EP4154574A1 - Procede de gestion d'un point d'acces sans fil, procede de transmission de donnees d'une station vers un point d'acces sans fil, point d'acces, station, et programme d'ordinateur correspondants - Google Patents
Procede de gestion d'un point d'acces sans fil, procede de transmission de donnees d'une station vers un point d'acces sans fil, point d'acces, station, et programme d'ordinateur correspondantsInfo
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- TITLE Method of managing a wireless access point, method of transmitting data from a station to a wireless access point, access point, station, and corresponding computer program
- the field of the invention is that of wireless communications.
- the invention relates to wireless communication networks in infrastructure mode, implementing at least one access point and at least one station, and proposes a solution for managing in particular the transmission power of the point (s) of. 'access.
- the invention relates in particular to wireless communication networks compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard according to its various current or future versions, more commonly known as Wi-Fi networks for “Wireless Fidelity”.
- the invention relates to Wi-Fi networks according to the IEEE 802.11ax or IEEE 802.11be standard.
- a Wi-Fi network in infrastructure mode comprises at least one access point 11 (in English “Access Point”, AP) and at least one station located in the coverage area of the access point.
- access point 11 in English “Access Point”, AP
- station located in the coverage area of the access point.
- the access point 11 and the stations located in its coverage area form a set of basic services (in English "Basic Service Set", BSS), associated to a communication cell.
- BSS Basic Service Set
- the access point 11 can be considered as the central point of the cell, because apart from a few exceptional uses, communications with the stations located in its coverage area all pass through this access point.
- the access point's coverage area therefore defines the size of the cell, and therefore the range of the network.
- the transmission power of the access point can be quite high.
- the maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) in the low 5 GHz band of Wi-Fi i.e. 5150-5350 MHz
- the transmission power of the access point can therefore approach this value.
- the use of a high transmission power for downlink communications (ie from the access point to the stations) also makes it possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio at the level of stations which are not at the limit of coverage. , which allows in particular the use of high order modulations for communications.
- the downside is that the power consumption of the access point becomes significant over time.
- the stations are generally located near the access point (for example in the same room or in a neighboring room).
- the invention is based on a new method of managing a wireless access point, comprising: broadcasting, to the station (s) present in the coverage area of the access point, of a downlink frame, said frame downlink carrying an indicator requesting the transmission, by a station receiving said downlink frame, of a power level of the received access point, the reception of at least one uplink frame from at least one of said stations, in response to said downlink frame, an upstream frame transmitted by a station carrying information representative of the power level of the access point received by said station, the determination of at least one power level of the access point received by at least one of said stations, on the basis of said information or information representative of the power level carried by said uplink frame or frames.
- Such a method, implemented by an access point makes it possible in particular to estimate the power of the access point, as received by a station, and to send this information back to the access point.
- the access point broadcasts a particular frame to the stations present in its coverage area.
- the reception of such a downlink frame by a station makes it possible in particular to trigger the estimation of the power of the downlink frame received, and therefore to estimate the power level of the access point.
- Information representative of this power level can then be transmitted from the station to the access point, then processed by the access point.
- the access point can receive, simultaneously or with a slight delay, several uplink frames from separate stations, and determine the power level associated with each of the separate stations from the information representative of the power level. carried by each rising frame.
- the method comprises updating the transmission power of said access point taking into account said determination.
- the access point can adjust its transmission power.
- the access point can lower its transmission power without the stations of the network being affected in terms of performance, which makes it possible to reduce the electrical consumption of the access point. Adjusting the transmission power also reduces interference between neighboring networks.
- the downlink frame is a dedicated frame triggering, on reception by a station, the feedback of information in an upstream frame.
- the indicator is for example a specific type or format of frame.
- the downlink frame is an uplink resource allocation frame.
- Such a resource allocation frame also called a control frame, is conventionally broadcast by the access point to indicate to the various stations of the network the resources (for example the preamble) to be used to feed back information in an uplink frame. It can in particular carry planning information (in English “scheduling”) allowing simultaneous feedback of information from the various stations (resources allocated to stations, modulation and coding schemes to be used by each station, etc.).
- such an uplink resource allocation frame is a “Trigger” frame, as defined in the IEEE 802.11ax standard.
