WO2011030960A1 - 무선랜 시스템에서 화이트스페이스 센싱 방법과 이를 수행하는 장치 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a WLAN, and more particularly, to a method for sensing a white space band in a WLAN system.
- frequency bands there may be frequency bands in which various types of wireless communication systems can coexist.
- One example of such a frequency band is TV Whitespace.
- TV whitespace is an idle frequency band left over by the digitization of analog broadcasts.
- TV whitespace refers to a spectrum of 512-698 MHz that has been allocated to broadcast TV.
- a signaling protocol such as a common beacon frame is required to solve the coexistence problem between unlicensed devices using TV whitespace.
- DCF Distributed Coordination Function
- EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access
- DCF is a channel access mechanism used in IEEE 802.11 and is based on carrier sense multiple access / collision avoidance (CSMA / CA).
- EDCA is a contention-based media access method among channel access models proposed by the hybrid coordination function (HCF) defined by extending the existing media access control protocol of IEEE 802.11.
- HCF is a protocol defined in IEEE 802.11e proposed for QoS guarantee.
- the AP In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and to use the TV whitespace band channel in the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN system, the AP must have information about the channel environment of the TV whitespace band continuously changing. Accordingly, there is a need for a sensing method for the AP to obtain and update information on a channel of a TV white space band.
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is a channel for collecting and updating information on the channel of the whitespace band so that an unlicensed user can use the channel of the whitespace band. It is to provide a sensing method.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a channel sensing mechanism of a station by requesting an access point (AP) for a channel in a white space band and to transmit a sensing result adaptively to a change in channel status. It is to provide a method for determining a channel.
- AP access point
- a method for sensing a channel of a whitespace band in a WLAN system includes a sensing request including a candidate report channel and a target channel of a whitespace band to be sensed. receiving a request), sensing the target channel, and determining and transmitting a channel to transmit a sensing result according to whether a user authorized to the target channel is detected.
- the channel for transmitting the sensing result may be determined as a channel currently in use.
- the target channel is a channel currently in use, and when a user authorized in the target channel is detected in the target channel, a channel for transmitting the sensing result may be determined as the candidate report channel.
- the sensing request may further include a sensing report timeout, and the sensing result for the target channel may be transmitted through the currently used channel before the sensing report timeout expires.
- the sensing request may further include a sensing report timeout, and the sensing result for the target channel may be transmitted through the candidate report channel after the sensing report timeout expires.
- the candidate report channel may be determined by an access point (AP), and the candidate report channel may be determined based on information on whether each channel of the white space band is used by an authorized user.
- AP access point
- a channel sensing method in a white space band includes transmitting a sensing request to a station including a sensing report timeout, a candidate report channel, and a target channel of a white space band to be sensed, and transmitting the sensing request to the station. Receiving a sensing result for the target channel in the current channel during the sensing report timeout after the transmission, and receiving a sensing result for the target channel in the candidate report channel after the sinking report timeout expires. Steps.
- a station for sensing and reporting a target channel includes a receiver for receiving a sensing request from the AP including a candidate report channel information and target channel information of a white space band to be sensed, and sensing for the target channel. And a transmitter for transmitting a sensing result of the target channel through the candidate report channel when a user authorized in the unit and the target channel is detected.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a configuration of a wireless local area network (WLAN) system to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a channel sensing mechanism according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a sensing request according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a sensing result frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a map subfield according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing channel sensing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a wireless device that may implement an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a wireless device that may implement an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a configuration of a wireless local area network (WLAN) system to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- a WLAN system includes one or more basic service sets (BSSs).
- the BSS is a set of stations (STAs) that can successfully communicate with each other by synchronizing, and is not a concept indicating a specific area.
- the BSS may be classified into an infrastructure BSS (Independent BSS) and an Independent BSS (IBSS).
- the infrastructure BSS is illustrated in FIG. 1.
- Infrastructure BSS (BSS1, BSS2) is one or more non-AP stations (Non-AP STA1, Non-AP STA3, Non-AP STA4), access point (AP STA1, which is a station that provides a distribution service) AP STA2) and a distribution system (DS) for connecting a plurality of access points (AP STA1, AP STA2).
