IP Library Granted Patent US 12,490,308
Granted Patent B2
US 12,490,308 · App. 18/261,238 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Method and apparatus for signaling RSP on basis of TWT information frame in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Insun Jang (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Namyeong Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunhee Baek (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W74/0816H04L5/0053H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 12,490,308
App. No.
18/261,238
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Suggested are a method and an apparatus for signaling RSP on the basis of a TWT information frame in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a first receiving STA receives a beacon frame from a transmitting STA. The first receiving STA transmits a first TWT information frame to the transmitting STA. The beacon frame includes allocation information for the RSP. The first TWT information frame includes a first All TWT field, a first TWT Flow identifier field, and a first Next TWT field. When the first All TWT field is set to 1, the first TWT Flow identifier field is set to 2, and the first Next TWT field is set to 0, the RSP is stopped.

Claims (60)

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

receiving, by a first receiving station (STA), a beacon frame from a transmitting STA; and

transmitting, by the first receiving STA, a first Target Wake Time (TWT) information frame to the transmitting STA,

wherein the beacon frame includes allocation information for a Restricted Service Period (RSP),

wherein the first TWT information frame includes a first All TWT field, a first TWT Flow Identifier field, and a first Next TWT field, and

wherein when the first All TWT field is set to 1, the first TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, and the first Next TWT field is set to 0, the RSP is suspended.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first receiving STA, a first ACK for the first TWT information frame from the transmitting STA,

wherein the RSP is suspended after the first ACK,

wherein frame exchange is not performed between the first receiving STA and the transmitting STA during the suspended RSP.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the first receiving STA, a second TWT information frame to the transmitting STA,

wherein the second TWT information frame includes a second All TWT field, a second TWT Flow Identifier field, and a second Next TWT field, and

wherein when the second All TWT field is set to 1, the second TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, and the second Next TWT field is set to a value greater than 0, the suspended RSP is resumed after the time point indicated by the second Next TWT,

wherein the second TWT information frame is transmitted after the first TWT information frame.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the first receiving STA, a third TWT information frame to the transmitting STA during the resumed RSP,

wherein the third TWT information frame includes a third All TWT field, a third TWT Flow Identifier field, and a third Next TWT field,

wherein when the third All TWT field is set to 1, the third TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 3, and the third Next TWT field is set to a value greater than 0, the resumed RSP is extended and terminated at the time indicated by the third Next TWT.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the Receiver Address (RA) field of the first to third TWT information frames is set to a broadcast address.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein when the first TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, the first TWT Flow Identifier field includes information on operation of the RSP based on a value of the first Next TWT field,

wherein when the second TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, the second TWT Flow Identifier field includes information on operation of the RSP based on a value of the second Next TWT field,

wherein when the third TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 3, the third TWT Flow Identifier field includes information on operation of an Extended RSP (ERSP) in which the RSP is extended based on a value of the third Next TWT field.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a start time of the ERSP is later than a start time of the resumed RSP due to a transmit opportunity (TXOP) of a second receiving STA,

wherein an end time of the ERSP is later than an end time of the resumed RSP due to the TXOP of the second receiving STA,

wherein the ERSP starts after the TXOP of the second receiving STA ends.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the first receiving STA is an STA supporting the RSP,

wherein the second receiving STA is in the same basic service set (BSS) as the first receiving STA and is an STA that does not support the RSP.

9 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

performing, by the first receiving STA, the frame exchange with the transmitting STA during the resumed RSP.

10 . A first receiving station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the first receiving STA comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver,

wherein processor is configured to:

receive a beacon frame from a transmitting STA; and

transmit a first Target Wake Time (TWT) information frame to the transmitting STA,

wherein the beacon frame includes allocation information for a Restricted Service Period (RSP),

wherein the first TWT information frame includes a first All TWT field, a first TWT Flow Identifier field, and a first Next TWT field, and

wherein when the first All TWT field is set to 1, the first TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, and the first Next TWT field is set to 0, the RSP is suspended.

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

transmitting, by a transmitting station (STA), a beacon frame to a first receiving STA; and

receiving, by the transmitting STA, a first Target Wake Time (TWT) information frame from the first receiving STA,

wherein the beacon frame includes allocation information for a Restricted Service Period (RSP),

wherein the first TWT information frame includes a first All TWT field, a first TWT Flow Identifier field, and a first Next TWT field, and

wherein when the first All TWT field is set to 1, the first TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, and the first Next TWT field is set to 0, the RSP is suspended.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the transmitting STA, a first ACK for the first TWT information frame to the first receiving STA,

wherein the RSP is suspended after the first ACK,

wherein frame exchange is not performed between the first receiving STA and the transmitting STA during the suspended RSP.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, by the transmitting STA, a second TWT information frame from the first receiving STA,

wherein the second TWT information frame includes a second All TWT field, a second TWT Flow Identifier field, and a second Next TWT field, and

wherein when the second All TWT field is set to 1, the second TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 2, and the second Next TWT field is set to a value greater than 0, the suspended RSP is resumed after the time point indicated by the second Next TWT,

wherein the second TWT information frame is transmitted after the first TWT information frame.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, by the transmitting STA, a third TWT information frame from the first receiving STA during the resumed RSP,

wherein the third TWT information frame includes a third All TWT field, a third TWT Flow Identifier field, and a third Next TWT field,

wherein when the third All TWT field is set to 1, the third TWT Flow Identifier field is set to 3, and the third Next TWT field is set to a value greater than 0, the resumed RSP is extended and terminated at the time indicated by the third Next TWT.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the Receiver Address (RA) field of the first to third TWT information frames is set to a broadcast address.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: JANG, INSUN; KIM, JEONGKI; CHOI, JINSOO; KIM, NAMYEONG; BAEK, SUNHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0008159 · Jan 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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