- said indicator is inserted in a “Trigger Type” field of the uplink resource allocation frame.
- the access point transmits a variant of the “Trigger” frame.
- the value of the indicator inserted in the “Trigger Type” field is between 8 and 15, the values 0 to 7 being already reserved to identify the basic “Trigger” frame and other variants.
- the indicator is inserted in an “Association ID” field of the uplink resource allocation frame.
- the access point transmits a specific identifier, for example a value or a set of values.
- This second example makes it possible in particular to keep the structure of the “Trigger” frame as currently defined in the IEEE 802.11ax standard.
- the downlink frame carries at least one item of information belonging to the group comprising: a maximum power, below which a station must return to the access point a level of received power, a family of at least a sequence to be used by a station to go up a power level, a number of cyclic shifts authorized for a sequence to be used by a station to go up a power level, a set of at least one position-value pair to be used by a station to raise a power level.
- the access point can transmit in the downlink frame a family comprising at least one sequence, each sequence being associated with a distinct power level.
- the different sequences of a family may have been obtained by applying a cyclic shift to a reference sequence of the family of sequences.
- different cyclic offsets of the reference sequence are associated with different power levels.
- the access point can transmit in the downlink frame a number of cyclic shifts authorized for a reference sequence, which can be known to the stations or transmitted in the family of sequences of the downlink frame.
- the access point can transmit in the downlink frame a set of position-value pairs to be used by a station to raise a power level, each position-value pair being associated with a distinct power level.
- the position of a position-value pair corresponds to (or makes it possible to identify) the index of a sub-carrier to be used by a station to raise a power level, and the value of a position pair.
- -value corresponds to the value associated with the constellation point to be transmitted on the subcarrier thus identified.
- several power values of the access point as estimated by the stations, can be associated with the same power level, and therefore coded by the same information representative of the power level.
- each sequence or position-value pair encodes a larger range. of power values, which makes it possible to reduce the granularity of the feedback.
- each sequence or position-value pair encodes a range of power values. whose maximum value is less than a determined threshold (maximum power).
- the list could thus be restricted to the sequences or potion-value pairs encoding the lowest powers (that is to say, in general, the stations furthest from the access point and therefore the most impacted by a reduction of transmission power of the access point).
- this information (for example of maximum power type, family of sequences, number of authorized cyclic shifts, set of position-value pairs, etc.) is not transmitted in the downlink frame, but known to the point access and stations.
- this information is defined in a standard.
- the downlink frame is broadcast periodically or following a triggering event belonging to the group comprising: the sending of at least one beacon by the access point, the association of at least one new station with said access point, the detection of a neighboring access point, the detection of the mobility of at least one station.
- the determination implements, for at least one sequence of a family of at least one sequence known to said access point, a correlation between said sequence and said at least one uplink frame.
- the information representative of the power level is a sequence chosen from a family of sequences known to the access point.
- a correlation is therefore carried out between a sequence known to the access point and the uplink frame (s) received, so as to identify the sequence carried by each uplink frame.
- a correlation is carried out between the information representative of the power level, carried by the uplink frame, and the various sequences of the known family of the access point.
- the determination step implements a sliding correlation.
- the detection of a correlation peak makes it possible to identify the sequence transmitted in the uplink frame, and to determine the associated power level.
- uplink frames can be received simultaneously by the access point, or with an offset of the order of a few microseconds.
- the determination implements, for at least one position-value pair of a set of at least one position-value pair known from said access point: obtaining a value associated with the position of said position-value pair in said at least one uplink frame, comparing said value obtained with a determined threshold.
- the information representative of the power level is a position-value pair chosen from a set of position-value pairs known to the access point.
- the access point On receipt of an uplink frame, the access point obtains a value of the uplink frame associated with a position of the position-value pair known from the access point (for example the value associated with the constellation point transmitted on the sub- carrier whose index corresponds to the position of the torque (position, value)), and, if this value is greater than a determined threshold, can obtain the power level associated with this position-value pair.
- a threshold can be determined from the value of the position-value pair.
- the invention relates to a corresponding access point.
- Such an access point is in particular suitable for implementing the management method described above. It is for example a decoder box ("set-top box” in English) or a home gateway ("Home gateway” in English).