- the AP station manages non-AP stations of the BSS.
- Independent BSS is a BSS that operates in Ad-Hoc mode. Since the IBSS does not include the AP VHT STA, there is no centralized management entity. That is, in the IBSS, non-AP stations are managed in a distributed manner. In IBSS, all stations can be mobile stations, and access to the DS is not allowed, thus forming a self-contained network.
- a station is any functional medium that includes a medium access control (MAC) compliant with the IEEE of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard and a physical layer interface to a wireless medium. It includes both AP and Non-AP Stations.
- MAC medium access control
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 standard
- a station capable of operating in the TV white space band as described below is called a WS station.
- Non-AP STA Non-AP STA; STA1, STA3, STA4, STA5
- 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, or a mobile subscriber unit. It may also be called another name (Mobile Subscriber Unit).
- WTRU wireless transmit / receive unit
- UE user equipment
- MS mobile station
- a non-AP station capable of operating in a TV white space band as described below is called a non-AP WS STA or simply a WS STA.
- the APs AP1 and AP2 are functional entities that provide access to the DS via the wireless medium for the associated station to the AP.
- communication between non-AP stations is performed via an AP.
- direct link is established, direct communication between non-AP stations is possible.
- the AP may be called a centralized controller, a base station (BS), a node-B, a base transceiver system (BTS), or a site controller in addition to the access point.
- BS base station
- BTS base transceiver system
- WS AP site controller
- an AP capable of operating in a TV white space band as described below is called a WS AP.
- the plurality of infrastructure BSSs may be interconnected through a distribution system (DS).
- DS distribution system
- a plurality of BSSs connected through a DS is called an extended service set (ESS).
- Stations included in an ESS may communicate with each other, and a non-AP station may move from one BSS to another BSS while communicating seamlessly within the same ESS.
- DS is a mechanism for one AP to communicate with another AP, which means that an AP transmits a frame for stations that are associated with a BSS it manages, or a frame is sent when one station moves to another BSS.
- Frames can be delivered with external networks, such as wired networks.
- This DS does not necessarily need to be a network, and there is no limitation on its form as long as it can provide certain distributed services regulated in IEEE 802.11.
- the DS may be a wireless network such as a mesh network or a physical structure that connects APs to each other.
- An authorized user refers to a user who is authorized to use the white space band, and may also be called other names such as a licensed device, a primary user, an incumbent user, and the like. In the following, it will be described as an authorized user. If an authorized user such as a microphone is already using the channel on a channel in the whitespace band, the channel should be stopped to protect the authorized user.
- the AP and the station must first determine whether the channel can be used, that is, whether there is an authorized user in the corresponding channel. Determining whether there is an authorized user in a corresponding channel is called channel sensing.
- the AP may perform sensing on each channel of the white space band by itself or allow a station to sense a specific channel and report the result as necessary. Through this, the AP grasps the status of each channel and moves to an available channel when the channel used by the authorized user is no longer available. In some cases, when a channel is no longer available, it is possible to pre-set the reserved channel to use and notify the station.
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a channel mechanism according to the present invention.
- the station receives a sensing request from the AP to request sensing of a specific channel of a white space band (S210).
- the sensing request may be included in a control frame or a management frame transmitted by the AP to a corresponding station, or may be transmitted in the form of a separate management frame for the sensing request.
- the sensing request includes information about a target channel.
- the target channel means a channel to be sensed by the station, and basic information on the target channel includes a channel number, a sensing start time and duration, and a sensing result of the target channel.
- Information about a candidate report channel to be transmitted may be further included. This will be described in more detail later.
- the station receiving the sensing request from the AP performs sensing on the requested target channel (S220).
- an energy detection method, a signal detection method, or the like may be used as the channel sensing method.
- the energy detection method is a method of determining that an authorized user uses the channel when the strength of a received signal in the channel is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
- the signal detection method is a signal of a user authorized in the channel, for example, When a DTV preamble or the like is detected, it is determined that an authorized user is using the corresponding channel.
- Energy detection and signal detection are just one example of sensing channels. In the practice of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether there is an authorized user in the corresponding channel in various ways other than the above-described method, and how the sensing of the channel is performed does not affect the technical idea of the present invention.
