KR101511471B1 - Commuinication method and wireless device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A communication method in a wireless LAN and a wireless device using the same are provided. The responding station receives an MCS feedback request frame requesting the answering station to provide Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) feedback from the requesting station. The MCS feedback request frame includes a first MCS feedback sequence identifier that identifies an MCS feedback request. The answering station sends an MCS feedback frame in response to the MCS feedback request frame to the requesting station.

Description

[0001] COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE USING THE SAME [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless local area network (WLAN), and more particularly to a communication method and apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system.

Recently, various wireless communication technologies have been developed along with the development of information communication technologies. Among these, a wireless local area network (WLAN) uses a portable terminal such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop computer, a portable multimedia player (PMP) To connect to the Internet wirelessly in homes, businesses, or specific service delivery areas.

Since the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802, a standardization organization of WLAN technology, was established in February 1980, many standardization works have been performed.

Since the initial WLAN technology supports a speed of 1 ~ 2Mbps through frequency hopping, spread spectrum and infrared communication using 2.4GHz frequency through IEEE 802.11, recently it has applied OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) Speed can be supported. In IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11 has been improved to improve QoS (Quality of Service), access point protocol compatibility, security enhancement, radio resource measurement, wireless access vehicle environment for vehicle environment, , Fast Roaming, Mesh Network, Interworking with External Network, and Wireless Network Management are being put into practical use or development.

In IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11b supports communication speeds of up to 11 Mbs, using frequencies in the 2.4 GHz band. IEEE 802.11a, which has been commercialized since IEEE 802.11b, uses the frequency of the 5 GHz band instead of the 2.4 GHz band, thereby reducing the influence on interference compared to the frequency of the highly congested 2.4 GHz band. To 54Mbps. However, IEEE 802.11a has a short communication distance compared to IEEE 802.11b. IEEE 802.11g, like IEEE 802.11b, uses a frequency of 2.4GHz band to realize a communication speed of up to 54Mbps and has received considerable attention because it satisfies the backward compatibility. In the communication distance, IEEE 802.11a It is superior.

IEEE 802.11n is a relatively recently established technical standard to overcome the limitation of communication speed which is pointed out as a vulnerability in wireless LAN. IEEE 802.11n aims to increase the speed and reliability of the network and to extend the operating distance of the wireless network.

More specifically, IEEE 802.11n supports high throughput (HT) with data rates of up to 540 Mbps or higher, and uses multiple antennas at both ends of the transmitter and receiver to minimize transmission errors and optimize data rates. It is based on Multiple Inputs and Multiple Outputs (MIMO) technology.

In addition, this specification uses a coding scheme for transmitting multiple duplicate copies in order to increase data reliability, and may also use Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) to increase the speed.

With the spread of WLAN and the diversification of applications using it, there is a need for a new WLAN system to support a higher throughput than the data processing rate supported by IEEE 802.11n. Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless LAN system is one of recently proposed IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN systems to support data processing speed of 1Gbps or higher. The VHT wireless LAN system is arbitrary and is currently called Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) as a channel access scheme, along with using 4X4 MIMO and a channel bandwidth of 80 MHz or higher to provide throughput of 1 Gbps or higher. ) Feasibility test is being conducted on systems using the technique.

However, the conventional channel access mechanisms used in the IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN system and other wireless LAN systems are limited to a wireless LAN system (hereinafter, referred to as " wireless LAN system ") that provides throughput of 1 Gbps or higher and throughput of at least 500 Mbps, Very high throughput (VHT) wireless LAN system ') as a channel access mechanism. Because the existing WLAN system is based on the channel bandwidth of 20MHz or 40MHz, the narrow channel bandwidth can not achieve throughput of 1Gbps or higher in the service access point (SAP), so that the VHT wireless This is because the LAN system uses a channel bandwidth of at least 80 MHz as described above.

