IP Library Granted Patent US 9,736,871
Granted Patent B2
US 9,736,871 · App. 14/651,607 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Method for transmitting/receiving information related to association identifier in wireless communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Jeongki Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Yongho Seok (Anyang-si, KR); Hangyu Cho (Anyang-si, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/021H04L1/1829H04W8/26H04W72/042H04W72/0413H04L2001/0097H04W4/005H04W48/12H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 9,736,871
App. No.
14/651,607
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving information related to an association identification (AID) in a wireless communication system, the transmitting/receiving method comprising: a step in which a second STA having a direct link to a first STA receives an announcement frame related to an updated AID from the first STA; and a step in which the second STA transmits an ACK frame in response to the announcement frame, wherein the announcement frame comprises one or more AID-MAC address pairs and the second STA updates the AID of an STA corresponding to the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.

Claims (33)

1. A method for transmitting and receiving information related to an association identification (AID) by a second non-access point station (non-AP STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing, by the second non-AP STA, a direct link setup procedure with a first non-AP STA;

receiving, from the first non-AP STA by the second non-AP STA having a direct link to the first non-AP STA, an announcement frame related to an updated AID of the first non-AP STA, when an AP has changed an AID of the first non-AP STA after the direct link setup procedure; and

transmitting, to the first non-AP STA by the second non-AP STA, an acknowledgement (ACK) frame in response to the announcement frame,

wherein the announcement frame contains one or more AID-MAC address pairs, and

wherein the second non-AP STA updates the AID of the first non-AP STA to the updated AID based on the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the announcement frame contains an AID announcement element,

wherein the AID announcement element comprises the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, an MAC address of the one or more AID-MAC address pairs is an MAC address of an updated STA, and an AID of the one or more AID-MAC address pairs is an AID of an STA corresponding to the MAC address.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the direct link is one of tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) or direct link setup (DLS).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the updated AID is a new AID assigned to the first non-AP STA by the AP.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the new AID is delivered from the AP to the first non-AP STA through an AID switch response frame.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the updated AID belongs to a different group than an AID of the second non-AP STA, the announcement frame contains information requesting change of the AID of the second non-AP STA.

8. A method for transmitting and receiving information related to an association identification (AID) by a first non-access point station (non-AP STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing, by the first non-AP STA, a direct link setup procedure with a second non-AP STA;

transmitting, by a first non-AP STA, an announcement frame related to an updated AID of the first non-AP STA to the second non-AP STA having a direct link to the first non-AP STA, when an AP has changed an AID of the first non-AP STA after the direct link setup procedure; and

receiving, by the first non-AP STA, an acknowledgement (ACK) frame from the second non-AP STA in response to the announcement frame,

wherein the announcement frame contains one or more AID-MAC address pairs, and

wherein the one or more AID-MAC address pairs are used by the second non-AP STA for an update of the AID of the first non-AP STA to the updated AID of the first non-AP STA.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the announcement frame contains an AID announcement element,

wherein the AID announcement element comprises the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein an MAC address of the one or more AID-MAC address pairs is an MAC address of an updated STA, and an AID of the one or more AID-MAC address pairs is an AID of an STA corresponding to the MAC address.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the direct link is one of tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) or direct link setup (DLS).

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the updated AID is a new AID assigned to the first non-AP STA by the AP STA by the AP.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, from the AP, an AID switch response frame containing the new AID.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the AID switch response frame is a response to an AID switch request frame transmitted to the AP by the first non-AP STA.

15. A non-access point station (non-AP STA) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a processor to perform a direct link setup procedure with another non-AP STA;

a receiver to receive, from the another non-AP STA, an announcement frame related to an updated AID of the another non-AP STA, when an AP has changed an AID of the another non-AP STA after the direct link setup procedure; and

a transmitter to transmit, to the another non-AP STA, an acknowledgement (ACK) frame in response to the announcement frame,

wherein the announcement frame contains one or more AID-MAC address pairs, and

wherein the processor updates the AID of the another non-AP STA to the updated AID based on the one or more AID-MAC address pairs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2015
From: KIM, JEONGKI; SEOK, YONGHO; CHO, HANGYU; CHOI, JINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (5)
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