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Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,541 · App. 18/783,672 · Granted May 6, 2025

Method and device for setting pilot tone in wideband in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Eunsung Park (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR); Jinmin Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunwoong Yun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0048H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,294,541
App. No.
18/783,672
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed are a method and device for receiving an EHT PPDU on the basis of a tone plan in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives the EHT PPDU from a transmission STA through a 320 MHz band. The reception STA decodes the EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU includes a control field and a data field. The control field includes information about a pilot tone. The information about the pilot tone includes allocation information indicating that a first pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is configured by repeating a second pilot tone for an 80 MHz band defined in an 802.11ax wireless LAN system. The first pilot tone is received in a data field on the basis of the allocation information.

Claims (73)

1. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving station (STA), an extremely high throughput (EHT) physical protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting STA; and

decoding, by the receiving STA, the EHT PPDU,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes control information and a data field,

wherein the control information includes allocation information,

wherein the data field includes a pilot tone for a 320 MHz band, and

wherein an index of the pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is related to an index of a pilot tone for a 80 MHz band based on the control information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information further includes bandwidth information,

wherein an index of a first tone plan for the 320 MHz band is related to an index of a second tone plan for the 80 MHz band based on the allocation information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein, based on the EHT PPDU being transmitted to a plurality of receiving STAs, the second tone plan is an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) tone plan,

wherein the OFDMA tone plan is configured by combining a 26-tone resource unit (RU), a 52-tone RU, a 106-tone RU, a 242-tone RU, and a 484-tone RU,

wherein the 26-tone RU is an RU including 26 tones,

wherein the 52-tone RU is an RU including 52 tones,

wherein the 106-tone RU is an RU including 106 tones,

wherein the 242-tone RU is an RU including 242 tones, and

wherein the 484-tone RU is an RU including 484 tones.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein,

based on the second tone plan being configured by combining the 26-tone RU or the 52-tone RU, a tone index of the second pilot tone is set to ±{10, 24, 38, 50, 64, 78, 92, 104, 118, 130, 144, 158, 172, 184, 198, 212, 226, 238, 252, 266, 280, 292, 306, 320, 334, 346, 360, 372, 386, 400, 414, 426, 440, 454, 468, 480, 494}, and

based on the second tone plan being configured by combining the 106-tone RU, the 242-tone RU, or the 484-tone RU, the second pilot tone is set to ±{24, 50, 92, 118, 158, 184, 226, 252, 266, 292, 334, 360, 400, 426, 468, 494}.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of first and second 160 MHz bands, and the first and second 160 MHz bands are non-contiguous to each other, a tone index of a third pilot tone for the first and second 160 MHz bands includes an index obtained by adding −512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone and an index obtained by adding +512 to an index of the second pilot tone.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of a contiguous 320 MHz band,

a third pilot tone for the contiguous 320 MHz band includes a pilot tone for first to fourth 80 MHz bands,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the first 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding −1536 to a tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the second 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding −512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the third 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding-+512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone, and

a tone index of a pilot tone for the fourth 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding-+1536 to a tone index of the second pilot tone.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein, based on the EHT PPDU being transmitted to one receiving STA, the second tone plan is configured with a 996-tone RU, and the 996-tone RU is an RU including 996 tones.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a tone index of the second pilot tone is set to ±{24, 92, 158, 226, 266, 334, 400, 468}.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of a non-contiguous 160+160 MHz band,

one 160 MHz band in the non-contiguous 160+160 MHz band consists of first and second 996-tone RUs,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the first 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding −512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone, and

a tone index of a pilot tone for the second 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding +512 to the tone index of the second pilot tone.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of a contiguous 320MH band,

a third pilot tone for the contiguous 320 MHz band includes a pilot tone for first to fourth 996-tone RUs,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the first 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding −1536 to a tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the second 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding −512 to the tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the third 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding +512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone, and

a tone index of a pilot tone for the fourth 996-tone RU is an index obtained by adding +1536 to the tone index of the second pilot tone.

11. A receiving station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the receiving STA comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive an extremely high throughput (EHT) physical protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting STA through a 320 MHz band; and

decode the EHT PPDU,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes control information and a data field,

wherein the control information includes allocation information,

wherein the data field includes a pilot tone for a 320 MHz band, and

wherein an index of the pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is related to an index of a pilot tone for a 80 MHz band based on the control information.

12. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

generating, by a transmitting station (STA), an extremely high throughput (EHT) physical protocol data unit (PPDU); and

transmitting, by the transmitting STA, the EHT PPDU to at least one receiving STA through a 320 MHz band,

wherein the EHT PPDU includes control information and a data field,

wherein the control information includes allocation information,

wherein the data field includes a pilot tone for a 320 MHz band, and

wherein an index of the pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is related to an index of a pilot tone for a 80 MHz band based on the control information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the control information further includes bandwidth information,

wherein an index of a first tone plan for the 320 MHz band is related to an index of a second tone plan for the 80 MHz band based on the allocation information.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, based on the EHT PPDU being transmitted to a plurality of receiving STAs, the second tone plan is an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) tone plan,

wherein the OFDMA tone plan is configured by combining a 26-tone resource unit (RU), a 52-tone RU, a 106-tone RU, a 242-tone RU, and a 484-tone RU,

wherein the 26-tone RU is an RU including 26 tones,

wherein the 52-tone RU is an RU including 52 tones,

wherein the 106-tone RU is an RU including 106 tones,

wherein the 242-tone RU is an RU including 242 tones, and

wherein the 484-tone RU is an RU including 484 tones.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein,

based on the second tone plan being configured by combining the 26-tone RU or the 52-tone RU, a tone index of the second pilot tone is set to ±{10, 24, 38, 50, 64, 78, 92, 104, 118, 130, 144, 158, 172, 184, 198, 212, 226, 238, 252, 266, 280, 292, 306, 320, 334, 346, 360, 372, 386, 400, 414, 426, 440, 454, 468, 480, 494}, and

based on the second tone plan being configured by combining the 106-tone RU, the 242-tone RU, or the 484-tone RU, the second pilot tone is set to ±{24, 50, 92, 118, 158, 184, 226, 252, 266, 292, 334, 360, 400, 426, 468, 494}.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of first and second 160 MHz bands, and the first and second 160 MHz bands are non-contiguous to each other, a tone index of a third pilot tone for the first and second 160 MHz bands includes an index obtained by adding −512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone and an index obtained by adding +512 to an index of the second pilot tone.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein, based on the 320 MHz band consisting of a contiguous 320 MHz band,

a third pilot tone for the contiguous 320 MHz band includes a pilot tone for first to fourth 80 MHz bands,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the first 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding −1536 to a tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the second 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding −512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone,

a tone index of a pilot tone for the third 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding-+512 to a tone index of the second pilot tone, and a tone index of a pilot tone for the fourth 80 MHz band is an index obtained by adding-+1536 to a tone index of the second pilot tone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2024
From: PARK, EUNSUNG; CHOI, JINSOO; LIM, DONGGUK; KIM, JINMIN; YUN, SUNWOONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0064896 · May 31, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0079646 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17615409
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