KR20180047919A - Information configuration method and device for supporting a NAN Multicast Service Group - Google Patents

Abstract

A wireless communication system is disclosed. Specifically, a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) terminal and an operating method thereof are disclosed. A NAN network is composed of NAN terminals using a set of identical NAN parameters. The NAN terminals configure a NAN cluster. The NAN terminal is operated based on an 802.11 physical layer. A NAN multicast service group (NMSG) setup is completed by exchanging NMSG attribute/NMSG schedule attribute included in data request/data response processes. Accordingly, the present invention can provide the efficient wireless communication system.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information configuration method and apparatus for supporting NAN Multicast Service Group (NMSG)

The following description relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for configuring information for NMSG support of a NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) terminal.

In telecommunication systems, a communication network is used to exchange messages between spatially separated devices. The network may be classified according to geographical ranges such as an urban area, a local area, or a personal area. The network may be designated as a wide area network (WAN), an area area network (MAN), a LAN (LAN), a WLAN (WLAN), or a personal area network (PAN), respectively. In addition, the network may include a variety of network nodes and devices (e.g., circuit switched to packet switched), the type of physical medium used for transmission (e.g., wireline to wireless) , Internet Protocol Suite, SONET (Synchronous Optical Networking), Ethernet, etc.). If the network element is mobile or the network structure is formed as an ad-hoc topology rather than a fixed network, it may be desirable to use a wireless network. This is because wireless networks are easy for user movement and high-speed field deployment.

As the spread of mobile devices has widened in recent years, a wireless LAN (Wireless LAN) among the wireless networks capable of providing fast wireless Internet services to mobile devices is attracting attention. However, as the number of mobile devices increases and the amount of data transmitted by mobile devices increases, wireless LAN technology more efficient than existing wireless LAN technology is required.

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an efficient operation of a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for configuring information for supporting NANG Multicast Service Group (NMSG) of a NAN terminal in a wireless communication system.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, system, and method of operating a NAN terminal for a NAN terminal can be provided.

The present invention provides an efficient wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention can provide an operation method of a NAN terminal and a NAN terminal that operate efficiently.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, illustrate various embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating a wireless LAN system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 3 through 4 illustrate NAN clusters according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a NAN terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 6-7 illustrate the relationship of NAN components in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a state transition of a NAN terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating a registration process of a multicast service group of a NAN terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

As used herein, terms used in the present invention are selected from general terms that are widely used in the present invention while taking into account the functions of the present invention. However, these terms may vary depending on the intention of a person skilled in the art, custom or the emergence of new technology. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning thereof will be described in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, it is intended that the terminology used herein should be interpreted relative to the actual meaning of the term, rather than the nomenclature, and its content throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a configuration is referred to as being "connected" to another configuration, it is not limited to the case where it is "directly connected," but also includes "electrically connected" do. Also, when an element is referred to as " including " a specific element, it is meant to include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In addition, the limitations of " above " or " below ", respectively, based on a specific threshold value may be appropriately replaced with "

Embodiments of the present invention may be supported by standard documents disclosed in at least one of IEEE 802 systems, 3GPP, 3GPP LTE and LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced) systems, and 3GPP2, standards related to wireless communications. Specifically, steps or configurations not described in the embodiments of the present invention for clarifying the technical idea of the present invention can be supported by the document. In addition, all terms disclosed in this document may be described by the standard document.

The embodiments described in the present invention can be used with various communication technologies. In particular, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in a wireless communication system such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access), and the like. At this time, the CDMA can be implemented with a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. The TDMA may be implemented in a wireless technology such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) / General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) / Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). OFDMA may be implemented in wireless technologies such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, and Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA). For clarity, the following description will focus on the IEEE 802.11 system, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto.

1 illustrates a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A WLAN system includes one or more Basic Service Sets (BSSs), which represent a collection of devices that can successfully communicate and communicate with one another. In general, a BSS can be divided into an infrastructure BSS (infrastructure BSS) and an independent BSS (IBSS). FIG. 1 shows the infrastructure BSS.

1, an infrastructure BSS (BSS1, BSS2) includes one or more stations (STA-1, STA-2, STA-3, STA-4, STA-5) and a distribution service A distribution system (DS) for connecting access points (PCP / AP-1, PCP / AP-2) and a plurality of access points (PCP / AP-1 and PCP / AP- .

