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Granted Patent B2
US 11,737,079 · App. 17/744,600 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for transmitting uplink by multiple users

Inventors: Woojin Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yongho Kim (Incheon, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
H04W72/12H04W72/21H04W74/08H04W84/12H04W74/004
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Patent No.
US 11,737,079
App. No.
17/744,600
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling simultaneous uplink transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, the terminal including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: generate an uplink packet, wherein a predetermined field of a MAC header of the uplink packet indicates information on uplink data of the terminal, and transmit the generated uplink packet to a base wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method using the same.

Claims (41)

1. A wireless communication terminal, the terminal comprising:

a processor; and

a communication unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit buffer status information used for scheduling uplink transmission,

wherein the buffer status information includes a first access class set field and a second access class set field of a stored uplink data,

receive trigger frame soliciting the uplink transmission,

perform the uplink transmission based on the trigger frame,

wherein each of the first access class set field and the second access class set field indicates one or more access classes corresponding to the uplink data.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the buffer status information further includes a first size subfield and a second size subfield related to the stored uplink data, and

wherein each of the first size subfield and the second size subfield indicates a size of a queue in which the stored uplink data is stored.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein the first size subfield indicates a size related to uplink data corresponding to a first access class set field, and

wherein the second size subfield indicates a size related to uplink data corresponding to the second set field.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 3 ,

wherein the first size subfield indicates a size of a first queue in which the uplink data is stored according to the first access class set field, and

wherein the second size subfield indicates a size of a second queue in which the uplink data is stored according to the second access class set field.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein the first size subfield and the second size subfield are used for multi-user uplink transmission scheduling of the base wireless communication terminal.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more access classes indicated by the second access class set field are different from the one or more access classes indicated by the first access class set field.

7. A wireless communication method of a wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting buffer status information used for scheduling uplink transmission,

wherein the buffer status information includes a first access class set field and a second access class set field of a stored uplink data;

receiving trigger frame soliciting the uplink transmission; and

performing the uplink transmission based on the trigger frame,

wherein each of the first access class set field and the second access class set field indicates one or more access classes corresponding to the uplink data.

8. The wireless communication method of claim 7 ,

wherein the buffer status information further includes a first size subfield and a second size subfield related to the stored uplink data, and

wherein each of the first size subfield and the second size subfield indicates a size of a queue in which the stored uplink data is stored.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the first size subfield indicates a size related to uplink data corresponding to a first access class set field, and

wherein the second size subfield indicates a size related to uplink data corresponding to the second set field.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9 ,

wherein the first size subfield indicates a size of a first queue in which the uplink data is stored according to the first access class set field, and

wherein the second size subfield indicates a size of a second queue in which the uplink data is stored according to the second access class set field.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 8 ,

wherein the first size subfield and the second size subfield are used for multi-user uplink transmission scheduling of the base wireless communication terminal.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 7 ,

wherein the one or more access classes indicated by the second access class set field are different from the one or more access classes indicated by the first access class set field.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060329/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: AHN, WOOJIN; KIM, YONGHO; KWAK, JINSAM; SON, JUHYUNG
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 060143/0448 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16924199 · Jul 9, 2020
Continuation 16752616 · Jan 25, 2020
Continuation 15638307 · Jun 29, 2017
Continuation PCTKR2015014585 · Dec 31, 2015
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