IP Library Granted Patent US 11,503,539
Granted Patent B2
US 11,503,539 · App. 17/269,989 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Method and device for transmitting or receiving information about links in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Suhwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Kiseon Ryu (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/0203H04B1/005H04W52/0216H04W52/0229H04W74/0833H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,503,539
App. No.
17/269,989
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method executed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, according to various embodiments, may comprise: a step in which a reception station (STA), which supports a multilink comprising a first link and a second link, receives a target wake time (TWT) element via the first link, wherein the TWT element is received via a beacon and includes information for TWT period configuration for the second link; a step in which the reception STA configures a TWT period for the second link on the basis of the TWT element; and a step in which the reception STA communicates with a transmission STA via the second link within the TWT period.

Claims (22)

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

transmitting, by a multi-link device supporting a multi-link operation related to a first link and a second link, an association request frame including identification (ID) information related to a plurality of links mapped to the multi-link operation;

receiving, by the multi-link device, a target wake time (TWT) element through the first link,

wherein the TWT element includes a request type field related to whether the TWT element is transmitted by a TWT requesting station (STA) or a TWT responding STA, a TWT value field for configuring a TWT period, and a link ID information field indicating at least one link to which the TWT element applies;

applying, by the multi-link device, the TWT element to the second link, based on the link ID information field; and

performing, by the multi-link device, communication through the second link within the TWT period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-link device is a non-access point (AP) device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TWT element further includes a minimum TWT wake duration field for configuring a minimum duration of the TWT period.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first link is configured based on one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, and/or a 6 GHz band.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second link is configured based on one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, and/or a 6 GHz band.

6. A multi-link device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the multi-link device comprising:

a transceiver supporting a multi-link operation related to a first link and a second link by transmitting/receiving a radio signal; and

a processor controlling the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit an association request frame including identification (ID) information related to a plurality of links mapped to the multi-link operation;

receive a target wake time (TWT) element through the first link,

wherein the TWT element includes a request type field related to whether the TWT element is transmitted by a TWT requesting station (STA) or a TWT responding STA, a TWT value field for configuring a TWT period, and a link ID information field indicating at least one link to which the TWT element applies;

apply the TWT element to the second link, based on the link ID information field; and

perform communication through the second link within the TWT period.

7. The multi-link device of claim 6 , wherein the multi-link device is a non-access point (AP) device.

8. The multi-link device of claim 6 , wherein the first link is configured based on one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, and/or a 6 GHz band.

9. The multi-link device of claim 6 , wherein the second link is configured based on one of a 2.4 GHz band, a 5 GHz band, and/or a 6 GHz band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2021
From: KIM, SUHWOOK; KIM, JEONGKI; RYU, KISEON; CHOI, JINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 055624/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0098876 · Aug 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210329547A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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