Therefore, in order to satisfy the total throughput of 1 Gbps or more of VHT BSS, several VHT STAs need to use channels at the same time efficiently. VHT APs use Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) to allow multiple VHT STAs to use channels simultaneously and efficiently. That is, multiple VHT STAs are allowed to transmit and receive data simultaneously with the VHT AP.

One of the ways to more effectively support link adaptation in the IEEE 802.11n MIMO environment is the MCS feedback technique. The link adaptation process is a process for increasing data throughput using the highest possible transmission rate using a specific modulation and coding scheme at a given link quality. However, the existing MCS feedback scheme is based on the one-to-one communication between the station and the AP, and thus it is necessary to complement the MCSO when applied to multi-user MIMO.

As described above, the Link Adaptation Protocol is limited to the point-to-point transmission situation of the MCS Feedback procedure. Accordingly, there is a problem in that other factors that may occur in point-to-multipoint transmission in environments such as multi-user MIMO (MIMO) may not be sufficiently taken into consideration.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a link adaptation technique suitable for a multi-user environment is provided. It is intended to reflect the influence of other users when multiple users transmit or receive data at the same time. In this case, link adaptation can be performed by more accurate information by considering the actual communication environment in real time.

In an aspect, a method for communicating in a WLAN includes receiving an MCS feedback request frame that the responding station requests from the responding station to provide Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) feedback from a requesting station, The response station sending a MCS feedback frame in response to the MCS feedback request frame to the requesting station. Wherein the MCS feedback frame includes an MCS estimation and a second MCS feedback sequence identifier, the MCS estimation is estimated based on the MCS feedback request frame, and the second MCS feedback sequence identifier comprises a value of the first MCS feedback sequence identifier .

In another aspect, a wireless device includes a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal, and a processor coupled to the RF unit, the processor requesting the response station to provide Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) Wherein the MCS feedback request frame includes a first MCS feedback sequence identifier that identifies an MCS feedback request from the requesting station, the MCS feedback request frame comprising a first MCS feedback sequence identifier identifying a response to the MCS feedback request frame And transmits the MCS feedback frame through the RF unit. Wherein the MCS feedback frame includes an MCS estimation and a second MCS feedback sequence identifier, the MCS estimation is estimated based on the MCS feedback request frame, and the second MCS feedback sequence identifier comprises a value of the first MCS feedback sequence identifier .

In another aspect, a method for communicating in a wireless LAN sends an MCS feedback request frame to a responding station requesting a requesting station to provide Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) feedback, wherein the MCS feedback request frame includes MCS feedback Wherein the requesting station includes receiving a MCS feedback frame in response to the MCS feedback request frame from the answering station. Wherein the MCS feedback frame includes an MCS estimation and a second MCS feedback sequence identifier, the MCS estimation is estimated based on the MCS feedback request frame, and the second MCS feedback sequence identifier comprises a value of the first MCS feedback sequence identifier .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a link adaptation technique suitable for a multi-user environment is provided. It is possible to reflect the influence of other users when multiple users perform data transmission or reception at the same time. In addition, by considering the actual communication environment in real time, link adaptation can be performed by more accurate information.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view schematically illustrating a configuration of an example of a VHT wireless LAN system to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied; FIG.
Figure 2 illustrates an example of a link adaptation technique in accordance with the prior art;
3 shows a problem of a link adaptation technique according to the prior art;
4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of performing a link adaptation procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
8 illustrates a wireless communication device that performs a link adaptation procedure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of an example of a VHT wireless LAN system to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless LAN system such as a VHT wireless LAN system includes one or more Basic Service Sets (BSSs). A BSS is a set of stations (STAs) that can successfully communicate with each other and communicate with each other. Like the wireless LAN system to which the embodiment of the present invention can be applied, a BSS that supports high-speed data processing of 1 GHz or more in the MAC SAP is called a Very High Throughput (BHT) BSS.

The VHT BSS can also be divided into an infrastructure BSS (infrastructure BSS) and an independent BSS (IBSS). FIG. 1 shows an infrastructure BSS.

