Granted Patent B2

US 10,200,175 · App. 15/523,275 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Inventors: Eunsung Park (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Dongguk Lim (Seoul, KR); Hangyu Cho (Seoul, KR); Wookbong Lee (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04L5/0051H04L5/0044H04L5/0048H04L27/26H04W84/12

Abstract

Claims (100)

1. A data transmission method of a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (LAN) (WLAN) system, comprising:

generating a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a physical preamble and a data field; and

transmitting the PPDU,

when the data field is transmitted within a bandwidth including a 106-tone resource unit including first to fourth pilot tones,

wherein positions of the first to fourth pilot tones correspond to positions of 4 pilot tones from among 8 pilot tones included in 4 26-tone resource units at positions corresponding to the 106-tone resource unit or correspond to positions of 4 pilot tones from among 8 pilot tones included in 2 52-tone resource units at positions corresponding to the 106-tone resource unit.

2. The data transmission method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the position of the first pilot tone corresponds to a position of one of 2 pilot tones included in the first 26-tone resource unit,

wherein the position of the second pilot tone corresponds to a position of one of 2 pilot tones included in the second 26-tone resource unit,

wherein the position of the third pilot tones corresponds to a position of one of 2 pilot tones included in the third 26-tone resource unit, and

wherein the position of the fourth pilot tones corresponds to a position of one of 2 pilot tones included in the fourth 26-tone resource unit.

3. The data transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein a first pilot sequence {1 1 1-1} is applied to the first to fourth pilot tones.

4. The data transmission method according to claim 3 , wherein, when 26 tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 25 , 2 pilot tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are respectively positioned at the indices 6 and 20 .

5. The data transmission method according to claim 4 , wherein, when 106 tones included in the 106-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 105 , the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 6 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 32 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 74 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 100 .

6. The data transmission method according to claim 3 , wherein, when 26 tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 25 , 2 pilot tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are respectively positioned at the indices 5 and 19 .

7. The data transmission method according to claim 6 , wherein, when 106 tones included in the 106-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 105 , the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 5 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 31 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 73 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 99 .

8. The data transmission method according to claim 1 , when the data field is transmitted using a 996-tone resource unit including first to sixteenth pilot tones, and

wherein a second pilot sequence {1 1 1 −1 −1 1 1 1 1 1 1 −1 −1 1 1 1} is applied to the first to sixteenth pilot tones.

9. The data transmission method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bandwidth includes two 106-tone resource units,

when the two 106-tone resource units include the first to fourth pilot tones respectively and 106 tones included in the 106-tone resource unit are positioned at indices 0 to 105 sequentially:

wherein, in one 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 6 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 32 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 74 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 100 , and

wherein, in another 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 5 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 31 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 73 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 99 .

10. The data transmission method according to claim 9 , wherein the two 106-tone resource units are symmetrically located with DC tones as a center in the bandwidth.

11. The data transmission method according to claim 9 ,

when the bandwidth is a 20 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 20 MHz includes 6 left guard tones, a first 106-tone resource unit, a first 13-tone resource unit, 7 DC (Direct Current) tones, a second 13-tone resource unit, a second 106-tone resource unit and 5 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 7 DC tones, indices from + 1 to + 127 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 128 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 116 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 90 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 48 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 22 , and

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 22 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 48 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 90 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 116 .

12. The data transmission method according to claim 11 , wherein the first 106-tone resource unit corresponds to the one 106-tone resource unit, and the second 106-tone resource unit corresponds to the another 106-tone resource unit.

13. The data transmission method according to claim 9 ,

when the bandwidth is a 40 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 40 MHz includes 12 left guard tones, 1 leftover tone, a first 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, 5 DC (Direct Current) tones, 1 leftover tone, a third 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, and 11 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 5 DC tones, indices + 1 to + 255 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 256 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 238 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 212 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 170 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 144 ,

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 104 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 78 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 36 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 10 ,

wherein, in the third 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 10 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 36 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 78 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 104 , and

wherein, in the fourth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 144 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 170 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 212 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 238 .

14. The data transmission method according to claim 13 , wherein the first and the second 106-tone resource units correspond to the another 106-tone resource unit, and the third and the fourth 106-tone resource units correspond to the one 106-tone resource unit.

15. The data transmission method according to claim 9 ,

when the bandwidth is a 80 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 80 MHz includes 12 left guard tones, 1 leftover tone, a first 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 106-tone resource unit, 2 leftover tones, a third 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 13-tone resource unit, 7 DC (Direct Current) tones, a second 13-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fifth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a third 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a sixth 106-tone resource unit, 2 leftover tones, a seventh 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 26- tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a eighth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, and 11 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 5 DC tones, indices + 1 to + 511 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 512 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 494 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 468 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 426 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 400 ,

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 360 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 334 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 292 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 266 ,

wherein, in the third 106 -tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 252 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 226 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 184 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 158 ,

wherein, in the fourth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 118 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 92 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 50 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 24 ,

wherein, in the fifth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 24 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 50 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 92 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 118 ,

wherein, in the sixth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 158 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 184 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 226 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 252 ,

wherein, in the seventh 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 266 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 292 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 334 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 360 , and

wherein, in the eighth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 400 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 426 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 468 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 494 .

16. The data transmission method according to claim 15 , wherein the first to the fourth 106-tone resource units correspond to the another 106-tone resource unit, and the fifth to the eighth 106-tone resource units correspond to the one 106-tone resource unit.

