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US 12,513,743 · App. 18/010,649 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Method and device for performing sensing in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Sanggook Kim (Seoul, KR); Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR); Insun Jang (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W74/0808H04B7/0626H04W72/0457H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,513,743
App. No.
18/010,649
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wireless local area network system, a transmission STA may transmit a sensing start frame. The sensing start frame may include information related to the entire band in which WLAN sensing is performed, information related to a reception STA participating in the WLAN sensing, and information related to the number of bands K sensed by each reception STA and the bandwidth of the band sensed by the each reception STA. A transmission STA may transmit a sounding signal to the reception STA. A transmission STA may receive a feedback frame for the sounding signal from the reception STA. The feedback frame may include channel state information for K bands in the order of better channel state among the entire band.

Claims (42)

1 . A method performed by a transmitting station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

transmitting a data unit related to sensing initiation,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes information related to entire bands in which WLAN sensing is performed, information related to a receiving STA participating in the WLAN sensing, the number K of bands sensed by each receiving STA, and information related to a bandwidth of a band sensed by each receiving STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame;

transmitting a null data packet (NDP) frame to the receiving STA; and

receiving a feedback frame for the NDP frame from the receiving STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes information related to a number of transmissions of the NDP frames, and

wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information obtained based on the NDP frame.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes information related to how many subcarriers a channel state information is measured in units of.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes band allocation information related to a band in which each receiving STA performs sensing.

4 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information for K bands in order of good channel states among the entire bands.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises,

transmitting, by the transmitting STA, a trigger frame requesting the feedback frame to the receiving STA.

6 . A transmitting station (STA) configured to operate in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the transmitting STA comprising:

a transceiver transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor connected to the transceiver, wherein the processor is adapted to:

transmit a data unit related to sensing initiation,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes information related to entire bands in which WLAN sensing is performed, information related to a receiving STA participating in the WLAN sensing, the number K of bands sensed by each receiving STA, and information related to a bandwidth of a band sensed by each receiving STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame;

transmit a null data packet (NDP) frame to the receiving STA; and

receive a feedback frame for the NDP frame from the receiving STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes information related to a number of transmissions of the NDP frames, and

wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information obtained based on the NDP frame.

7 . The transmitting STA of claim 6 ,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes information related to how many subcarriers a channel state information is measured in units of.

8 . The transmitting STA of claim 6 ,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes band allocation information related to a band in which each receiving STA performs sensing.

9 . The transmitting STA of claim 7 ,

wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information for K bands in order of good channel states among the entire bands.

10 . The transmitting STA of claim 6 , the processor is further adapted to,

transmit, by the transmitting STA, a trigger frame requesting the feedback frame to the receiving STA.

11 . A method performed by a sensing station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

receiving a data unit related to sensing initiation from a transmitting STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes information related to entire bands in which WLAN sensing is performed, information related to a receiving STA participating in the WLAN sensing, the number K of bands sensed by each receiving STA, and information related to a bandwidth of a band sensed by each receiving STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation includes a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame;

transmitting a null data packet (NDP) frame; and

transmitting a feedback frame for the NDP frame to the transmitting STA,

wherein the data unit related to sensing initiation further includes information related to a number of transmissions of the NDP frames, and

wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information obtained based on the NDP frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: KIM, SANGGOOK; LIM, DONGGUK; JANG, INSUN; KIM, JEONGKI; CHOI, JINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 064855/0364 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63039420 · Jun 15, 2020
Related Publication 20230319875A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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