- the station After the sensing of the target channel, the station transmits the sensing result to the AP (S230).
- the sensing result may be transmitted through the candidate report channel included in the sensing request.
- the sensing result includes information on whether an authorized user exists in the target channel. In addition, it may further include information on the situation of the target channel, which will be described later in detail along with the format.
- the AP may obtain information about a target channel and determine and operate a channel to be used later.
- the operation of the AP and the station in each of the above-described steps, the above-described sensing request, and the sensing result will be described in more detail along with the format thereof.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a sensing request according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the format is illustrated in the case of using a separate management frame for a sensing request.
- the sensing request does not necessarily need to be transmitted in a separate management frame.
- Elements described below may be included in the management frame as information elements and transmitted.
- the sensing request frame includes a category (Category, 310), an action value (312), a dialog token (315), a sensing request element (Sensing Request Elements, 320). do.
- the category 310 and the operation value 312 briefly represent the category and operation content of the frame. That is, the frame may be related to channel sensing and may represent a control signal for requesting the frame.
- the dialog token 315 may indicate identification information for mapping with a sensing report to be transmitted later.
- the sensing request element 320 includes an element identifier (Element ID, 321), a length (Length, 322), a sensing token (323), a sensing request mode (324), and a sensing type (325). ), And an information element such as a sensing request 330.
- the element identifier 321 is used for identification of the element, and the length 322 indicates the length of the sensing request element 320.
- the sensing request 330 may include a target channel number (331), a sensing start time (332), a sensing duration (333), a candidate report channel number (Candidate Report Channel Number, 334), And a sensing report timeout (335).
- the target channel number 331 indicates a channel to be sensed by the station
- the sensing start time 332 and the sensing period 333 indicate a time point at which sensing starts and a period during which sensing is performed.
- the candidate report channel number 334 represents a channel to transmit a sensing result when the station cannot use the current channel that is being used to transmit the sensing result to the AP after sensing the target channel.
- a target channel is a channel currently in use, that is, a station that is requested to sense the channel l currently being used senses through a channel currently being used due to the appearance of an authorized user. If the result cannot be transmitted, the station transmits the sensing result through the channel indicated by the candidate report channel number value, that is, the candidate report channel.
- the candidate report channel may be set by the AP in consideration of each channel condition of the white space band.
- the AP directly senses each channel of the whitespace band or requests stations to detect each channel in the whitespace band obtained as a result of detection of an authorized user at the time of selecting a candidate reporting channel. If the channel is not available, the candidate reporting channel may be set.
- Sensing report timeout 335 indicates the time the AP waits on a channel currently being used to receive sensing results from the station.
- the AP fails to receive the sensing result from the station during the time indicated in the sensing report timeout 335, an authorized user appears in the channel currently in use and the station cannot transmit the sensing result through the channel currently in use. It is considered to be a candidate reporting channel and waits for transmission of the sensing result of the station.
- the station cannot use the channel currently in use due to the appearance of an authorized user or transmit a sensing result to the AP before the time indicated in the sensing report timeout 335 expires due to transmission delay or the like. In this case, the sensing result is transmitted to the candidate reporting channel.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a sensing result frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the sensing result frame includes a category (Category, 410), an action value (Action Value, 412), a dialog token (Dialog Token, 415), a sensing report element (Sensing Report Elements, 420) do.
- the category 410 and the operation value 412 briefly indicate the category and the operation of the frame. That is, the frame may be related to channel sensing, and this may represent a control signal for a response to the request.
- the dialog token 415 may indicate identification information for mapping with a sensing request.
- the sensing request element 420 includes an element identifier (Element ID, 421), a length (Length, 422), a sensing token (423), a sensing report mode (424), and a sensing type (425). ), And an information element such as a sensing report 430 may be included.
- the element identifier 421 is used for identification of the corresponding element, and the length 422 indicates the length of the sensing report element 420.
- the sensing report 430 includes a target channel number (Target Channel Number 431, a sensing start time (432), a sensing duration (433), and a MAP 440.)