- Such an access point could in particular include the various characteristics relating to the management method according to the invention, which can be combined or taken in isolation. Thus, the characteristics and advantages of this access point are the same as those of the management method, and they are not further detailed.
- the invention further relates to a method of transmitting data from a station to a wireless access point, comprising: the reception by said station of a downlink frame, coming from said access point, the detection, in said downlink frame, an indicator requiring transmission of the power level of the access point received by said station, estimation of the power of said downlink frame received by said station, transmission to said access point of a uplink frame carrying information representative of a power level associated with the estimated power.
- Such a method implemented by one or more stations in the coverage area of the access point, makes it possible in particular to return, from the station to the access point, information on the power of the downlink frame received by the network. station.
- the reception of such a downlink frame at the level of a station makes it possible in particular to trigger the estimation of the power of the downlink frame received, and therefore to estimate the power level of the access point. . Information representative of this power level can then be transmitted from the station to the access point.
- This information can in particular be used by the access point to adjust its transmission power.
- such a station may or may not be associated with the access point.
- the information representative of the power level is a sequence of a family of at least one sequence known to the access point, each sequence of said family being associated with a distinct power level.
- a family is chosen comprising distinct sequences, exhibiting good inter-correlation and / or autocorrelation properties, or comprising a sequence of reference and shifted versions of this reference sequence.
- the family of sequences includes the Zadoff-Chu sequences.
- the complex symbols forming said sequence are mapped to the points of a constellation associated with the modulation used for the transmission of said uplink frame.
- Transmission of the sequence in the frequency domain, rather than in the time domain, makes it possible to simplify the detection of the sequence in the uplink frame received by the access point, by performing a simple correlation. In addition, it is thus possible to use modules conventionally implemented in transmission and reception chains.
- the information representative of the power level is a position-value pair of a set of at least one position-value pair known from said access point, each position-value torque of said assembly being associated with a distinct power level.
- the value of said position-value pair is mapped to a point of a constellation associated with the modulation used for the transmission of said uplink frame, said constellation point being transmitted on a subcarrier identified from the position of said position-value couple.
- a position-value pair can be represented by a vector encoding a power level.
- a vector carries a component equal to the value of the position-value pair (for example ⁇ ') at the position identified by the position of the position pair, and zero components at the other positions.
- ⁇ ' the value of the position-value pair
- a set of sub-carriers can be reserved for the transmission of such a vector.
- the different components of the vector can thus be mapped to different constellation points, each transmitted on a subcarrier among the reserved subcarriers.
- the first component of the vector is transmitted on the first reserved subcarrier (ie the subcarrier exhibiting the smallest index)
- the second component of the vector is transmitted on the second reserved subcarrier (ie the subcarrier with the second smallest index)
- the reserved sub-carriers can be known, or identified in the uplink frame.
- these sub-carriers are distributed in the OFDM symbol, so as to conserve the properties of the OFDM symbol and limit the peak factor (in English "Peak to average power ratio", or PAPR).
- transmission in the frequency domain makes it possible to simplify the detection of the position-value pair in the upstream frame received by the access point.
- the information representative of a power level is repeated over several consecutive OFDM symbols.
- Such repetition of the sequence or of the position-value pair makes it possible to increase the probability of detection of the sequence or of the position-value pair in the uplink frame (s) received by the access point.
- the uplink frame is transmitted on a resource shared by at least one other station transmitting the same information representative of said power level.
- the uplink frame is transmitted over a resource shared by at least one other station associated with said access point.
- a group is defined by power level, and each station determines which group it belongs to based on the estimated power.
- a group is defined with the stations associated with the access point, and a group with the stations not associated with the access point.
- the method of transmitting data from a station to an access point comprises the reception of an uplink frame from at least one other station, and the re-transmission of this uplink frame. to said access point.
- one station can act as a relay to another station.
- the invention in another embodiment, relates to a corresponding station.
- Such a station is particularly suitable for implementing the transmission method described above. It is for example a sensor, a printer, a smartphone, a computer, etc., or more generally a client terminal. Such a station could in particular include the various characteristics relating to the transmission method according to the invention, which can be combined or taken in isolation. Thus, the characteristics and advantages of this station are the same as those of the transmission method, and they are not further detailed.