The infrastructure BSSs BSS1 and BSS2 may include one or more non-AP stations (non-AP STA1, non-AP STA3, non-AP STA4), access points (AP STA1, AP STA2), and a distribution system (DS) connecting a plurality of access points (AP STA1, AP STA2). In the infrastructure BSS, the AP station manages the non-AP stations of the BSS.

On the other hand, the independent BSS is a BSS operating in an ad-hoc mode. Since IBSS does not include AP VHT STA, there is no centralized management entity. That is, in the IBSS, non-AP stations are managed in a distributed manner. In the IBSS, all stations can be mobile stations, and a connection to the DS is not allowed, resulting in a self-contained network.

A station is an arbitrary functional medium including a medium access control (MAC) conforming to the IEEE 802.11 standard and a physical layer interface for a wireless medium. The station is broadly divided into an AP and a non-AP station, AP Station). A station supporting high-speed data processing of 1 GHz or more in a multi-channel environment as described below is called a VHT station (VHT STA). In the VHT wireless LAN system to which the embodiment of the present invention can be applied, all of the stations included in the BSS may be a VHT STA or a VHT STA and a legacy station (e.g., HT STA according to IEEE 802.11n) coexist.

A station for wireless communication includes a processor and a transceiver, and includes a user interface, a display means, and the like. A processor is a functional unit designed to generate a frame for transmission over a wireless network or to process a frame received over the wireless network, and performs various functions for controlling the station. And the transceiver is a unit operatively connected to the processor and designed to transmit and receive frames over the wireless network for the station.

A non-AP station (non-AP STA; STA1, STA3, STA4, STA5) is a non-AP station operated by a user. A non-AP station may be a terminal, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU), a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal, (Mobile Subscriber Unit) or the like. A non-AP STA supporting high-speed data processing of 1 GHz or more in a multi-channel environment as described below is called a Non-AP VHT STA or simply a VHT STA.

AP (AP1, AP2) is a functional entity that provides a connection to the DS via a wireless medium for an associated station to the AP. The communication between the non-AP stations in the infrastructure BSS including the AP is performed via the AP. However, when direct link is established, direct communication is possible between non-AP STAs. The AP may also be referred to as a centralized controller, a base station (BS), a node-B, a base transceiver system (BTS), a site controller or the like in addition to the name of the access point. An AP supporting high-speed data processing of 1 GHz or more in a multi-channel environment will be referred to as a VHT AP.

A plurality of infrastructure BSSs may be interconnected via a distribution system (DS). A plurality of BSSs connected through a DS are referred to as an extended service set (ESS). The stations included in the ESS can communicate with each other, and non-AP stations within the same ESS can move from one BSS to another while seamlessly communicating.

DS is a mechanism by which one AP communicates with another AP. According to this, when an AP transmits a frame for stations connected to a BSS managed by itself or when one station moves to another BSS, Or to forward frames to an external network, such as a wired network. Such a DS does not necessarily have to be a network, and there is no limitation on the form if it can provide a predetermined distributed service defined in IEEE 802.11. For example, the DS may be a wireless network, such as a mesh network, or may be a physical structure that links APs together.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a link adaptation technique according to the prior art. The link adaptation scheme according to the example shown in FIG. 2 is a link adaptation scheme for single user MIMO.

A link adaptation scheme is performed by exchanging MCS feedback requester and MCS information of its counterpart terminal. Here, the AP corresponds to an MCS feedback requestor, and the MCS feedback respondent is referred to as a user terminal, in the present invention, as an STA (station).

In order to receive MCS feedback from the station, the AP transmits an MCS Feedback Request (MRQ) to the station (S210). Here, the MRQ may be transmitted through a Link Adaptation Control subfield of a High Throughput Control (HTC) field according to the IEEE802.11n standard. In addition, the AP can transmit the MRQ through the Sounding PPDU in order for the station receiving the MCS feedback request to perform the MCS calculation.

