WO2011099729A2 - Method and apparatus of requesting channel access in wireless local area network - Google Patents

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WO2011099729A2
WO2011099729A2 PCT/KR2011/000777 KR2011000777W WO2011099729A2 WO 2011099729 A2 WO2011099729 A2 WO 2011099729A2 KR 2011000777 W KR2011000777 W KR 2011000777W WO 2011099729 A2 WO2011099729 A2 WO 2011099729A2
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  • the present invention provides wireless communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for requesting a channel access in a wireless local area network.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • PMP portable multimedia player
  • BSS basic service set
  • IBSS independent BSS
  • AP access point
  • AP access point
  • the station (STA) having desire to access a wireless network may use two scanning methods for searching an accessible wireless network (BSS or IBSS), i.e., a candidate AP or the like.
  • BSS accessible wireless network
  • IBSS accessible wireless network
  • One is passive scanning, which uses a beacon frame transmitted from the AP (or STA). That is, the STA having desire to access a wireless network periodically receives the beacon frames from the AP or the like managing a relevant BSS (or IBSS), thereby finding the accessible BSS or IBSS.
  • the other is active scanning.
  • the STA having desire to access the wireless network first transmits a probe request frame. Then, the STA or AP that receives the probe request frame responds with a probe response frame.
  • TV Whitespace includes channels allocated to broadcast TV, which are permitted to be used by cognitive radio device.
  • TV White Space may include UHF band and VHF band.
  • the spectrum (hereinafter, can be called as 'White Space') not used by a licensed device can be used by an unlicensed device.
  • the frequency band permitted to be used by unlicensed device can be differently defined for each country. Generally, this frequency band comprises 54-698 MHz (US, Korea), and some of this frequency band can’t be used for the unlicensed device.
  • 'licensed device ' means a device of the user permitted in this frequency band, and can be differently called as 'primary user', or 'incumbent user'.
  • the unlicensed device which wishes to use the TV White Space (TVWS), shall acquire information for available channel list at its location.
  • An unlicensed device should provide a protection mechanism for the incumbent user. That is, the unlicensed device should stop using a specific channel, when an incumbent user, such as wireless microphone, is using that specific channel.
  • spectrum sensing mechanism is required. Spectrum sensing mechanism comprises Energy Detection scheme, Feature Detection scheme, etc.
  • unlicensed device determines that the channel is used by an incumbent user, when the strength of the primary signal is greater than a predetermined level, or when Digital Television (DTV) Preamble is detected. And, the unlicensed device (station or access point) shall lower its transmit power, when it is detected that the neighboring channel, next to the channel used by the unlicensed device, is used by the incumbent user.
  • DTV Digital Television
  • the present invention provides a method and apparatus for requesting a channel access in a wireless local area network.
  • the present invention also provides a method and apparatus for bandwidth a adaptation in a wireless local area network.
  • a method of requesting a channel access in a wireless local area network includes transmitting, by a transmitter to a receiver, a plurality of Request To Send (RTS) frames over a plurality of requesting channels, each of the plurality of RTS frames including a receiver address field and a transmitter address field, the receiver address field indicating an address of the receiver, the transmitter address field indicating an address of the transmitter, and receiving, by the transmitter from the receiver, at least one Clear To Send (CTS) frame over at least one responding channel as a response for the plurality of RTS frames, the at least one CTS frame including a receiver address field indicating the address of the transmitter, wherein each of the plurality of RTS frames indicates a bandwidth for the plurality of requesting channels, and the at least one CTS frame indicates a bandwidth for the at least one responding channel.
  • RTS Request To Send
  • Each of the plurality of RTS frames may be transmitted over each of the plurality of requesting channels.
  • the at least one responding channel may be selected among the plurality of requesting channels.
  • the at least one requesting channel among the plurality of requesting channels may be selected as the at least one responding channel.
  • the bandwidth for the at least one responding channel may be narrower than the bandwidth for the plurality of requesting channels.
  • the bandwidth for the plurality of RTS frames may be one of 20MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz and 160MHz.
  • Each of the plurality of RTS frames may include a duration time field indicating a time required to transmit data and the at least one CTS frame may include a duration time field indicating a time required to transmit the data.