A station (STA) is an arbitrary device including a medium access control (MAC) conforming to the IEEE 802.11 standard and a physical layer interface for a wireless medium, and is broadly referred to as a non-access point Non-AP) station as well as an access point (AP). In this specification, the term " terminal " may be used as a concept including both a station and a wireless LAN communication device such as an AP. The station for wireless communication includes a processor and a transceiver, and may further include a user interface unit, a display unit, and the like according to an embodiment. The processor may perform various processes for generating frames to be transmitted over the wireless network, processing frames received through the wireless network, and controlling other stations. The transceiver is functionally connected to the processor and transmits and receives frames over the wireless network for the station.

An access point (AP) is an entity that provides a connection to a distribution system (DS) via a wireless medium for its associated station. In the infrastructure BSS, communication between non-AP stations is performed via an AP. However, when a direct link is established, direct communication is possible between non-AP stations. In the present invention, the AP is used as a concept including a PCP (Personal BSS Coordination Point), and broadly includes a central controller, a base station (BS), a node-B, a base transceiver system (BTS) Controller, and the like.

A plurality of infrastructure BSSs may be interconnected via a distribution system (DS). At this time, a plurality of BSSs connected through a distribution system is called an extended service set (ESS).

2 illustrates an independent BSS that is a wireless LAN system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the same or corresponding parts as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1 are not described.

Since the BSS-3 shown in FIG. 2 is an independent BSS and does not include an AP, all the stations STA-6 and STA-7 are not connected to the AP. An independent BSS is not allowed to connect to the distribution system and forms a self-contained network. In the independent BSS, each of the stations STA-6 and STA-7 can be directly connected to each other.

As such, the stations may be configured to communicate in various manners to coordinate transmission and reception of messages to prevent interference and achieve various tasks. In a specific embodiment, the network of Fig. 2 may be configured as "Neighbor Awareness Networking" (NAN), such as a social-Wi-Fi network. Specifically, a Social-Wi-Fi network may be referred to as a network for communication between nearby stations. STAs operating in a social-Wi-Fi network may belong to different network architectures (e.g., different assumptions or stations of buildings as part of independent LANs with different external network connections)

The operation of the STA operating in the wireless LAN system can be described in terms of the layer structure. In terms of device configuration, the hierarchy can be implemented by a processor. The STA may have a plurality of hierarchical structures. For example, the hierarchical structure covered in the 802.11 standard document is mainly a MAC sublayer and a physical (PHY) layer on a DLL (Data Link Layer). The PHY may include a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) entity, a PMD (Physical Medium Dependent) entity, and the like. The MAC sublayer and the PHY conceptually include management entities called a MAC sublayer management entity (MLME) and a physical layer management entity (PLME), respectively. These entities provide a layer management service interface in which a layer management function operates .

3 to 4 show a NAN cluster according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The NAN network may consist of NAN terminals that use the same set of NAN parameters (e.g., a time interval between consecutive discovery windows, a duration of a discovery window, a beacon interval, or a NAN channel, etc.). NAN terminals can form a NAN cluster. In this case, the NAN cluster means a set of NAN terminals that use the same set of NAN parameters and are synchronized with the same discovery window schedule. The NAN terminal in the NAN cluster can directly transmit the multicast / unicast NAN service discovery frame to another NAN terminal within the scope of the discovery window.

5 illustrates a structure of a NAN terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the NAN terminal can operate based on the physical layer of 802.11. In addition, the NAN terminal can include NAN APIs as a main component to a NAN Discovery Engine, a NAN MAC (Medium Access Control), and applications (Application 1, Application 2, ..., Application N).

Figures 6-7 illustrate the relationship of NAN components in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The NAN Discovery Engine handles service requests and responses. The NAN MAC handles NAN beacon frames and NAN service discovery frames.

FIG. 8 shows a state transition of the NAN terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The NAN terminal may perform a master role. Also, the role of the NAN terminal can be changed. Specifically, the NAN terminal can perform various roles and states, and FIG. 7 shows an example thereof. The role and state that the NAN terminal can have are a master role and a master non-master sync, a non-master non-master non- Sync). Depending on the role and state, the transmission availability of the discovery beacon frame and / or the synchronous beacon frame may be determined. Specifically, the transmission availability of the discovery beacon frame and / or the synchronous beacon frame may be as illustrated in Table 1 below.

[Table 1]

NAN terminals participating in the same NAN cluster can be synchronized to a common clock. The TSF of the NAN cluster can be implemented by a distributed algorithm that must be performed in all NAN terminals. Each NAN terminal participating in the NAN cluster can transmit NAN Sync Beacon frames according to the above algorithm. The device can synchronize its clock during the Discovery Window (DW). The length of the DW is 16 TUs. During the DW, one or more NAN terminals may transmit Synchronization Beacon frames to help all NAN terminals in the NAN cluster synchronize their clocks. As noted above, the NAN terminal may be a non- - Transition between states such as sink, non-master sync, master state, etc. The state transition can be performed according to the result of the comparison of the RSSI, AMR, hop counter, etc. of the synchronous beacon frame.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A wireless device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a processor 110, a transceiver 120, a user interface 140, a display unit 150, and a memory 160.

