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US 11,838,793 · App. 17/989,702 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal for transmitting information on buffer status

Inventors: 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.
H04W28/0278H04L5/00H04L27/26H04W72/21H04W72/23H04W74/006H04W28/0268H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 11,838,793
App. No.
17/989,702
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication terminal wirelessly communicating with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal comprises a transceiver and the processor. The processer receives, by using the transceiver, a wireless signal including a trigger frame from the base wireless communication terminal and transmits, by using the transceiver, buffer status information to the base wireless communication terminal based on the trigger frame. The buffer status information is included in a QoS control field which signals information on a QoS control of a MAC header.

Claims (16)

1. A wireless communication terminal wirelessly communicating with a base wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit, by using the transceiver, buffer status information including a queue data size field to the base wireless communication terminal, wherein the queue data size field indicates a size of data stored in a transmission buffer using a variable granularity of the size of the data, and

wherein the buffer status information is included in a quality of service (QoS) control field which signals information on a QoS control of a medium access control (MAC) header.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the variable granularity of the size of the data is determined by the wireless communication terminal.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the queue data size field indicates the size of the data stored in the transmission buffer according to a type of the data.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 3 , the queue data size field indicates the size of the data stored in the transmission buffer according to each access category.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit, by using the transceiver, a wireless signal including both the buffer status information and data.

6. An operation method of a wireless communication terminal wireless communicating with a base wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting buffer status information including a queue data size field to the base wireless communication terminal, wherein the queue data size field indicates a size of data stored in a transmission buffer using a variable granularity of the size of the data, and

wherein the buffer status information is included in a quality of service (QoS) control field which signals information on a QoS control of a medium access control (MAC) header.

7. The operation method of claim 6 , wherein the variable granularity of the size of the data is determined by the wireless communication terminal.

8. The operation method of claim 7 , wherein the queue data size field indicates the size of the data stored in the transmission buffer according to a type of the data.

9. The operation method of claim 8 , the queue data size field may indicate the size of the data stored in the transmission buffer according to each access category.

10. The operation method of claim 6 , wherein the transmitting the buffer status information comprises transmitting a wireless signal including both the buffer status information and data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: KIM, YONGHO; KWAK, JINSAM; SON, JUHYUNG
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 064651/0477 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064659/0001 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0067957 · May 15, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0084394 · Jun 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17203749 · Mar 17, 2021
Continuation 16513706 · Jul 17, 2019
Continuation 15808879 · Nov 9, 2017
Continuation PCTKR2016005126 · May 13, 2016
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