  • a transmitter of requesting a channel access in a wireless local area network includes an interface unit providing a wireless interface, and a processor operatively coupled with the interface unit and configured for transmitting, to a receiver, a plurality of Request To Send (RTS) frames over a plurality of requesting channels, each of the plurality of RTS frames including a receiver address field and a transmitter address field, the receiver address field indicating an address of the receiver, the transmitter address field indicating an address of the transmitter, and receiving, from the receiver, at least one Clear To Send (CTS) frame over at least one responding channel as a response for the plurality of RTS frames, the at least one CTS frame including a receiver address field indicating the address of the transmitter, wherein each of the plurality of RTS frames indicates a bandwidth for the plurality of requesting channels, and the at least one CTS frame indicates a bandwidth for the at least one responding channel.
  • RTS Request To Send
  • bandwidth adaptation is performed. Before accessing channels, channels to minimize interference can be selected.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wireless local area network(WLAN) system to implement the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of regulating transmission power according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of using a channel in a TV WS band.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a WLAN communication according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method of requesting a channel access according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows the format of the RTS frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 by way of example.
  • FIG. 7 shows the format of the CTS frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 by way of example.
  • FIG. 8 shows a data frame transmitting method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 shows a data frame transmitting method according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGs. 10 and 11 are block diagrams showing the formats of the bandwidth switch request frame and the bandwidth switch response frame.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a bandwidth regulating method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the format of the bandwidth switch announcement frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 12.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of bandwidth management information included in the beacon frame.
  • FIG. 15 shows an example of operation that can be performed in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 16 shows a format of a PPDU frame in the WLAN, which may refer to a paragraph 17.3.2 of “Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications” in IEEE P802.11-2007.
  • MAC Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
  • PHY Physical Layer
  • FIG. 17 shows a method of transmitting a data frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the format of the PPDU frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 19 is a block diagram of a wireless device to implement the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wireless local area network(WLAN) system to implement the present invention.
  • the WLAN system includes one or more basic service set (BSS).
  • BSS is a group of stations (STA) which can successfully synchronize and communicate with one another, and does not mean a certain zone.
  • An infrastructure BSS (BSS1, BSS2) includes one or more non-access point (AP) STAs (non-AP STA1, non-AP STA2, non-AP STA2); APs (AP STA1, AP STA2) providing distribution service; and a distribution system (DS) connecting the plurality of APs (AP STA1, AP STA2).
  • the AP manages the non AP STAs.
  • an independent BSS is a BSS that operates in an Ad-Hoc mode. Since the IBSS does not include the AP, there is no centralized management entity that performs centralized management. That is, in the IBSS, the non-AP STAs are managed in a distributed manner. In the IBSS, all STAs may be provided as mobile STAs and constitute a self-contained network since access to the DS is not allowed.
  • the STA is a predetermined functional medium having a medium access control (MAC) and a physical layer interface for a wireless medium, based on institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standards, which broadly includes both the AP and the non-AP STA.
  • MAC medium access control
  • IEEE institute of electrical and electronics engineers
  • the STA may be clled a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless terminal, a mobile station(MS), a mobile subscriber unit, or the like.
  • the AP is a functional entity that provides access to the DS via a wireless medium for the STA associated with the AP.
  • communication between the non-AP STAs is basically performed via the AP, but direct communication between the non-AP STAs may be possible if a direct link is set.
  • the AP may be also called a central controller, a base station (BS), a node-B, a base transceiver system (BTS), a cite controller, or the like.
  • the plurality of infrastructure BSSs may be connected to one another through the distribution system (DS).
  • the plurality of BSSs connected through the DS is called an extended service set (ESS).
  • the STAs included in the ESS can communicate with one another, and the non-AP STAs within one ESS can move from one BSS to another BSS while performing the communication without disconnection.
  • the DS is a mechanism that enables one AP to communicate with another AP.
  • the AP can transmit a frame for the STAs associated with the BS managed by the AP, transmit a frame when one STA moves to another BSS, or transmit a frame to an external network such as a wired network or the like.
  • the DS is not necessarily a network, but may be achieved without any limitation as long as it can provide predetermined distribution service based on IEEE 802.11.
  • the DS may be a wireless network such as a mesh network, or a physical structure connecting the APs with one another.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of regulating transmission power according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the AP transmits the channel information and the maximum transmission power information to the STA (S210).
  • the STA determines the transmission channel and transmission power to be used and transmits the data frame to the AP (S220, S230).
  • the AP transmits information about the channel information and the maximum transmission power to the STA (S210).
  • the channel information indicates an available channel as a channel that can be used by the STA to transmit the frame in the WLAN system.
