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US 12,363,622 · App. 18/617,383 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Method and device for obtaining information about communication entity operating in new band 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.
H04W48/16H04W52/0216H04W72/0453H04W72/046H04W72/23H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,363,622
App. No.
18/617,383
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification relates to a high-efficiency wireless LAN standard operating in a new band. A reception station (STA) according to one embodiment of the present specification can carry out a step of receiving a discovery frame via a 2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band from a first access point (AP), wherein the discovery frame includes information related to a second AP operating in a 6 GHz band. The reception STA can carry out an association procedure for the second AP operating in the 6 GHz band on the basis of the received information.

Claims (37)

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

receiving a probe response frame from a first access point (AP) through a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band,

wherein the probe response frame includes a Neighbor Report element related to a second AP operating in a 6 GHz band, and the first AP is in a same co-located AP set as the second AP,

wherein the Neighbor Report element includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) being reported and a BSSID information field including 1-bit information related to whether the second AP is a High Efficiency (HE) AP,

wherein the BSSID field has a length of 6 octets and the BSSID information field has a length of 4 octets,

wherein the Neighbor Report element further includes an HE Basic Service Set (BSS) load element and an HE operation element,

wherein the HE BSS load element includes information related to utilization, frequency underutilization and spatial stream underutilization,

wherein the HE operation element includes a 6 GHz Operation Information field providing channel and bandwidth information related to 6 GHz operation,

wherein the HE operation element further includes an HE Operation Parameters field including a Target Wake Time (TWT) required subfield and a 6 GHz Operation Information Present field, the TWT required subfield has a length of 1 bit and is related to associated non-AP HE stations (STAs) of the second AP, and the 6 GHz Operation Information Present field has a length of 1 bit and is set to one (1) to indicate that the 6 GHz Operation Information field is present; and

based on the probe response frame, performing association.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the utilization is considered as one octet field, the information related to the frequency underutilization is considered as one octet field, and the information related to the spatial stream underutilization is considered as one octet field.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field is contiguous to the BSSID information field.

4. A station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the station comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving a probe response frame from a first access point (AP) through a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band, wherein the probe response frame includes a Neighbor Report element related to a second AP operating in a 6 GHz band, and the first AP is in a same co-located AP set as the second AP,

wherein the Neighbor Report element includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) being reported and a BSSID information field including 1-bit information related to whether the second AP is a High Efficiency (HE) AP,

wherein the BSSID field has a length of 6 octets and the BSSID information field has a length of 4 octets,

wherein the Neighbor Report element further includes an HE Basic Service Set (BSS) load element and an HE operation element,

wherein the HE BSS load element includes information related to utilization, frequency underutilization and spatial stream underutilization,

wherein the HE operation element includes a 6 GHz Operation Information field providing channel and bandwidth information related to 6 GHz operation,

wherein the HE operation element further includes an HE Operation Parameters field including a Target Wake Time (TWT) required subfield and a 6 GHz Operation Information Present field, the TWT required subfield has a length of 1 bit and is related to associated non-AP HE stations (STAs) of the second AP, and the 6 GHz Operation Information Present field has a length of 1 bit and is set to one (1) to indicate that the 6 GHz Operation Information field is present; and

based on the probe response frame, performing association.

5. The station of claim 4 , wherein the information related to the utilization is considered as one octet field, the information related to the frequency underutilization is considered as one octet field, and the information related to the spatial stream underutilization is considered as one octet field.

6. The station of claim 4 , wherein the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field is contiguous to the BSSID information field.

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

generating, by a first access point (AP), a probe response frame through a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band,

wherein the probe response frame includes a Neighbor Report element related to a second AP operating in a 6 GHz band, and the first AP is in a same co-located AP set as the second AP,

wherein the Neighbor Report element includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field related to a Basic Service Set (BSS) being reported and a BSSID information field including 1-bit information related to whether the second AP is a High Efficiency (HE) AP,

wherein the BSSID field has a length of 6 octets and the BSSID information field has a length of 4 octets,

wherein the Neighbor Report element further includes an HE Basic Service Set (BSS) load element and an HE operation element,

wherein the HE BSS load element includes information related to utilization, frequency underutilization and spatial stream underutilization,

wherein the HE operation element includes a 6 GHz Operation Information field providing channel and bandwidth information related to 6 GHz operation,

wherein the HE operation element further includes an HE Operation Parameters field including a Target Wake Time (TWT) required subfield and a 6 GHz Operation Information Present field, the TWT required subfield has a length of 1 bit and is related to associated non-AP HE stations (STAs) of the second AP, and the 6 GHz Operation Information Present field has a length of 1 bit and is set to one (1) to indicate that the 6 GHz Operation Information field is present; and

transmitting, by the first AP, the probe response frame.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information related to the utilization is considered as one octet field, the information related to the frequency underutilization is considered as one octet field, and the information related to the spatial stream underutilization is considered as one octet field.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) field is contiguous to the BSSID information field.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: KIM, SUHWOOK; KIM, JEONGKI; RYU, KISEON; CHOI, JINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 066907/0681 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0098873 · Aug 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17269945
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