IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,793
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,793 · App. 14/903,598 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Method for accessing channel under spatial multiplexing and station

Inventors: Weimin Xing (Shenzhen, CN); Nan Li (Shenzhen, CN); Kaibo Tian (Shenzhen, CN); Kaiying Lv (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W74/0833H04B7/0617H04W16/28H04W74/08H04B7/0452
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Patent No.
US 9,832,793
App. No.
14/903,598
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method includes: an intercepting station detecting a first radio signal of a third-party station and updating a local network allocation vector and/or response indication deferral; triggering a channel contention access procedure when determining that a second radio signal of the third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition, and then completing data transmission within updated time. In the case that the network allocation vector or response indication deferral is not 0, the third-party station ignoring or resetting the network allocation vector or the response indication deferral when determining that a sector transmission in a transmission initiated by the station is orthogonal with a transmission space to be carried out by itself, the third-party station initiating a contention and starting the spatial orthogonal transmission within a duration indicated by the updated network allocation vector or the response indication deferral.

Claims (37)

1. A channel access method under spatial reuse, comprising:

an intercepting station detecting a first radio signal of a third-party station, updating a local network allocation vector and/or a response indication deferral;

triggering a channel contention access procedure when determining that a second radio signal of the third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition, and then completing a data transmission within a duration indicated after updating.

2. The channel access method of claim 1 , wherein, at the expiry of a timer indicated by the updated local network allocation vector or response indication deferral, the method further comprises: the intercepting station restoring a state of a random backoff procedure saved in a triggered channel contention access procedure as a current random backoff procedure.

3. The channel access method of claim 2 , wherein, said triggering a channel contention comprises: saving a state of an existing backoff procedure; starting a new backoff procedure and contending for a channel to transmit.

4. The channel access method of claim 2 , wherein, said determining that a second radio signal of a third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition is:

not detecting the second radio signal of the third-party station within a preset time interval Δt after an end of the intercepting station detecting the first radio signal of the third-party station.

5. The channel access method of claim 2 , wherein, the first radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that can be received by the intercepting station;

the second radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that cannot be received by the intercepting station.

6. The channel access method of claim 1 , wherein, the first radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that can be received by the intercepting station;

the second radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that cannot be received by the intercepting station.

7. The channel access method of claim 6 , wherein, the first radio signal is transmitted in an omnidirectional mode;

the second radio signal is transmitted in a directional or sectorization or beamforming mode.

8. The channel access method of claim 1 , wherein, said triggering a channel contention comprises: saving a state of an existing backoff procedure; starting a new backoff procedure and contending for a channel to transmit.

9. The channel access method of claim 1 , wherein, said determining that a second radio signal of a third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition is:

not detecting the second radio signal of the third-party station within a preset time interval Δt after an end of the intercepting station detecting the first radio signal of the third-party station.

10. The channel access method of claim 9 , wherein, the method further comprises: the intercepting station setting a channel carrier detection result as idle.

11. The channel access method of claim 9 , wherein, the preset time interval Δt starts at an omnidirectional beam to sector beam conversion time point;

the length of the preset time interval Δt is a duration of one or more transmission symbols; or, the length of the preset time interval Δt is the value of a summation of one short interframe space and one slot, plus the value of one receiving start delay.

12. The channel access method of claim 1 , wherein, when what is updated is the local network allocation vector, the duration indicated after updating is: a duration indicated by the updated local network allocation vector;

when what is updated is the response indication deferral, the duration indicated after updating is: a duration indicated by the updated response indication deferral;

when what is updated are the local network allocation vector and the response indication deferral, the duration indicated after updating is: the duration indicated by the updated local network allocation vector; or a longer one of durations indicated by the updated local network allocation vector and the updated response indication deferral.

13. A station, comprising hardware performing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following modules: an updating modules, configured to, update a local network allocation vector and/or a response indication deferral when detecting a first radio signal of a third party station;

a triggering module, configured to, trigger a channel contention access procedure when determining that a second radio signal of a third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition, and then complete a data transmission within updated duration.

14. The station of claim 13 , wherein the hardware further performs instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following module:

a restoring module, configured to, at the expiry of a timer indicated by the updated local network allocation vector or response indication deferral,

restore a state of a random backoff procedure saved in a triggered channel contention transmission as a current random backoff procedure.

15. The station of claim 14 , wherein, the first radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that can be received by the station and is sent in an omnidirectional mode;

the second radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that cannot be received by the station and is sent in a directional or sectorization or beamforming mode.

16. The station of claim 13 , wherein, the first radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that can be received by the station and is sent in an omnidirectional mode;

the second radio signal is a radio signal of radio frames or a part of the radio frames that cannot be received by the station and is sent in a directional or sectorization or beamforming mode.

17. The station of claim 13 , wherein, said triggering a channel contention is saving a state of an existing backoff procedure; starting a new backoff procedure and contending for a channel to transmit.

18. The station of claim 13 , wherein, said determining that the second radio signal of the third-party station meets a spatial orthogonal condition is: not detecting the second radio signal of the third-party station within a preset time interval Δt after an end of the station detecting the first radio signal of the third-party station.

19. The station of claim 18 , wherein the hardware further performs instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following module:

a setting modul, configured to set a channel carrier detection result as idle.

20. The station of claim 18 , wherein, the preset time interval Δt starts at an omnidirectional beam to sector beam conversion time point;

the length of the preset time interval Δt is a duration of one or more transmission symbols; or, the length of the preset time interval Δt is the value of a summation of one short interframe space and one slot, plus the value of one receiving start delay.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043362/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2016
From: XING, WEIMIN; LI, NAN; TIAN, KAIBO; LV, KAIYING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037444/0529 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0292588 · Jul 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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