The station estimates the MCS value (S22O). Then, the MCS feedback response is transmitted in response to the MCS feedback request, and the estimated MCS value is transmitted to the AP (S230). Here, the estimated MCS value can be transmitted to the AP through the Link Adaptation Control subfield in the HTC field.

3 is a diagram illustrating a problem of a link adaptation technique according to the related art.

Using multi-user MIMO, the AP performs downlink transmission to multiple stations at the same time. Alternatively, a plurality of stations may perform uplink transmission to the AP.

Referring to FIG. 3, the STA 1, the STA 2, and the AP can perform the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission, and the two stations can simultaneously perform the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission. It is assumed that the AP has two or more antennas, and each station has one antenna.

When STA1 and STA2 simultaneously perform uplink transmissions to the AP 310 and 330, the uplink transmission 310 of the STA1 can act as interference in the uplink transmission 330 of the STA2, 2 uplink transmission 330 may interfere with the uplink transmission 310 of STA 1.

The same description can be made in the case of downlink. That is, when the AP performs downlink transmission simultaneously to STA 1 and STA 2 (320, 340), the downlink transmission 320 to the STA 1 may interfere with the downlink transmission 340 of the STA 2, Likewise, downlink transmission 340 to STA 2 may act as an interference to downlink transmission 320 of STA 1.

Therefore, in the link adaptation protocol in multi-user MIMO, it is necessary to reflect the interference caused by the spatial stream related to other stations to the MCS estimation.

That is, when an AP is simultaneously performing downlink transmission to stations, each station is interfered with by a spatial stream to another station. Even if the AP selects stations with low channel correlation and performs simultaneous transmission, interference can not be suppressed or eliminated.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of performing a link adaptation procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a link adaptation protocol in multi-user MIMO is proposed. Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment in which downlink transmission is performed will be described, but the link adaptation protocol according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to uplink transmission in the same way.

For example, when simultaneous downlink transmission occurs to a plurality of stations, in order to minimize interference between stations, the AP selects stations having a low channel correlation when a plurality of downlink transmissions occur at the same time And bundling them together to transmit the stream helps to reduce interference. However, as mentioned above, there is a problem that the MCS value estimated in a single-user MIMO does not properly reflect the interference caused by a spatial stream directed to another terminal in a multi-user MIMO environment. In addition, the method of classifying and transmitting stations according to the channel correlation degree can not effectively reduce or reflect the interference in the link adaptation procedure, and can not accurately grasp the MCS.

In order for the station to estimate the MCS and to estimate the correct MCS when the MCS feedback is performed to the AP, the AP simultaneously transmits an MCS Feedback Request (MCS Feedback Request) to the stations to perform the actual downlink transmission, PPDU). Here, the AP transmits a sounding PPDU (Sounding PPDU) to the STA 1 and the STA 2 in response to an MCS feedback request (S410, S420). This is to accurately estimate the MCS at that time in real time, reflecting the interference levels caused by the spatial streams that each station is destined to another station.

4 is an example of a downlink multi-user MIMO (MIMO), and the link adaptation scheme according to the present invention can be similarly applied to an uplink multi-user MIMO (MIMO).

The stations (STA 1, STA 2) receiving the MCS feedback request from the APs estimate the MCSs in consideration of mutual interference (S430, S440). That is, STA 1 estimates the MCS value of STA 1 considering the spatial stream transmitted to STA 2, and STA 2 estimates the MCS value of STA 2 considering the spatial stream transmitted to STA 1.

Then, STA 1 and STA 2 transmit an MCS feedback response to the AP, and the MCS feedback response includes the estimated MCS value information (S450, S460). Through this process, the estimated MCS value considering the current communication environment such as interference, etc., is suitable for the multi-user environment and the link adaptation technique can be performed to increase the link yield.

5 is a diagram illustrating a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which downlink transmission is performed as in FIG. 4, but it is obvious that the link adaptation method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to uplink transmission as well.