17. A station (STA) in a wireless local area network (LAN) (WLAN) system, comprising:

an RF unit configured to transmit and receive RF signals; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to generate a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a physical preamble and a data field and to transmit the PPDU,

when the data field is transmitted within a bandwidth including a 106-tone resource unit including first to fourth pilot tones,

wherein positions of the first to fourth pilot tones correspond to positions of 4 pilot tones from among 8 pilot tones included in 4 26-tone resource units at positions corresponding to the 106-tone resource unit or correspond to positions of 4 pilot tones from among 8 pilot tones included in 2 52-tone resource units at positions corresponding to the 106-tone resource unit.

18. The STA according to claim 17 , wherein a first pilot sequence {1 1 1−1} is applied to the first to fourth pilot tones.

19. The STA according to claim 18 , wherein, when 26 tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 25 , 2 pilot tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are respectively positioned at the indices 6 and 20 .

20. The STA according to claim 18 , wherein, when 26 tones include in each 26-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 25 , 2 pilot tones included in each 26-tone resource unit are respectively positioned at the indices 5 and 19 .

21. The STA according to claim 19 , wherein, when 106 tones included in the 106-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 105 , the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 6 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 32 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 74 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 100 .

22. The STA according to claim 20 , wherein, when 106 tones included in the 106-tone resource unit are sequentially positioned at indices 0 to 105 , the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 5 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 31 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 73 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 99 .

23. The STA according to claim 17 , when the data field is transmitted using a 996-tone resource unit including first to sixteenth pilot tones, and

wherein a second pilot sequence {1 1 1 −1 −1 1 1 1 1 1 1 −1 −1 1 1 1} is applied to the first to sixteenth pilot tones.

24. The STA according to claim 17 ,

wherein the bandwidth includes two 106-tone resource units,

when the two 106-tone resource units include the first to fourth pilot tones respectively and 106 tones included in the 106 -tone resource unit are positioned at indices 0 to 105 sequentially:

wherein, in one 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 6 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 32 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 74 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 100 , and

wherein, in another 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index 5 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index 31 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index 73 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index 99 .

25. The STA according to claim 24 , wherein the first to fourth pilot tones in the one 106-tone resource unit and the first to fourth pilot tones in the another 106-tone resource unit are symmetrically located with DC tones as a center in the specific bandwidth.

26. The STA according to claim 24 ,

when the bandwidth is a 20 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 20 MHz includes 6 left guard tones, a first 106-tone resource unit, a first 13-tone resource unit, 7 DC (Direct Current) tones, a second 13-tone resource unit, a second 106-tone resource unit and 5 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 7 DC tones, indices from + 1 to + 127 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 128 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 116 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 90 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 48 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 22 , and

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 22 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 48 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 90 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 116 .

27. The STA according to claim 26 , wherein the first 106-tone resource unit corresponds to the one 106-tone resource unit, and the second 106-tone resource unit corresponds to the another 106-tone resource unit.

28. The STA according to claim 24 ,

when the bandwidth is a 40 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 40 MHz includes 12 left guard tones, 1 leftover tone, a first 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, 5 DC (Direct Current) tones, 1 leftover tone, a third 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, and 11 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 5 DC tones, indices + 1 to + 255 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 256 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 238 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 212 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 170 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 144 ,

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 104 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 78 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 36 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 10 ,

wherein, in the third 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 10 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 36 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 78 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 104 , and

wherein, in the fourth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 144 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 170 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 212 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 238 .

29. The STA according to claim 28 , wherein the first and the second 106-tone resource units correspond to the another 106-tone resource unit, and the third and the fourth 106-tone resource units correspond to the one 106-tone resource unit.

30. The STA according to claim 24 ,

when the bandwidth is a 80 MHz bandwidth:

wherein the 80 MHz includes 12 left guard tones, 1 leftover tone, a first 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 106-tone resource unit, 2 leftover tones, a third 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a second 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a first 13-tone resource unit, 7 DC (Direct Current) tones, a second 13-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fifth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a third 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a sixth 106-tone resource unit, 2 leftover tones, a seventh 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a fourth 26-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, a eighth 106-tone resource unit, 1 leftover tone, and 11 right guard tones, sequentially,

when an index 0 is allocated to a central DC tone among the 5 DC tones, indices + 1 to + 511 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a right side of the central DC tone in a right direction, and indices − 1 to − 512 are sequentially allocated to tones located on a left side of the central DC tone in a left direction:

wherein, in the first 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 494 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 468 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 426 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 400 ,

wherein, in the second 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 360 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 334 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 292 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 266 ,

wherein, in the third 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 252 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 226 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 184 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 158 ,

wherein, in the fourth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index − 118 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index − 92 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index − 50 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index − 24 ,

wherein, in the fifth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 24 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 50 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 92 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 118 ,

wherein, in the sixth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 158 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 184 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 226 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 252 ,

wherein, in the seventh 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 266 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 292 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 334 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 360 , and

wherein, in the eighth 106-tone resource unit, the first pilot tone is positioned at the index + 400 , the second pilot tone is positioned at the index + 426 , the third pilot tone is positioned at the index + 468 , and the fourth pilot tone is positioned at the index + 494 .

31. The STA according to claim 30 , wherein the first to the fourth 106-tone resource units correspond to the another 106-tone resource unit, and the fifth to the eighth 106-tone resource units correspond to the one 106-tone resource unit.

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