- the invention relates to one or more computer programs comprising instructions for implementing a method for managing a point. access and / or a method of transmitting data from a station to an access point, according to at least one embodiment of the invention, when this or these programs is / are executed by a processor.
- the invention relates to one or more information media, irremovable, or partially or totally removable, readable by a computer, and comprising instructions of one or more computer programs for the execution. steps of a method for managing an access point and / or of a method for transmitting data from a station to an access point, according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
- the methods according to the invention can therefore be implemented in various ways, in particular in wired form and / or in software form.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless network implementing an access point and several stations
- FIG. 2 shows the main steps of a method for managing a wireless access point and of a method for transmitting data from a station to an access point, according to at least one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 illustrates the mapping of a Zadoff-Chu type sequence on the constellation points associated with a QAM-64 modulation
- FIG. 4 shows an example of frames exchanged between an access point and stations
- FIG. 5 shows the simplified structure of an access point implementing a method for managing a wireless access point according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 6 shows the simplified structure of a station implementing a method for transmitting data between a station and an access point according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the general principle of the invention is based on the broadcasting of a downlink frame, from an access point to the stations present in the coverage area of the access point, triggering the feedback. information on the power of the downlink as received by each station.
- the access point can establish a map of the powers received (for example in number of stations per power level), and adjust its transmission power.
- Wi-Fi network as illustrated in FIG. 1, comprising an access point AP 11 and four stations STA1 121, STA2 122, ST A3 123 and ST A4 124.
- the access point 11 broadcasts (21) a downlink frame carrying an indicator requiring the transmission, by a station receiving the downlink frame, of a power level of the received access point.
- Such a downlink frame can be received by all the stations present in the coverage area of the access point, whether or not they are associated with the access point, for example the stations STA1 121, STA2 122, ST A3 123 and ST A4 124.
- the steps implemented by the first station STA1 121 are presented below. Similar steps can be implemented by the other stations STA2 122, STA3 123 and STA4124.
- the first station STA1 121 receives (22) the downlink frame broadcast by the access point and detects (23) an indicator requesting the transmission of the power level of the access point received by the station.
- an indicator can be the format of the frame, the type of the frame, a particular identifier, etc.
- the first station STA1 121 estimates (24), in a conventional manner, the power of the downlink frame as received by the station, and therefore the power of the access point.
- the first station thus obtains, for example, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI).
- RSSI received signal strength indicator
- This estimated power can then be fed back to the access point 11.
- the first station STA1 121 identifies a power level to which the estimated power belongs, and transmits (25) to the access point 11 an uplink frame carrying information representative of the power level associated with the estimated power.
- a power level can be defined by power, or a power level for a range of powers. For example, we associate: a first power level with a power included in the interval] Smax; -30dBm], a second power level at a power in the range] -30dBm; -60dBm], and a third power level at a power in the range] -60dBm; Smin], with Smax and Smin the maximum and minimum sensitivity levels of the station receiver. For example, Smax is equal to OdBm and Smin is equal to -llOdBm.
- the information representative of the power level associated with the estimated power therefore makes it possible to “code” the power level.
- a correspondence table between the power level and the information representative of the power level can in particular be known beforehand by the access point and the stations (for example defined in a standard), or transmitted by the access point in the descending frame or in another frame.
- the access point 11 therefore receives (26) an uplink frame from the first station STA1 121, and possibly other uplink frames from the other stations STA2 122, STA3 123 and ST A4 124, in response to the frame downlink previously broadcast by the access point.
- the access point can then determine (27) its power level as received by the first station STA1 121, and possibly the other stations STA2 122, ST A3 123 and ST A4 124, from the information representative of the level. of power carried by each rising frame.
- the access point 11 can use the power levels obtained to map the power levels, adjust its transmission power, etc.
- the use of information representative of a power level, in the uplink frames makes it possible to “encode” the power level associated with each station (power level of the access point such as received by each station).
- power level of the access point such as received by each station.
- the access point can find the power levels associated with each station, despite the collision of the uplink frames.
- associated stations as well as non-associated stations can participate in this information feedback.