5 is similar to the actual wireless communication environment in that more users stations are involved in transmission than in the embodiment of FIG. 4 in that the order is set, in particular, in the MCS feedback in this case.

Here, the AP is an MCS Feedback requester, and the stations (STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4) perform MCS feedback to the AP, and the AP transmits STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4 And attempts to perform downlink multi-user transmission.

The AP simultaneously transmits an MCS feedback request (MRQ) to the STA1, STA2, STA3, and STA4 (S510). Here, the MCS feedback request (MRQ) is transmitted to the sounding PPDU (Sounding PPDU), steered to the pre-coding vector set for each receiving terminal, and then transmitted.

STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4 Each station estimates the MCS through the received sounding PPDU. In particular, since the AP simultaneously transmits sounding PPDUs to STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4, each station receives interference due to a spatial stream corresponding to the sounding PPDUs transmitted to other stations interference can be reflected in the MCS estimation.

Here, the MCS feedback request transmitted by the AP to the stations may include an MCS Feedback Sequence Identifier (MCS Feedback Sequence Identifier) value. However, when the AP simultaneously transmits an MCS feedback request to each station, the MCS feedback sequence identifier value is set to the same value. This indicates that the MCS feedback to which the stations are to respond corresponds to the same one MCS feedback request.

In this case, setting the MCS feedback sequence identifiers of the stations to which the MCS feedback requestor is subject to multiplexing to be the same makes it possible to efficiently manage the MCS feedback reports and to provide an identifier space for the MCS feedback sequence identifier Space) to reduce the waste. The MCS feedback sequence identifier may be included in a Link Adaptation Control Sub-field.

If the MCS feedback sequence identifier of the MCS feedback request is the same, the MCS feedback sequence identifier of the MCS feedback transmitted from each station also has the same value. Therefore, when an AP serving as an MCS feedback requestor receives a plurality of MCS Feedbacks having the same MCS feedback sequence identifier, they can know that they are MCS values estimated by respective stations corresponding to the simultaneously transmitted multi-user transmission.

The MCS feedback request may include an MCS feedback order. In the MCS feedback request, the MCS feedback sequence can determine the transmission order among the MCS feedbacks transmitted by a plurality of stations (STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4) to the AP. Accordingly, STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4 transmit MCS feedback responses in order (S510, S520, S530, S540) in accordance with the MCS feedback sequence included in the received MCS feedback request. In the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5, it is assumed that the MCS feedback sequence is set such that the MCS feedback response is transmitted in the order of STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4. As the MCS feedback sequence is set, collision between MCS feedbacks can be prevented.

If the AP requests MCS feedback but wants to receive the MCS feedback response after a certain period of time, the AP sets a delayed time and sends an MCS feedback request after the delay time using a separate frame from the sounding PPDU transmission It can be broadcast. Also in this case, the MCS feedback request may include information about an order to transmit the corresponding MCS feedback.

In addition, the MCS feedback sequence identifier included in the MCS feedback request and the MCS feedback order can be similarly applied to other embodiments of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a link adaptation protocol using NDP (Null Data Packet) is shown in a multiuser MIMO (Multi-user MIMO).

Means that there is only a null data frame, a MAC header, and no MAC service data unit (MSDU) among the MAC data type according to the IEEE 802.11 standard. On the other hand, the NDP (null data packet) means that there is no PHY header (PHY header) and no PSDU (physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) service data unit) including actual data.

There is no MAC header in the NDP, and there are no fields indicating a source address, a destination address, and the like. Therefore, in order to transmit NDP, non-NDP PPDU (non-NDP PPDU) must be sent ahead of NDP and NDP must be transmitted immediately. The non-NDP PPDU means a general PPDU except for the NDP, and the non-NDP PPDU must be set to an NDP announcement, and the receiving side must be notified that the NDP is to be transmitted.

