IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,751
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,751 · App. 17/639,851 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Buffer report for low latency

Inventors: Suhwook Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Sanggook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/543H04W28/0278H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,200,751
App. No.
17/639,851
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a station (STA) may transmit a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including information related to low latency traffic. The low latency traffic may be traffic requiring a latency less than or equal to a threshold value. A resource for the low latency traffic may be allocated to the STA. The STA may transmit, via the resource, a second PPDU including the low latency traffic.

Claims (41)

1. A method in a wireless local area network system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a station (STA), a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG field and is a repeat of the L-SIG field, and a universal (U-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three,

wherein the U-SIG field includes version independent bits and version dependent bits being contiguous to the version independent bits,

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of 2 symbols,

wherein the version independent bits include a first subfield related to a physical version of the first PPDU, and the first subfield has a length of 3 bits,

wherein the first PPDU further includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) header including information related to law latency traffic,

wherein the low-latency traffic is traffic requiring a latency less than or equal to a threshold value,

wherein the information related to low latency traffic includes at least one of information related to a time point at which the low latency traffic is stored in a buffer and information related to the threshold value;

receiving, by the STA, an allocation of a resource for the low latency traffic; and

transmitting, by the STA via the resource, a second PPDU including the low latency traffic.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PPDU and the second PPDU are transmitted in different transmission opportunities (TXOPs).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low latency traffic has an access category for the low latency traffic.

4. A station (STA) in a wireless local area network system, the STA comprises,

at least one transceiver for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG field and is a repeat of the L-SIG field, and a universal (U-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three,

wherein the U-SIG field includes version independent bits and version dependent bits being contiguous to the version independent bits,

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of 2 symbols,

wherein the version independent bits include a first subfield related to a physical version of the first PPDU, and the first subfield has a length of 3 bits,

wherein the first PPDU further includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) header including information related to law latency traffic,

wherein the low-latency traffic is traffic requiring a latency less than or equal to a threshold value,

wherein the information related to low latency traffic includes at least one of information related to a time point at which the low latency traffic is stored in a buffer and information related to the threshold value;

receive an allocation of a resource for the low latency traffic; and

transmit, via the resource, a second PPDU including the low latency traffic.

5. The STA of claim 4 , wherein the first PPDU and the second PPDU are transmitted in different transmission opportunities (TXOPs).

6. The STA of claim 4 , wherein the low latency traffic has an access category for the low latency traffic.

7. An access point (AP) in a wireless local area network system, the AP comprises,

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG field and is a repeat of the L-SIG field, and a universal (U-SIG) field which is contiguous to the L-SIG,

wherein the L-SIG field includes a length field which is set to a value satisfying a condition that a remainder is zero when the length field is divided by three,

wherein the U-SIG field includes version independent bits and version dependent bits being contiguous to the version independent bits,

wherein the U-SIG field has a length of 2 symbols,

wherein the version independent bits include a first subfield related to a physical version of the first PPDU, and the first subfield has a length of 3 bits,

wherein the first PPDU further includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) header including information related to law latency traffic,

wherein the low-latency traffic is traffic requiring a latency less than or equal to a threshold value,

wherein the information related to low latency traffic includes at least one of information related to a time point at which the low latency traffic is stored in a buffer and information related to the threshold value;

allocate a resource for the low latency traffic; and

receive, via the resource, a second PPDU including the low latency traffic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: KIM, SUHWOOK; KIM, JEONGKI; CHOI, JINSOO; KIM, SANGGOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62896537 · Sep 5, 2019
Provisional Application 62896542 · Sep 5, 2019
Provisional Application 62896540 · Sep 5, 2019
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