  • the channel information may indicate a number assigned to the channel or a frequency band used by the corresponding channel.
  • the maximum transmission power information indicates the maximum transmission power available when transmitting the frame in the case where the STA uses the channel indicated by the channel information.
  • the channel information and the maximum transmission power may be continuously varied depending on frequency band environments. Accordingly, the AP may periodically update the relevant information, and transmit the updated information to the STA again. To update the channel information and the maximum transmission power information, the AP may directly ascertain whether the frequency band is occupied by another WLAN system or heterogeneous communication system. This may be achieved by sensing a signal transmitted from another wireless apparatus. Also, information about the occupied state of the frequency band may be acquired by accessing a database (DB) where the channel information or the maximum transmission power information is periodically updated.
  • DB database
  • the AP may send the STA a setup frame as an action frame containing the channel information and the maximum transmission power information. Also, the channel information and the maximum transmission power information may be transmitted as being contained in a probe response frame that the AP transmits to the STA in response to a probe request frame in an active scanning procedure.
  • the STA has to receive the periodically updated channel information and maximum transmission power information. Accordingly, the channel information and maximum transmission power information, transmitted from the AP to the STA, may be transmitted as being included in a beacon frame periodically transmitted from the AP to the STA in the WLAN system.
  • the STA which receives the channel information and the maximum transmission power information, selects a certain channel as a transmission channel, and transmits a data frame within a range of a value indicated by the maximum transmission power information (S220, S230).
  • a master device may transmit the channel information and the maximum transmit power information to wireless devices (which is called as dependent devices).
  • the master device may be an AP or a non-AP STA.
  • the master device selects transmission channels and their maximum transmission powers based on a database.
  • the transmission channels and the maximum transmission powers may be different depending on the types of STA.
  • the master device may send the type of service-target STA as well as the channel information and the maximum transmission power information.
  • a STA may perform sensing with regard to each channel of the TV WS band, or may request other STA to report a sensing result.
  • the STA can access a database containing information related to a channel state of the TV WS band, the STA can acquire the channel information without performing spectrum sensing.
  • the STA grasps the state of each channel through the channel information, and switches to an available channel if a used channel is not available anymore as a licensed user appears. As necessary, the STA may previously set up a preliminary channel to be used when the used channel is not available anymore.
  • interference may occur when the STA uses the certain channel.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of using a channel in a TV WS band.
  • an unlicensed device such as an AP and a STA can generally use about 30 channels each of which has a bandwidth of 6MHz. As a precondition for using these channels, a certain desired channel has not to be occupied by the licensed user.
  • each of channels 32a and 32b being used by the licensed user has a bandwidth of 6MHz.
  • the STA since the STA supports at least one of 5MHz, 10MHz and 20MHz, let the AP and the STA have a standard channel bandwidth of 5MHz.
  • the AP and the STA can support a channel bandwidth of 10MHz or 20MHz by regarding 5MHz as the standard bandwidth, according to how many WS channels are successively unoccupied.
  • a transmission channel refers to a physical wireless resource that is used by an unlicensed device for transmitting a frame or the like wireless signal in a certain frequency band.
  • the STA can use a central band 31 in the TV WS
  • the licensed user is using both adjacent channels 32a and 32b with regard to the central band 31, and the central band 31 is a bandwidth of the transmission channel.
  • the STA has to decrease the transmission power of the transmission channel 31 if sensing a signal of the licensed user in the WS channels 32a and 32b adjacent to the transmission channel 31 being used by the STA. This is to reduce the interference with the licensed user.
  • the maximum transmission power of the STA is 100mW, but the maximum transmission power may be limited to 40 through 50mW when the adjacent WS channels 32a and 32b are being used by the licensed user. Because of the above, there is no need of directly associating a broader bandwidth of a transmission channel with a higher throughput in consideration of such transmission power constraint. In some cases, higher transmission power may be more effective instead of using a transmission channel having a relatively narrow bandwidth.
  • the bandwidth is broad but the transmission power is low, the coverage is so relatively narrow that the intended receiver such as the WS STA and/or the WS AP cannot receive the frame and thus a hidden node problem may arise. Accordingly, if the intended receiver cannot receive the frame, there is needed a method of retransmitting the frame by increasing the transmission power or a method of transmitting the frame by regulating the proper frequency bandwidth and transmission power in accordance with an communication environment of the intended receiver.