The NDP notification is made by setting the bit corresponding to the NDP notification of the HT Control field to 1 in the 802.11n standard. The source address of the non-NDP PPDU which is the NDP announcement frame (NDP Announcement frame), and the destination address become the source address and the destination address of the NDP. The NDP is a sounding PPDU (Sounding PPDU), and the receiver of the NDP performs channel estimation through the NDP.

Here, too, the AP is an MCS feedback requestor and the AP is trying to perform downlink multi-user transmission to STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4. As described above, the link adaptation procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied not only to downlink transmission but also to uplink transmission.

The AP simultaneously transmits an MCS Feedback Request (MRQ) to STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 and STA 4, and sets an NDP announcement (S610) in the PPDU including the MCS feedback request. Following the MCS feedback request, the NDP frames are transmitted to STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 and STA 4, respectively (S 620). At this time, the NDP frames are steered and transmitted to a pre-coding vector set for each of the stations.

STA1, STA2, STA3, and STA4 may estimate the MCS through the received NDP frame, and may transmit an MCS feedback response to the AP in response to the received MCS feedback request (S630, S640, S650, S660 ). Of course, the MCS feedback response includes the estimated MCS value. Also, since the AP simultaneously transmits NDP frames to STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 and STA 4, each station can reflect the interference caused by the spatial stream corresponding to the NDP frame transmitted to the other station to the MCS estimation have.

7 is a diagram illustrating a link adaptation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, link training and link adaptation procedures are performed at the same time.

In case of link training, the AP transmits a training request message (TRM) to the stations STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 and STA 4 (S 710). Here, the training request message is included in a sounding PPDU (sounding PPDU) steered to a pre-coding vector set for each station, and is simultaneously transmitted to each station. The sounding PPDU that the AP sends to the stations also includes an MCS feedback request.

Stations (STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4) receiving steered sounding PPDUs including a training request message and an MCS feedback request transmit unsteered sounding PPDUs to AP STA So that the AP can perform channel estimation (S720, S730, S740, S750). Here, it is assumed that the uplink channel and the downlink channel have a characteristic that their channel characteristics are mutually reversible. Therefore, this embodiment can be applied to both the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission.

That is, when concurrently performing link training and link adaptation, the AP transmits a training request message to the sounding PPDU, and simultaneously transmits an MCS feedback request. Where the sounding PPDUs are steered PPDUs destined for each station. The stations receiving the sounding PPDU transmitted from the AP further estimate the MCS by considering the spatial streams corresponding to the sounding PPDUs transmitted to the other stations, and then respond the MCS feedback to the AP.

At this time, stations (STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4) transmit MCS feedback to the sounding PPDU for link training requested by the AP in the training request message. At this time, the sounding PPDUs transmitted by the STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4 are for performing the channel estimation of the AP and are transmitted in the unsteered PPDU state.

The AP performs channel estimation through the sounding PPDUs transmitted by STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, and STA 4. If there is a change in the channel state between the AP and STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 or STA 4, the AP corrects the MCS value of the corresponding station by reflecting the changed channel state. If the channel state between STA 1, STA 2, STA 3, STA 4 and AP is not changed, the AP uses the MCS value returned by STA 1, STA 2, STA 3 and STA 4 to transmit the uplink or downlink multi- And performs transmission.

8 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication apparatus that performs a link adaptation procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. The above-described stations may be an example of the radio communication apparatus shown in Fig.

The wireless communication device includes a processor 810 and a radio frequency (RF) unit 820. The memory 830 is coupled to the processor 810 and stores various information for driving the processor 810. Memory 830 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory cards, storage media, and / or other storage devices. In addition, the wireless communication device may further include a display unit or a user interface. However, since the wireless communication device is obvious to those skilled in the art, it is not shown in the drawings, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The wireless communication apparatus described with reference to FIG. 8 can perform the link adaptation procedure or the link adaptation procedure performance method according to the embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

Processor 810 may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), other chipset, logic circuitry, and / or data processing device. The processor 810 generates data or control signals to be transmitted to other stations or APs. The processor 810 estimates the MCS value according to the MCS feedback request received from the AP through the RF unit 820. [

Here, the processor 810 also considers the interference due to the spatial stream corresponding to the MCS feedback request sent to the other terminal in the MCS estimation. Therefore, more accurate MCS can be estimated by considering the communication environment in real time. The processor 810 then generates an MCS feedback response that includes the estimated MCS.