- the access point 11 broadcasts (21) a downlink frame carrying an indicator requesting the transmission, by a station receiving the downlink frame, of a power level of the received access point.
- such a downlink frame is a frame dedicated to triggering an information feedback.
- such a downlink frame is an uplink resource allocation frame, for example the “Trigger” frame according to the IEEE 802.11ax standard or its variants.
- the indicator requesting the transmission of a received access point power level can be a frame type. If we consider the “Trigger” frame, such an indicator can be inserted in the “Trigger Type” field of the “Common Information” field of the “Trigger” frame, so as to define a particular variant. of the “Trigger” frame.
- table 9-31b of the IEEE 802.11ax / D6.0 standard of November 2019 already defines several variants for the “Trigger” frame: classic “Trigger” frame if the “Trigger Type” field "Is equal to 0 (in English” Basic “, in French” de base "), variant of the” Trigger “frame of the” BFRP “type if the" Trigger Type "field is equal to 1 (in English” beamforming report poil ", In French” poll on the formation of beams "), variant of the" Trigger "frame of the” MU-BAR "type if the” Trigger Type "field is equal to 2 (in English” Multi-user block ack request ", in French "request for acknowledgment of receipt of multi-user blocks”), etc.
- the indicator requiring the transmission of a power level of the received access point can be an identifier in the form of a value or of a set of values. , inserted in the "Association ID” (or AID) field of the "User Information” field of the "Trigger” frame.
- the use of the “Trigger” frame allows in particular the implementation of a multiple access technique of the OFDMA type (in English “Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access”) in uplink. , also UL OFDMA rated. In this way, the different stations receiving the downlink frame can simultaneously (or substantially simultaneously) feed back the received power information using such a multiple access technique. This ensures a restricted channel occupancy footprint for this power information feedback phase, which allows for example an implementation at a higher frequency.
- the reception by at least one station of a downlink frame triggers the estimation (24) of the power of the downlink frame as received by the station, then the ascent (25) to the access point of an uplink frame carrying information representative of the power level associated with the estimated power.
- Two types of information representative of a power level are presented below which can be used to encode the power level associated with a station, for example the first station STA1 121.
- a similar coding can be carried out to encode the power levels associated with the other stations STA2 122, ST A3 123 and ST A4 124.
- the information representative of a power level is a sequence.
- a family of at least one sequence previously known to the access point and the stations, or transmitted from the access point to the stations (for example in the downlink frame or in another frame), and we associate a power level at each sequence of the family, for example in a correspondence table known to the access point and the stations, or transmitted from the access point to the stations (for example in the downlink or in another frame) .
- Such a family of sequences can be composed of distinct sequences, each sequence being associated with a distinct power level.
- a family of sequences can be composed of a sequence, called a reference sequence, and of the shifted versions of this reference sequence (ie of the reference sequence to which a cyclic shift is applied), each shifted version being associated. at a separate power level.
- the reference sequence is known to the access point and the stations, or transmitted from the access point to the stations (for example in the downlink frame or in another frame).
- a number of authorized cyclic shifts can be known to the access point and the stations, or transmitted from the access point to the stations (for example in the downlink frame or in another frame).
- the different sequences of the family exhibit good autocorrelation and / or inter-correlation properties.
- the sequences of a family are the Zadoff-Chu sequences with a sufficiently large cyclic shift to guarantee a very low inter-correlation.
- the access point when it receives one or more uplink frames from one or more stations, it does not seek to decode each signal to extract the information (fragile solution to collisions), but to identify the presence of at least one sequence for each power level, by correlating the signal that it receives and the different sequences that it knows.
- the detection of a correlation peak for a given sequence thus makes it possible to identify the power level of the access point received by a station.
- the correlation properties of the family of sequences make it possible to discriminate the presence of each sequence and therefore of the corresponding power level. Any collisions between the uplink frames sent by the different stations are not a problem, because the inter-correlation and / or autocorrelation properties of the sequence family used make it possible to distinguish one sequence from another.
- the sequence encoding the power level associated with the station can be transmitted in the time domain.
- the sequence encoding the power level associated with the station can be transmitted in the frequency domain. In this way, it is possible to do the baseband correlation, and therefore take advantage of the access point's processor.