- the target channel number The station 431 indicates a channel on which the station has performed sensing, and the sensing start time 432 and the sensing period 433 indicate a time point at which the sensing starts and a sensing period, respectively, and the MAP 440 performs sensing.
- the situation of the target channel obtained as a result is included, which will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 5.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a format of a MAP subfield according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 shows information elements constituting the MAP 440 of FIG. 4.
- the MAP may have a length of 1 octet, and a 1 bit BSS 441, an OFDM preamble 442, an unidentified signal 443, a radar 444, an unmeasured 445 Primary User (446) bit.
- the BSS 441 bit indicates whether the BSS or IBSS of IEEE 802.11 is operating in the target channel as a result of sensing. It can be set to 1 if the BSS or IBSS is in operation, and to 0 otherwise.
- the OFDM preamble 442 bit indicates whether the OFDM preamble is detected in the target channel as a result of sensing. If the OFDM preamble is detected, it may be set to 1, otherwise 0.
- the unacknowledged signal 443 bit may be set to 1 when high power is detected in the target channel as a result of sensing but cannot be characterized.
- the radar 444 bit indicates whether the radar is detected in the target channel as a result of sensing. It can be set to 1 if a radar is detected, or 0 otherwise. In TV whitespace, the radar bit is always set to zero.
- the unmeasured bit 445 is set to 1 if the channel is not sensed and to 0 otherwise. Therefore, if the unmeasured bit is set to 1, all remaining bits are set to 0.
- the primary user 446 bit indicates whether an authorized user is detected in the target channel as a result of the sensing. It can be set to 1 if an authorized user is detected, or 0 otherwise.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing channel sensing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the station receives a sensing request frame from the AP (S610).
- the sensing request frame is received through a channel currently in use, and the format thereof is shown in FIG. 3. That is, the sensing request frame includes information elements such as a target channel number, a candidate report channel number, a sensing start time, and a sensing report timeout.
- the station receiving the sensing request frame performs sensing on the target channel indicated by the target channel number information element (S620).
- the target channel is designated as the channel currently being used and the authorized user is detected as a result of the station sensing. Since the authorized user is detected in the channel currently in use, the station cannot transmit the sensing result frame through the channel currently in use. (If sensing result frame can be transmitted through the currently used channel, the sensing result frame can be transmitted to the currently used channel.)
- the station moves to the candidate report channel to transmit the sensing result frame (S630).
- the AP transmits a sensing request frame and waits for transmission of a sensing result frame of a station on a channel currently in use until the sensing report timeout expires. In this example, it is impossible to transmit the station's sensing result frame through the channel being used due to the appearance of the authorized user, so the AP can receive the sensing result frame transmitted by the station on the channel being used until the sensing report timeout expires. Can't. If the sensing report timeout expires (S625), the AP moves to the candidate report channel (S632). Thereafter, the AP receives the sensing result frame through the candidate report channel.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a structure of a wireless device (station, AP) in which an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- the AP 700 includes a processor 710, a memory 720, and a transceiver 730, and the station 750 includes a processor 760, a memory 770, and a transceiver 780.
- the transceivers 730 and 780 transmit / receive radio signals, but implement the IEEE 802 physical layer.
- Processors 710 and 760 are coupled to transceivers 730 and 760 to implement the IEEE 802 MAC layer.
- the processors 710 and 760 may implement the above-described channel sensing method and reporting method.
- Processors 710 and 760 and / or transceivers 730 and 780 may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits and / or data processing devices.
- ASICs application-specific integrated circuits
- the memories 720 and 770 of FIG. 7 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory cards, storage media, and / or other storage devices.
- ROM read-only memory
- RAM random access memory
- flash memory memory cards
- storage media storage media
- / or other storage devices When the embodiment is implemented in software, the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
- the module may be stored in the memories 720 and 770 and executed by the processors 710 and 760.
- the memories 720 and 770 may be inside or outside the processors 710 and 760, and may be connected to the processor 710 by various well-known means.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating another example of a structure of a wireless device (station, AP) in which an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- the station 800 may include a receiver 810, a sensing unit 820, and a transmitter 830.
- the receiver 810 may receive and process a control frame, a management frame, a data frame, etc. from an AP or another station.
