∧N,N]

Herein, the BCB is the BSS color, the BSSID is a BSS identifier, and N=4.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the partial AID is set using a AID and a K-bit value based on the BSSID when the PPDU is a VHT PPDU.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the plurality of bits of the partial AID of the VHT PPDU represent the partial BSS color bits where the K-bit value is deducted by the N-bit value based on the BSSID of the BSS.

8. A wireless communication method of a wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a PPDU (PHY protocol Data Unit) including a Group ID and a partial association ID(AID); and

classifying whether the PPDU is an inter-BSS (basic service set) PPDU or an intra-BSS PPDU,

wherein a plurality of bits of the partial AID are used to classify whether the PPDU is the inter-BSS PPDU or the intra-BSS PPDU based on a partial BSS color bits announced by a BSS associated with the wireless communication terminal, and

wherein predetermined N-bits of an AID assigned to the wireless communication terminal is determined based on a value obtained by subtracting an N-bit value based on a BSSID of the BSS from the partial BSS color bits of a BSS color of the BSS when a base wireless communication terminal applies an AID assignment rule.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 8 , the method further comprising:

receiving the AID of the wireless communication terminal,

wherein the PPDU is classified into the inter-BSS PPDU or the intra-BSS PPDU according to whether the plurality of bits of the partial AID equal to the partial BSS color bits announced by the BSS associated with the wireless communication terminal when the Group ID is a specific value, and a partial BSS color field of a HE(High-Efficiency) operation element is a predetermined value.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the partial BSS color bits is a value of the least significant N-bits or the most significant N-bits of the BSS color, and the N-bit value based on the BSSID is a value of exclusive OR of a first predetermined N-bits of the BSSID and a second predetermined N-bits of the BSSID.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 9 ,

wherein the N is 4, and

wherein the specific value of the Group ID is 63.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the AID assignment rule is as the following equation,

AID(8 −N+ 1:8)=bin[(dec(BCB(0: N− 1))−dec(BSSID(47 −N+ 1:47)XOR BSSID(43 −N+ 1:43)))mod 2 ∧N,N]

Herein, the BCB is the BSS color, the BSSID is a BSS identifier, and N=4.

13. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the partial AID is set using a AID and a K-bit value based on the BSSID when the PPDU is a VHT PPDU.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 13 ,

wherein the plurality of bits of the partial AID of the VHT PPDU represent the partial BSS color bits where the K-bit value is deducted by the N-bit value based on the BSSID of the BSS.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2016-0040551 · Apr 2, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0093812 · Jul 23, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0102229 · Aug 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16813675 · Mar 9, 2020
Continuation 16141977 · Sep 26, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2017003661 · Apr 3, 2017
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