  • a method of regulating the bandwidth of the transmission channel in accordance with the status of the frequency band available to the AP and/or the STA and whether the transmitted frame is successfully received or not. Further, a constrained value of the transmission power may be regulated in accordance with the bandwidth of the transmission channel.
  • the bandwidths of the transmission channel available to the STA and/or the AP are 5MHz, 10MHz and 20MHz, the normal maximum transmission power is 100mW, and the constrained maximum transmission power is 40mW, but not limited thereto.
  • a condition that the STA transmits a frame to the AP will be described by way of example for the convenience of description.
  • the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a condition that the AP transmits a frame to the STA or a condition that a plurality of WS STAs transmits frames in an independent BSS.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a WLAN communication according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the STA transmits a data frame 410 to the AP through three transmission channels CH2, CH3 and CH4. Assume that the maximum transmission power is constrained to 40mW since adjacent channels are occupied by an incumbent user.
  • an acknowledgement (ACK) frame is transmitted to the STA.
  • the AP may receive no data frame 410 because of the constrained transmission power. In other words, the data frame 410 may be missed during the transmission.
  • the AP cannot transmit the ACK frame and thus the STA cannot receive the ACK frame (420).
  • the STA can retransmit the data frame (430). Before retransmitting the data frame, random backoff may be performed for a certain period of time in order to use the frequency band.
  • the data frame may be transmitted by increasing the transmission power so that the AP can receive it.
  • the bandwidth of the transmission channel is decreased. That is, a channel CH3 is used as the transmission channel except the channels CH2 and CH4 adjacent to the channels CH1 and CH 5 occupied by the incumbent user.
  • the AP can receive the retransmitted data frame and transmit the ACK frame to the STA (340).
  • the STA needs to flexibly regulate the bandwidth of the transmission channel. Also, there is required a method of regulating the transmission power as well as the bandwidth of the transmission channel.
  • the present exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a mechanism of regulating the bandwidth of the transmission channel used by the STA for transmitting the data frame.
  • present exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a method of transmitting or retransmitting the data frame by regulating the transmission bandwidth and/or the transmission power.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method of requesting a channel access according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the STA 510 transmits a request-to-send (RTS) frame to the AP 520 in order to request a channel access (S510).
  • RTS request-to-send
  • the RTS frame may include a transmission channel request field that contains information about requesting channels which are the transmission channel to be used by the STA 510 for transmitting the data frame. Each RTS frame can be transmitted over each requesting channel.
  • the transmission channel request field includes information about the bandwidth of the requesting channel, and may further include information about the maximum transmission power when using a bandwidth of a relevant requesting channel.
  • the bandwidth of the requesting channel may be determined on the basis of a result from sensing a frequency band, performed by the STA 510, a database related to occupation of the incumbent user with regard to the relevant frequency band, or combination of the two sensing result and data base.
  • the AP 520 that receives the RTS frame determines whether requesting channel is available or not.
  • a requesting channel can be available if the requesting channel is idle before receiving RTS frames. Or, requesting channel is available or not may be determined on the basis of a spectrum sensing result performed under an environment condition that priority over frequency occupation is given to an incumbent user.
  • the AP 520 transmits a clear to send (CTS) frame to the STA 510 in response to a request frame.
  • CTS clear to send
  • the CTS frame may include a status code field that contains instruction information about whether to accept that the STA 510 uses the requesting channel bandwidth. In the case that the status code field instructs that the use of the requesting channel bandwidth is accepted, the STA 510 transmits the data frame to the AP 520 through the corresponding bandwidth.
  • CTS frame may include a field that contains responding information about a responding channel which is an available transmission channel.
  • information about a responding channel bandwidth may be include in CTS frame.
  • CTS frame may include information about transmission channel bandwidths which CTS frame can be transmitted over. The CTS frame can be transmitted in a bandwidth specified in the RTS frame.
  • the responding channel can be among requesting channels. Accordingly, the bandwidth for the responding channel is narrower than the bandwidth for the requesting channels.
  • FIG. 6 shows the format of the RTS frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 by way of example.
  • the RTS frame 600 includes a frame control field 610 indicating a frame type, a duration time field 620 indicating time to use a wireless medium during the whole frame exchanging procedure, a receiver address field 630 indicating a medium access control (MAC) address of a wireless apparatus that receives the RTS frame 600, and a frame check sequence (FCS) field 660 used for detection and correction of an error that occurs when transmitting and receiving the frame.
  • a transmitter address 640 indicates an MAC address of a wireless apparatus that transmits the RTS frame.