- the sequence encoding the power level associated with a station can be transmitted on a selection of constellation points of the constellation diagram associated with the modulation used for the transmission of the uplink frame (e.g. 16-QAM, 64-QAM , etc).
- the selected constellation points can then be transmitted on different subcarriers, for example one constellation point selected per subcarrier.
- the maximum length of the sequence is equal to the number of sub-carriers of an OFDM symbol.
- the maximum length of the sequence is equal to the number of useful subcarriers of an OFDM symbol.
- This step of mapping the complex symbols of the sequence onto a selection of constellation points can in particular be implemented in a mapping / interleaving module of a transmission chain of a multicarrier signal, for example of the OFDM type.
- the reverse operation can be implemented by a module for demapping / deinterleaving a chain for receiving a multicarrier signal, for example of the OFDM type.
- the information representative of a power level is a position-value pair (“bitmap”).
- bitmap position-value pair
- the presence of a particular value at a given position in an uplink frame is associated with a power level.
- the position-value pair is represented by a binary vector of size N having a single component equal to 1 and (N-1) components equal to 0, and a different vector is associated with each power level.
- N binary vector of size
- a first power level can be encoded by the vector (100), a second power level by the vector (010), a third power level by the vector (001).
- a correspondence table between different vectors and different power levels can be known to the access point and the stations, or transmitted from the access point to the stations (for example in the downlink frame or in another frame).
- the position-value pair encoding the power level associated with a station can be transmitted in the time domain.
- the position of the position-value pair indicates a position in the upstream frame
- the value of the position-value pair indicates the value carried by the field at this position in the upstream frame.
- the position-value pair encoding the power level associated with a station can be transmitted in the frequency domain.
- the torque encoding the power level associated with a station can then be transmitted on a selection of constellation points of the constellation diagram associated with the modulation used for the transmission of the uplink frame (for example 16-QAM, 64-QAM, etc. ).
- a component equal to ⁇ 'can be mapped to a point of the constellation exhibiting a negative phase component of low amplitude
- a component equal to ⁇ 'can be mapped to a point of the constellation having a positive phase component of high amplitude
- Each constellation point can be transmitted on a separate subcarrier.
- the position of the component equal to ⁇ 'in the vector gives the index of the subcarrier transmitting the constellation point to which the component equal to ⁇ ' of the binary vector is mapped.
- N N 3
- the carriers of index 48, 96 and 144 can be reserved respectively for the transmission of the first component, of the second component, and of the third component of the binary vector. .
- the component ⁇ ' can be mapped to a constellation point transmitted on the subcarrier of index 48 , and the components ⁇ 'on the constellation points transmitted on the sub-carriers of index 96 and 144.
- the component ⁇ ' can be mapped to a constellation point transmitted on the subcarrier of index 96, and the components ⁇ 'on the constellation points transmitted on the sub-carriers of index 48 and 144.
- the component ⁇ ' can be mapped to a constellation point transmitted on the subcarrier of index 144, and the components ⁇ 'on the constellation points transmitted on the sub-carriers of index 48 and 96.
- the maximum length of the vector (N) is small compared to the number of useful subcarriers of an OFDM symbol.
- the step of mapping the components of the vector onto a selection of constellation points can be implemented in a mapping / interleaving module of a transmission chain of a multicarrier signal, for example of the OFDM type.
- the reverse operation can be implemented by a module for demapping / deinterleaving a chain for receiving a multicarrier signal, for example of the OFDM type. In this way, it is possible to reuse part of the classic OFDM processing chain.
- the access point when it receives one or more uplink frames from one or more stations, it can compare the values received on the different sub-carriers with a given threshold. It is recalled that the position of the component equal to ⁇ 'in the vector makes it possible to identify the subcarrier transmitting the constellation point on which the component equal to ⁇ ' of the binary vector is mapped. The access point can thus determine the presence of a power level by comparing the values received on the corresponding subcarrier, with a given threshold.
- such a threshold can be determined by taking into account the value of the position-value pair. For example, for a value equal to 1, the threshold can be 0.8 (to take into account a loss of around 20%).
- the information representative of the power level can be transmitted in the “preamble” part of the uplink frame.
