IP Library Granted Patent US 12,316,571
Granted Patent B2
US 12,316,571 · App. 17/880,238 · Granted May 27, 2025

Method and apparatus for supporting multiple user cascading sequence including A-PPDU in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Yujin Noh (Irvine, CA); Seung Hyeok Ahn (Irvine, CA); Seung Ho Choo (Suzhou, CN); Young-Hwan Kang (Pyeongtaek-si, KR); Jungchul Shin (Seoul, KR); Tan Joong Park (Seoul, KR); Daehong Kim (Irvine, CA)
Assignee: Senscomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0053H04L27/2692H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,316,571
App. No.
17/880,238
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by an apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method comprises: transmitting a first physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for a first variant including a first control field and a second PPDU for a second variant including a second control field in A(aggregated)-PPDU, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant is transmitted in duplicate (DUP) mode; and receiving a first response to the first PPDU and a second response to the second PPDU in A-PPDU based on the first control field and the second control field, respectively, wherein the first variant is based on a first protocol standard and the second variant is based on a second protocol standard, and wherein the second protocol standard is beyond version of the first protocol standard.

Claims (34)

1. A method performed by an apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

transmitting a first physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) having a first variant format and including a first triggered response scheduling control field and a second PPDU having a second variant format and including a second triggered response scheduling control field at the same time in A(aggregated)-PPDU, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant is transmitted in duplicate (DUP) mode in which data in a payload portion of the second PPDU is duplicated in frequency; and

receiving a first response to the first PPDU and a second response to the second PPDU in A-PPDU based on the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field, respectively,

wherein the first variant is based on a first protocol standard and the second variant is based on a second protocol standard, and

wherein the second protocol standard is beyond version of the first protocol standard.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a same control field format.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a different control field format.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one subfield of the second triggered response scheduling control field is reinterpreted in comparison to at least one corresponding subfield of the first triggered response scheduling control field based on difference between a preamble portion of the first PPDU and a preamble portion of the second PPDU to indicate specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second triggered response scheduling control field includes at least one additional subfield with the first triggered response scheduling control field, wherein at least one additional subfield indicates specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PPDU for the first variant and the first response are assigned in a same first channel, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant and the second response are assigned in a same second channel.

7. An apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

control the transceiver to transmit a first physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for a first variant including a first triggered response scheduling control field and a second PPDU for a second variant including a second triggered response scheduling control field at the same time in A(aggregated)-PPDU, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant is transmitted in duplicate (DUP) mode in which data in a payload portion of the second PPDU is duplicated in frequency; and

control the transceiver to receive a first response to the first PPDU and a second response to the second PPDU in A-PPDU based on the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field, respectively,

wherein the first variant is based on a first protocol standard and the second variant is based on a second protocol standard, and

wherein the second protocol standard is beyond version of the first protocol standard.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a same control field format.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a different control field format.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein at least one subfield of the second triggered response scheduling control field is reinterpreted in comparison to at least one corresponding subfield of the first triggered response scheduling control field based on difference between a preamble portion of the first PPDU and a preamble portion of the second PPDU to indicate specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second triggered response scheduling control field includes at least one additional subfield with the first triggered response scheduling control field, wherein at least one additional subfield indicates specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first PPDU for the first variant and the first response are assigned in a same first channel, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant and the second response are assigned in a same second channel.

13. An apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a first physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) for a first variant including a first triggered response scheduling control field and a second PPDU for a second variant including a second triggered response scheduling control field at the same time in A(aggregated)-PPDU, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant is transmitted in duplicate (DUP) mode in which data in a payload portion of the second PPDU is duplicated in frequency; and

control the transceiver to transmit a first response to the first PPDU and a second response to the second PPDU in A-PPDU based on the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field, respectively,

wherein the first variant is based on a first protocol standard and the second variant is based on a second protocol standard, and

wherein the second protocol standard is beyond version of the first protocol standard.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a same control field format.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first triggered response scheduling control field and the second triggered response scheduling control field are based on a different field format.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein at least one subfield of the second triggered response scheduling control field is reinterpreted in comparison to at least one corresponding subfield of the first triggered response scheduling control field based on difference between a preamble portion of the first PPDU and a preamble portion of the second PPDU to indicate specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second triggered response scheduling control field includes at least one additional subfield with the first triggered response scheduling control field wherein at least one additional subfield indicates specific information for the second variant which is not defined in the first variant.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first PPDU for the first variant and the first response are assigned in a same first channel, wherein the second PPDU for the second variant and the second response are assigned in a same second channel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO. LTD
To: NEXT WIRELESS, LLC
Reel/Frame 075792/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2026
From: SENSCOMM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 074615/0857 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: NOH, YUJIN; AHN, SEUNG HYEOK; CHOO, SEUNG HO; KANG, YOUNG-HWAN; SHIN, JUNGCHUL; PARK, TAN JOONG; KIM, DAEHONG
To: SENSCOMM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060710/0362 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63365399 · May 26, 2022
Provisional Application 63229481 · Aug 4, 2021
Related Publication 20230061723A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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