IP Library Patent Application 18905556
Patent Application
App. No. 18/905,556

METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING FRAME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

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18/905,556
Abstract

A method of transmitting a frame by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system supporting an HE PPDU (high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a first duration field included in an HE-SIG A field; and transmitting a frame including the HE-SIG A field and a MAC header, wherein the first duration field is set to indicate a TXOP (transmission opportunity) value using a smaller number of bits than a second duration field included in the MAC header, and a granularity of a time unit used for indicating the TXOP value in the first duration field is set to be different from a granularity of a time unit used in the second duration field.

Claims (50)

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

generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a signal A (SIG A) field including a first duration field; and

transmitting the PPDU,

wherein the first duration field includes at least one most significant bit (MSB) related to a first value and a second value related to at least one least significant bit (LSB) related to a second value,

wherein multiplication of the first value and the second value is related to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PPDU comprises a medium access control (MAC) header including a second duration field, and

wherein the first duration field is shorter than the second duration field.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PPDU is a high efficiency (HE) PPDU.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one MSB indicates a granularity of the TXOP duration value obtained from the first duration field.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB is one of a plurality of TXOP duration granularities.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein a length of the first duration field is set to 5 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB is one of 32 us or 512 us,

wherein the length of the first duration field is set to 6 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB is one of 16 us or 256 us, or

wherein the length of the first duration field is set to 7 bits and the granularity indicated by the at least one MSB is one of 8 us or 128 us.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first value is equal to a first bit value of the at least one MSB, and

wherein the second value is obtained based on a second bit value of the at least one LSB.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first duration field is set to 5 bits, 6 bits, or 7 bits.

9 . The method of claim 2 ,

wherein both the TXOP duration value in the first duration field and a second duration value in the second duration field are set for transmission of the PPDU, and

wherein the TXOP duration value in the first duration field is greater than or equal to the second duration value in the second duration field.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first duration field is n bits,

wherein the at least one MSB is a first k bits of the first duration field, for k greater than or equal to 1, and

wherein the at least one LSB is a remaining n-k bits of the first duration field.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one MSB is a single bit.

12 . A non-transitory medium storing instructions, when executed by a processor of a device, that cause the device to perform the method of claim 1 .

13 . A device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to perform operations by executing the instructions, the operations comprising:

generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a signal A (SIG A) field including a first duration field; and

transmitting the PPDU,

wherein the first duration field includes at least one most significant bit (MSB) related to a first value and a second value related to at least one least significant bit (LSB) related to a second value,

wherein multiplication of the first value and the second value is related to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value.

14 . The device of claim 13 , further comprising:

a transceiver,

wherein the device is a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN).

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the STA is a non-access point (AP) STA or an AP STA.

16 . A method performed by a device in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:

receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a signal A (SIG A) field including a first duration field; and

obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value based on (i) a first value related to at least one most significant bit (MSB) of the first duration field and (ii) a second value related to at least one least significant bit (LSB) of the first duration field,

wherein the TXOP duration value is related to multiplication of (i) the first value and (ii) the second value.

17 . A non-transitory medium storing instructions, when executed by a processor of a device, that cause the device to perform the method of claim 16 .

18 . A device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to perform operations by executing the instructions, the operations comprising:

receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a signal A (SIG A) field including a first duration field; and

obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration value based on (i) a first value related to at least one most significant bit (MSB) of the first duration field and (ii) a second value related to at least one least significant bit (LSB) of the first duration field,

wherein the TXOP duration value is related to multiplication of (i) the first value and (ii) the second value.

19 . The device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a transceiver,

wherein the device is a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN).

20 . The device of claim 19 , wherein the STA is a non-access point (AP) STA or an AP STA.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2025
From: KIM, JEONGKI; RYU, KISEON; CHOI, JINSOO; CHO, HANGYU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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