- the access point has power information very quickly. It is recalled for this purpose that if the downlink frame is a “Trigger” frame, the station transmits the upstream frame a fixed time after reception of the “Trigger” frame, for example of the order of 16 m5.
- a disadvantage of this implementation is that stations must use the inter-carrier spacing defined in versions prior to the IEEE 802.11ax standard (i.e. 312.5 kHz), which reduces the number of sub-carriers. per OFDM symbol, and therefore the length of the sequences or the bitmap.
- the use of an access technique of the OFDMA type in uplink is not possible according to this implementation, because such a technique is only defined for the IEEE 802.11ax standard or future versions.
- the information representative of the power level can be transmitted in the “data” part of the uplink frame. The information representative of the power level is then considered as the data (“payload”) of the physical layer (PHY).
- Such an implementation makes it possible to return information representative of the power level using an IEEE 802.11ax frame format (or any more recent version). This makes it possible in particular to take advantage of an inter-carrier spacing of 78.125 kHz and of the OFDMA type access technique in the uplink link.
- a power control mechanism on the OFDMA uplink as defined in the IEEE 802.11ax standard, can be implemented, which makes it possible to ensure that the uplink frames sent by the various stations in response to the downlink frame (“Trigger” frame for example) arrive with substantially equivalent power at the access point.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of frames exchanged between the access point 11 and the stations STA1 121, STA2 122, ST A3 123 and STA4 124 of the network illustrated in FIG. 1.
- the access point AP 11 broadcasts a downlink frame to the station or stations present in the coverage area of the access point.
- the downlink frame is a “Trigger” frame, requiring the transmission, by all the stations receiving the “Trigger” frame, of a power level of the access point received.
- the first station STA1 121 estimates the power of the downlink frame as received by the first station, obtains an indicator of the strength of the received signal RSSI 1, and sends representative information to the access point 11. of the RSSI 1 indicator.
- the second station STA2 122 also estimates the power of the downlink frame as received by the second station, obtains an indicator of the strength of the received signal RSSI 1, and also goes back to the access point 11 l information representative of the RSSI 1 indicator.
- the third station ST A3 123 estimates the power of the downlink frame as received by the third station, obtains an indicator of the strength of the received signal RSSI 2, and goes back to the access point 11 information representative of the RSSI indicator 2.
- the fourth station ST A4 124 estimates the power of the downlink frame as received by the fourth station, obtains an indicator of the intensity of the received signal R SSI 4, and feeds back to the access point 11 information representative of the RSSI 4 indicator.
- the first and second stations STA1 121 and STA2 122 use the same information representative of a power level, for example the same sequence or the same bitmap, since they are located at the same distance from the point d 'access 11.
- the access point sends a "Trigger" frame by putting the particular identifier in the AID field, and by providing power control information for the uplink frames according to the OFDMA access technique to be sent back by the stations (according to the classic process described in the IEEE 802.11ax standard).
- the data symbols thus constructed via a frequency-time transformation etc., after sending the preamble according to the IEEE 802.11ax standard and, according to the OFDMA upstream sending process (UL: Uplink), a fixed time after the reception of the “Trigger” frame (for example of the order of 16 m5).
- UL Uplink
- the access point therefore receives uplink frames from the various stations present in its coverage area, the different uplink frames being able to be superimposed.
- the access point obtains the symbols corresponding to the shifted sequence, at the output of a time-frequency transformation module, applies a sliding correlation with the known reference sequence of the point of access, identifies the correlation peaks around the expected shifts and compares them to a threshold, maps the power levels received via the correspondence table.
- the access point can then adjust its transmission power level using this mapping. It can also take into account other criteria to adjust its power level. 5.5 Variants
- one possible optimization consists in reducing the number of power levels to be identified, in order to gain in reactivity, complexity and / or power consumption.
- the list of sequences or bitmaps could thus be restricted to the lowest powers (that is to say the most distant stations and therefore the most impacted by a reduction in the transmission power of the access point).
- Another optimization is to notify a restricted list of sequences or bitmaps to use in the downlink (ie decrease the granularity of the return).
- a possible variant consists in forming groups by band (or by resource unit RU) instead of allocating the whole band to all the stations (a single virtual user).
- the UL OFDMA access technique makes it possible in particular to schedule the stations by group.