The RF unit 820 is connected to the processor 810 to transmit the radio signals generated by the processor 810 and receive radio signals transmitted by other radio communication apparatuses. The RF unit 820 may include a baseband circuit for processing a radio signal. The signal transmission scheme may be a broadcast or unicast scheme. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the RF unit 820 receives an MCS feedback request and / or a training request message from the AP, and transmits the MCS feedback response generated by the processor 810 to the AP.

All of the methods described above may be performed by a processor such as a microprocessor, controller, microcontroller, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or the like, or a processor of the terminal shown in FIG. 3, have. The design, development and implementation of the above code will be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the description of the present invention.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. You will understand. Therefore, it is intended that the present invention covers all embodiments falling within the scope of the following claims, rather than being limited to the above-described embodiments.

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A communication method in a wireless LAN,
A receiving station receives a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) transmitted by an access point (AP) through a multi-user multiple input / multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission to a plurality of stations, Comprising: a first feedback sequence identifier having a specific value identifying a plurality of stations,
Determining whether the receiving station is one of the plurality of stations indicated by the first feedback sequence identifier,
If the receiving station is determined to be one of the plurality of stations, the receiving station estimates a MIMO channel based on the first PPDU,
The receiving station sending a second PPDU to the AP,
Wherein the second PPDU includes channel information related to the MIMO channel and a second feedback sequence identifier,
And wherein the second feedback sequence identifier comprises a value obtained from the specific value of the first feedback sequence identifier. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first PPDU comprises a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) feedback request that the AP transmits to the plurality of stations. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the first PPDU includes a feedback sequence indicating a first station to send a response to the first one of the plurality of stations. In wireless devices in wireless LANs
A radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal,
And a processor coupled to the RF unit,
An access point (AP) receives a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) transmitted by a multi-user multiple input / multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission to a plurality of stations, The first feedback sequence identifier having a specific value identifying the first feedback sequence identifier,
Determining whether the first feedback sequence identifier is one of the plurality of stations indicated by the first feedback sequence identifier,
Estimating a MIMO channel based on the first PPDU if the determined one of the plurality of stations is determined,
Transmitting a second PPDU to the AP,
Wherein the second PPDU includes channel information related to the MIMO channel and a second feedback sequence identifier,
Wherein the second feedback sequence identifier comprises a value obtained from the specific value of the first feedback sequence identifier. A communication method in a wireless LAN,
An access point (AP) transmits a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in a multi-user multiple input / multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission to a plurality of stations, wherein the first PPDU identifies the plurality of stations A first feedback sequence identifier having a specific value to be used for the first feedback sequence,
Wherein the AP comprises receiving a second PPDU from one of the plurality of stations,
Wherein the second PPDU includes channel information and a second feedback sequence identifier,
Wherein the channel information includes information of a MIMO channel estimated based on the first PPDU by the one station,
And wherein the second feedback sequence identifier comprises a value obtained from the specific value of the first feedback sequence identifier. In an access point (AP) in a wireless LAN,
A radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal,
And a processor coupled to the RF unit,
A method of transmitting a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in a multi-user multiple input / multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission to a plurality of stations, A first feedback sequence identifier of the first feedback sequence,
Receiving a second PPDU from one of the plurality of stations,
Wherein the second PPDU includes channel information and a second feedback sequence identifier,
Wherein the channel information includes information of a MIMO channel estimated based on the first PPDU by the one station,
Wherein the second feedback sequence identifier comprises a value obtained from the specific value of the first feedback sequence identifier.

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