Communication system, and communication device
View Patent ↗A communication system which can control a data transmission properly and to which a Delayed Block ACK mode is applied, and a communication device constituting the communication system. A radio LAN base station ( 100 ) as the communication device comprises a transmission control unit ( 115 ) for transmitting a block ACK request, a pilot generation unit ( 104 ) for generating a pilot signal to measure a reception quality, and the transmission control unit ( 115 ) for transmitting the pilot signal before the block ACK having the reception quality information of the pilot signal added thereto is returned from a reception side in response to the block ACK request. A station ( 200 ) as the communication device comprises a transmission control unit ( 207 ) for controlling the transmission timing of the block ACK answering the block ACK request, a reception quality information generation unit ( 211 ) for generating the reception quality information of the pilot signal, and a block ACK generation unit ( 208 ) for adding the reception quality information to the block ACK.
1. A communication system comprising:
a wireless LAN base station comprising a pilot transmission section that transmits a block ACK request after having transmitted a series of data, and transmits a pilot signal after an ACK signal is received from a reception side in response to the block ACK request, before a block ACK is returned from the reception side; and
a station comprising:
a transmission control section that controls a transmission timing of the block ACK;
a reception quality measurement section that measures reception quality from the pilot signal;
a reception quality information generation section that forms reception quality information on the basis of the reception quality; and
a block ACK generation section that adds the reception quality information to the block ACK.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless LAN base station transmits the pilot signal according to a predetermined transmission period, and the station receives a plurality of pilot signals and forms the reception quality information using a reception quality of the pilot signals.
3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the block ACK generation section adds to the block ACK only reception quality information of the pilot signal received immediately prior to a transmission timing of the block ACK.
4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the wireless LAN base station comprises:
a transmission timing specification information transmission section that transmits transmission timing specification information of the block ACK; and
a pilot transmission period determining section that determines a transmission period of the pilot signal according to the transmission timing specification information; and
the station receives a plurality of pilot signals, forms the reception quality information using a reception quality of the pilot signals, and transmits the block ACK having the reception quality information added thereto according to the transmission timing specification information.
5. A communication apparatus comprising:
a transmission section that transmits a block ACK request after having transmitted a series of data;
a pilot generation section that generates a pilot signal for measuring reception quality; and
a pilot transmission section that transmits the pilot signal after an ACK signal is received from a reception side in response to the block ACK request, before a block ACK having reception quality information of the pilot signal added thereto is returned from the reception side in response to the block ACK request.
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , comprising:
a transmission timing specification information transmission section that transmits transmission timing specification information of the block ACK; and
a pilot transmission period determination section that determines a transmission period of the pilot signal according to the transmission timing specification information, wherein the pilot transmission section transmits the pilot signal in accordance with the transmission period.
7. A communication apparatus comprising:
a reception section that, after having received a series of data transmitted from a transmission side, receives a block ACK request transmitted from the transmission side, and receives a pilot signal transmitted from the transmission side after the block ACK request;
a transmission control section that controls a timing at which a block ACK is transmitted in response to the block ACK request;
a reception quality information generation section that forms reception quality information of the pilot signal; and
a block ACK generation section that adds the reception quality information to the block ACK.