- the stations that can be grouped can be identified in the “Trigger” frame sent by the access point to notify the allocation and serve as a synchronization frame.
- the stations belonging to the same group can then simultaneously upload, in resource units, the information representative of their RSSI indicator. This reporting of information by group makes it possible in particular to compress the reporting time.
- Such a variant is based on the constitution of groups of stations. For example, each station determines which group it belongs to based on the estimated power. According to another example, the stations associated with the access point belong to a first group, and the stations not yet associated with the access point belong to a second group.
- some variants such as reserving a sub-band for certain stations or limiting the number of power levels, may require the transmission of additional information in the downlink frame, intended to be used to generate the uplink frames. .
- BSS color in English “BSS color”.
- a short range with a maximum of 64 different colors for the IEEE 802.11ax standard
- the existing mechanisms for managing color collisions make a good selection criterion for sequence families.
- the families of sequences are orthogonal, the state of the close neighborhood (in particular in terms of power) can be obtained by an access point having received uplink frames intended for a neighboring access point.
- a station can be used to relay uplink frames that it has received, coming from at least one other station.
- the station receiving the uplink frame can demodulate it and relay the corresponding bits / symbols (if it manages to identify the type of frame).
- the access point receiving the relayed uplink frame can then post-process these bits / symbols by doing the reverse path.
- the sending by the access point of a downlink frame can be implemented periodically at nominal power (not reduced) so that the stations in hibernation do not permanently lose coverage, or even so that stations within nominal range of the BSS can be included in the latter.
- the sending by the access point of a downlink frame can also be implemented at reduced power, in particular following the analysis of the environment resulting from a previous collection phase (sending of a downlink frame and reception of the associated uplink frames).
- the downlink frame can be broadcast periodically or following a triggering event such as the sending of beacons by the access point ("beacons" in English), the association of at least one new station with the point of 'access, detection of a neighboring access point, detection of the mobility of at least one station, etc.
- a triggering event such as the sending of beacons by the access point ("beacons" in English), the association of at least one new station with the point of 'access, detection of a neighboring access point, detection of the mobility of at least one station, etc.
- the stations being mobile and the environment changing over time (new stations may arrive in the coverage area of the access point and wish to associate, for example), it is desirable to regularly collect the information of power.
- the fact of carrying out certain occurrences of this procedure just after sending the beacons makes it possible to ensure that a maximum number of stations are active. Indeed, the stations on standby wake up regularly, in particular to listen to the essential information transmitted in certain beacons.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 the simplified structures of an access point and of a station according to at least one embodiment described above are presented.
- an access point comprises at least one memory 51 comprising a buffer memory, and at least one processing unit 52, equipped for example with a programmable computing machine or a dedicated computing machine, for example a processor P, and controlled by the computer program 53, implementing steps of the method for managing a wireless access point according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
- the code instructions of the computer program 53 are for example loaded into a RAM memory before being executed by the processor of the processing unit 52.
- the processor of the processing unit 52 implements steps of the management method described above, according to the instructions of the computer program 53, to: broadcast, to the station or stations present in the coverage area of the point of access, a downlink frame, said downlink frame carrying an indicator requiring the transmission, by a station receiving said downlink frame, of a power level of the received access point, to receive at least one uplink frame from at least one of said stations, in response to said downlink frame, an uplink frame transmitted by a station carrying information representative of the power level of the access point received by said station, determining at least one power level of the access point received by at at least one of said stations, from said information or information representative of the power level carried by said uplink frame or frames.
- a station comprises at least one memory 61 comprising a buffer memory, and at least one processing unit 62, equipped for example with a programmable computing machine or with a dedicated computing machine, for example a processor P, and controlled by the computer program 63, implementing steps of the method for transmitting data from a station to an access point according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
- the code instructions of the computer program 63 are for example loaded into a RAM memory before being executed by the processor of the processing unit. 62.
- the processor of the processing unit 62 implements steps of the data transmission method described above, according to the instructions of the computer program 63, to: receive a downlink frame, coming from said access point, detect, in said downlink frame, an indicator requiring transmission of the power level of the access point received by said station, estimate the power of said downlink frame received by said station, transmit to said access point an upstream frame carrying information representative of 'a power level associated with the estimated power.
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