First, the transceiver unit 120 transmits and receives a wireless signal such as a WLAN physical layer frame, and may be embedded in the wireless device 100 or externally. According to the embodiment, the transceiver 120 may include at least one transceiver module using different frequency bands. For example, the transceiver 120 may include transmit and receive modules of different frequency bands such as 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz. According to one embodiment, the station 100 may include a transmission / reception module using a frequency band of 6 GHz or more and a transmission / reception module using a frequency band of 6 GHz or less. Each of the transmission / reception modules can perform communication with another wireless device according to a wireless LAN standard of a frequency band supported by the transmission / reception module. The transceiver unit 120 may operate only one transceiver module at a time or may operate a plurality of transceiver modules at the same time according to the performance and requirements of the station 100. [ When the station 100 includes a plurality of transmission / reception modules, each of the transmission / reception modules may be provided in an independent form, or a plurality of modules may be integrated into one chip.

The user interface unit 140 includes various types of input / output means provided in the wireless device 100. That is, the user interface unit 140 can receive user input using various input means, and the processor 110 can control the wireless device 100 based on the received user input. Also, the user interface unit 140 may perform output based on the instruction of the processor 110 using various output means.

The display unit 150 outputs an image on the display screen. The display unit 150 may output various display objects such as a content executed by the processor 110 or a user interface based on a control command of the processor 110. [

The memory 160 also stores a control program used in the wireless device 100 and various types of data. Such a control program may include an access program required for the wireless device 100 to make a connection with another wireless device.

The processor 110 may execute various instructions or programs and may process data within the wireless device 100. In addition, the processor 110 controls each unit of the wireless device 100 described above, and can control data transmission / reception between the units. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 110 may execute a program for accessing another wireless device stored in the memory 160, and may receive a communication setup message transmitted by another wireless device. Specifically, the processor 110 may be configured to perform one or more operations of an application, a service, an ASP layer according to various embodiments of the present invention described above. In addition, processor 110 may be configured to perform operations related to devices operating as APs / stations. The processor 110 also reads the information on the preference condition of the wireless device 100 included in the communication setup message and requests the connection to the other wireless device based on the information on the preference condition of the wireless device 100 . The processor 110 of the present invention may refer to a main control unit of the wireless device 100 and may be configured to control some components of the wireless device 100 such as the control unit for individually controlling the transceiver 120, You can also point to a unit. That is, the processor 110 may be a modulator and / or a demodulator for modulating a radio signal transmitted / received from the transceiver 120. The processor 110 controls various operations of wireless signal transmission and reception of the wireless device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Specific embodiments thereof will be described later.

The wireless device 100 shown in FIG. 9 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the blocks that are separately displayed are logically distinguished from the elements of the device. Thus, the elements of the device described above can be mounted as one chip or as a plurality of chips depending on the design of the device. For example, the processor 110 and the transceiver 120 may be integrated into one chip or may be implemented as a separate chip. In some embodiments of the present invention, some components of the station 100, such as the user interface 140 and the display unit 150, may be optionally provided in the station 100.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a multicast service group of a NAN UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. The NMSG setup / NMSG schedule attribute included in the Data_Request / Data_Response process may be exchanged to complete the NMSG setup.

Hereinafter, a method of transmitting and receiving signals of a NAN apparatus according to various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the above description.

Description of invention

It focuses on defining and exchanging interface definitions for the NAN Multicast Service Group (NMSG) operation and the attributes that make up the information. This information is related to the address field of the MAC frame needed to exchange the NMSG Termination / Paging / Qos Null Frame.

1. Data Response Method (previously defined technology)

DataResponse (type, status, ndp_id or mc_id, initiator_data_address, multicast_address, qos_requirements, security, service_specific_info)

Parameters of the method are:

1.1 type

1.1.1 unicast

1.1.2 multicast

1.2 status (for both Unicast and Multicast)

1.2.1 Decision (Accepted / Rejected)

1.2.2 Reason Code

1.3 ndp_id (for Unicast only)

1.3.1 Identifier for the instance of the NDP

1.4 mc_id (for Multicast only)

1.4.1 Identifier for the multicast enrollment instance at the enrollee. This is set to zero when the method is used to activate the Implicit NMSG Enrollment.