- the sensing unit 820 may sense whether a user, a radar, an 802.11 BSS, or the like that is authorized in a channel exists in the above-described various ways.
- the transmitter 830 may transmit a control frame, a management frame, or a data frame containing the sensing result.
- the receiver 810, the sensing unit 820, and the transmitter 830 have the necessary functions for implementing the above-described embodiment of the present invention so that the station can implement the embodiment of the present invention.
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- 무선랜 시스템에서 화이트스페이스(whitespace) 대역의 채널(channel)을 센싱(sensing)하는 방법에 있어서,후보 보고 채널과 센싱하여야 할 화이트스페이스 대역의 대상채널을 포함하는 센싱 요청(sensing request)을 수신하는 단계;상기 대상채널을 센싱하는 단계; 및상기 대상채널에 허가된 유저가 탐지되었는지 여부에 따라, 센싱 결과(sensing result)를 전송할 채널을 결정하여 전송하는 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 대상채널에서 허가된 유저가 탐지되지 아니하면 상기 센싱 결과를 전송할 채널은 현재 사용중인 채널로 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 대상채널은 현재 사용중인 채널이고, 상기 대상채널에서 허가된 유저가 상기 대상채널에서 탐지되면 상기 센싱 결과를 전송할 채널은 상기 후보 보고 채널로 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 센싱 요청은 센싱 리포트 타임아웃(sensing report timeout)을 더 포함하고, 상기 대상채널에 대한 상기 센싱결과는 상기 센싱 리포트 타임아웃이 만료되기 전에는 상기 현재 사용중인 채널을 통하여 전송하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제3항에 있어서,상기 센싱 요청은 센싱 리포트 타임아웃을 더 포함하고, 상기 대상채널에 대한 상기 센싱 결과는 상기 센싱 리보트 타임아웃이 만료된 이후에는 상기 후보 보고 채널을 통해 전송하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 후보 보고 채널은 액세스 포인트(Access Point, AP)에 의해 결정되며, 화이트스페이스 대역의 각 채널이 허가된 유저에 의해 사용되고 있는지 여부에 대한 정보를 바탕으로 상기 후보 보고 채널이 결정되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 센싱 결과는 상기 대상채널을 지시하는 센싱 채널 번호 및 상기 대상채널에서 허가된 유저가 탐지되었는지 여부를 지시하는 프라이머리 유저 비트를 포함하는 MAP을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제7항에 있어서,상기 MAP은 상기 대상채널에서 유형을 알 수 없는 유저가 탐지 되었는지 여부를 지시하는 미확인 신호 비트를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 화이트스페이스 대역에서의 채널 센싱 방법에 있어서,센싱 리포트 타임아웃, 후보 보고 채널 및 센싱되어야 할 화이트 스페이스 대역의 대상채널을 포함하는 센싱 요청을 스테이션에게 전송하는 단계; 및상기 센싱 요청을 전송한 후 상기 센싱 리포트 타임아웃 동안에는 현재 사용중인 채널에서 상기 대상채널에 대한 센싱결과를 수신하고, 상기 센싱 리포트 타임 아웃이 만료한 이후에는 상기 후보 보고 채널에서 상기 대상채널에 대한 센싱 결과를 수신하는 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 후보 보고 채널은 액세스 포인트(Access Point)에 의해 결정되며, 상기 AP는 화이트스페이스 대역의 각 채널이 허가된 유저에 의해 사용되고 있는지 여부에 대한 정보를 바탕으로 상기 후보 보고 채널을 결정하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제9항에 있어서, 상기 화이트스페이스 대역은 512MHz에서 698MHz 사이의 주파수 대역인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 후보 보고 채널 정보와 센싱되어야 할 화이트스페이스 대역의 대상채널 정보를 포함하는 센싱 요청을 AP로부터 수신하는 수신기;상기 대상채널에 대한 센싱을 수행하는 센싱 유닛; 및상기 대상채널에서 허가된 유저가 탐지되면 상기 대상채널에 대한 센싱결과를 상기 후보 보고 채널을 통하여 전송하는 전송기;를 포함하는 스테이션.
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