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Granted Patent B2
US 10,869,267 · App. 16/404,080 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

UL MU transmission method of STA operating in power save mode, and device for performing method

Inventors: Hyeyoung Choi (Seoul, KR); Kiseon Ryu (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Hangyu Cho (Seoul, KR); Suhwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/0206H04W52/02H04W52/0219H04W72/0446H04W72/12H04W76/28H04W84/12H04W88/08Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 10,869,267
App. No.
16/404,080
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for UL MU transmission of an STA operating in a power save mode comprises the steps of: transmitting a TWT request element including first information related to a requested TBTT of a first beacon frame and second information related to a requested wake interval between subsequent beacon frames the STA intends to receive to an AP; receiving a TWT response element from the AP in response to the TWT request element; switching to a doze state from the awake state after receiving the TWT response element; switching to the awake state from the doze state based on the third information in order to receive the first beacon frame from the AP; receiving the first beacon frame including fifth information related to a trigger transmission time of a trigger frame soliciting the UL MU transmission from one or more STAs from the AP.

Claims (23)

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

receiving, from an access point (AP) by the STA, a target wakeup time (TWT) response including first information related to an allocated target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of a first beacon frame and second information related to an allocated wake interval between subsequent beacon frames the STA intends to receive;

operating, by the STA, in an awake state based on the TWT response;

receiving, from the AP by the STA, the first beacon frame including third information related to a trigger frame soliciting uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission from at least one target STA;

receiving, from the AP by the STA, the trigger frame based on the first beacon frame; and

transmitting, to the AP by the STA in response to the trigger frame, an uplink frame for the UL MU transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STA selects an operation state based on the TWT response, wherein the operation state includes the awake state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STA obtains a transmission time of the trigger frame based on the first beacon frame.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STA further receives a second beacon frame after receiving the subsequent beacon frames.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a time interval between the trigger frame and the uplink frame is a short interface space (SIFS).

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

a transceiver implemented to transmit or receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

instruct the transceiver to receive, from an access point (AP), a target wakeup time (TWT) response including first information related to an allocated target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of a first beacon frame and second information related to an allocated wake interval between subsequent beacon frames the STA intends to receive;

operate in an awake state based on the TWT response;

instruct the transceiver to receive, from the AP, the first beacon frame including third information related to a trigger frame soliciting uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission from at least one target STA;

instruct the transceiver to receive, from the AP, the trigger frame based on the first beacon frame; and

instruct the transceiver to transmit, to the AP in response to the trigger frame, an uplink frame for the UL MU transmission.

7. The STA of claim 6 , wherein the STA selects an operation state based on the TWT response, wherein the operation state includes the awake state.

8. The STA of claim 6 , wherein the STA obtains a transmission time of the trigger frame based on the first beacon frame.

9. The STA of claim 6 , wherein the STA further receives a second beacon frame after receiving the subsequent beacon frames.

10. The STA of claim 6 , wherein a time interval between the trigger frame and the uplink frame is a short interface space (SIFS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2019
From: CHOI, HYEYOUNG; RYU, KISEON; KIM, JEONGKI; CHO, HANGYU; KIM, SUHWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15570297
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