1.5 initiator_data_address (for Unicast only)

1.5.1 The NDP Initiator's data interface address for the NDP

1.6 multicast_address (for Multicast only)

1.6.1 The MAC address that is set to the A1 field of multicast frames

1.7 qos_requirements (for Unicast only)

1.7.1 Unicast Traffic Identifier (TID): An identifier is used to identify the higher layer entities to distinguish data packets from MAC entities, as defined in [1] IEEE 802.11mc D4.0, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.7.2 Service data packet size: contains an unsigned integer that specifies the size of the service data packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.7.3 Mean Data Rate: indicates the average data rate specified at the MAC for transport of packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.7.4 Maximum Service Interval: specifies the latency limit to allow for transport data packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.8 qos_requirements (for Multicast only)

1.8.1 Multicast Traffic identifier (TID): An identifier is used to identify the higher layer entities to distinguish data packets from MAC entities, as defined in [1] IEEE 802.11mc D4.0, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.8.2 Service data packet size: contains an unsigned integer that specifies the size of the service data packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.8.3 Mean Data Rate: indicates the average data rate specified at the MAC for transport of packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.8.4 Maximum Service Interval: specifies the latency limit to allow for transport data packets belonging to the stream, if available. Otherwise, not included.

1.9 security (for Unicast and Multicast)

1.9.1 Open Security

1.9.2 Need Security

1.9.2.1 CSID

1.9.2.2 PMKID and PMK for NCS-SK Cipher Suites

1.10 service_specific_Info (for both Unicast and Multicast)

1.10.1 Sequence of values which are transmitted to the frame body

The Method returns

1.11 For Multicast

1.11.1 nmsg_id

1.11.1.1 Identifier for NAN Multicast Service Group

1.11.2 multicast_address (for Multicast only)

1.11.2.1 the MAC address that is set to the A1 field of multicast frames

1.11.3 Responder_data_address (for both Unicast and Multicast)

1.11.3.1 The NDP / NMSG Responder's data interface address for the NDP / NMSG

Add the multicast_address of 1.11.2 and the Responder_data_address of 1.11.3 as the return value to the above Data_Response () method. This is necessary for NAN Action Frame for NMSG and Data frame for an NMSG in Table 2 below. The recipient of the frame needs to know the information of A1, A2, and A3 so that the frame filter can be applied. This can filter unnecessary frames.

Table 2: Address Field Definition for NAN Frames

NMSG Attribute

Table 3: NMSG Attribute

Table 4: Relationship between Type subfield and Status subfield in NMSG attribute

Table 5: NMSG Control field

Add NMSG Responder NDI and NMSG MA as subfields in the NMSG Control field. b5, b6 can be additionally defined.

In addition, many-to-many type of enrolled device can be changed to new enroller in NMSG enrollment process. At this time, the NMSG Schedule, NMSG-ID, and MTK information must be transmitted to the new terminal. At this time, the NDI of originator, that is, the NDI of the originator of the NMSG, is added as shown in Table 3.

In addition, at the end of the NAN Data Path (NDP), it is checked whether the NDI allocated to the NDP is used by another NDP, and the NDI is removed / released only when the NDI is not used. It also removes / releases the IPv6 related unicast / multicast / Ethernet multicast address. Also remove / release the corresponding port number. In the same way, all the above information assigned to the NMSG should be performed in the same way.

The following NDP is removed from the NDP termination definition defined in the specification. Upon NDP termination, the NDI is assigned to the NDP.

The definition of the address field for the NAN Action Frame in the second row of Table 6 below can be used as a way to send the Termination NAF from the NMSG one-to-many to the unicast. The data frame for an NMSG in the third line of Table 6 allows the terminal transmitting paging to not know A2 when transmitting the trigger frame to the paging in Multicast, so that A2 is changed to NMI of Sender unlike the conventional (NDI of Sender). Or leave it empty. Or send it to a predetermined value.

Table 6: New address field to consider

In addition, in the case of the many-to-many type of NMSG, when a paging message of the same NMSG MA is received in the paging window section in a number greater than the reference number, it is not transmitted if the paging message itself is also waiting to transmit the paging message. Hereinafter, other terminals are operated in the same manner. Also, when a paging transmission interval ends and a trigger frame (eg, a QoS NULL data frame) is transmitted in a data transmission interval, it does not transmit itself when receiving a trigger frame of more than the reference number.

The NMSG Initiator also informs the NMSG responder of the NDI information for the NMSG. NMSG attribute can be used. When you call the Data_request () method, return the value.

While the present invention has been described by taking the wireless LAN communication as an example, the present invention is not limited thereto and can be applied to other communication systems such as cellular communication. Also, while the method, apparatus, and system of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, some or all of the elements, acts or operations of the present invention may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be interpreted in all aspects as illustrative and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

Claims (1)

NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) device in a wireless communication system.

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