  • the RTS frame 600 includes a transmission channel request 650 indicating information about the requesting channel desired to be used by the STA 510.
  • the transmission channel request field 650 may include a request bandwidth subfield 651 and a power constraint subfield 652.
  • the request bandwidth subfield 651 indicates the bandwidth of the requesting channel desired to be used. For example, let the RTS frame be transmitted over 4 requesting channels. If the bandwidth of each requesting channel is 20MHz, the request bandwidth subfield 651 indicates 80MHz. In the IEEE 802.11 WLAN system, a channel available to the wireless apparatus has four values of 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz or 40MHz, so that the bandwidth subfield 651 can have the size of 2bits. However, the size of the request bandwidth subfield 651 may vary depending on the bandwidth of the channel selectable by the wireless device. The AP 520 recognizes the bandwidth of the transmission channel indicated by the request bandwidth subfield 651 of the RTS frame 600 as a bandwidth desired to be used by the STA 510, and thus determines whether to accept the use of the corresponding bandwidth.
  • the power constraint subfield 652 indicates transmission power about the bandwidth indicated by the request bandwidth subfield 651 or requesting channels.
  • FIG. 7 shows the format of the CTS frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 by way of example.
  • the CTS frame 700 includes a frame control field 710, a duration time field 720, a receiver address field 730, an FCS field 760 and a WS control field 750.
  • the transmission channel control field 750 indicates control information about the responding channels available to the STA 510 or the responding channel over which the CTS frame can be transmitted.
  • the transmission channel field 750 may include a status code subfield 751 denoting whether to accept the use of the requesting channels requested by the RTS frame 600, and a responding bandwidth subfield 752 indicating a bandwidth of the transmission channel recommended to be used by the STA 510.
  • the status code subfield 751 indicates acceptance of the channels requested by the STA 510, it may be set up that the bandwidth indicated by the responding bandwidth subfield 752 is equal to the bandwidth indicated by the request bandwidth subfield 651.
  • the responding bandwidth subfield 752 indicates a bandwidth of an available responding channel.
  • the recommended bandwidth subfield 752 may be set to indicate a bandwidth of 5MHz as a default value. Further, the responding bandwidth subfield 752 may indicate bandwidth about a plurality of channels.
  • the responding bandwidth subfield 752 may indicate a bandwidth of the responding channels over which the CTS frame 700 is transmitted. For example, it is assumed that two CTS frames are respectively transmitted over two responding channels and a bandwidth of each responding channel is 20MHz. The responding bandwidth subfield 752 may indicate 40MHz.
  • the transmission channel control field 750 may further includes a power constraint subfield 753 indicating available transmission power when the bandwidth, indicated by the responding bandwidth subfield 752, is used.
  • the STA 510 uses the status code subfield 751 for ascertaining whether the use of the frequency band is accepted or not when receiving the CTS frame 700 from the AP 520, and uses the corresponding frequency band if the use is accepted. If the status code subfield 751 indicates denial of the occupation request, the STA 510 uses another frequency bandwidth.
  • the STA 510 can use the bandwidth of the responding channels which CTS frame is received over.
  • a network allocation vector (NAV) is set up with regard to the bandwidth indicated by the request bandwidth subfield 651 in the BSS where the STA 510 is involved.
  • the NAV is set up with regard to the bandwidth indicated by the responding bandwidth subfield 752 in the BSS where the AP 520 is involved.
  • the transmission channel request field 650 and/or the transmission channel control field 750 may be achieved by not a separate field but utilizing reserved bits of the duration time fields 620 and 720. That is, most significant bits (MSB), i.e., 2 bits of a bit 14 and a bit 15 among 16 bits occupied by the duration time fields 620 and 720 are used for indicating the bandwidth for the plurality of requesting channels and total bandwidth for one responding channel or the responding channels, respectively. Accordingly, a request-response mechanism between the STA and the AP can be achieved with regard to the transmission channel to be used.
  • MSB most significant bits
  • the RTS frame and the CTS frame may be defined and used as a new management frame in the request-response frame transmitting/receiving mechanism between the STA 510 and the AP 520.
  • FIG. 8 shows a data frame transmitting method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the CTS-to-self frame is the CTS frame 700 including the receiver address field 730 indicating an address of a device transmitting the CTS frame
  • the STA may receive the data frame on the basis of the channel bandwidth and power constraint involved in the transmission channel control field (S820).
  • the AP or the STA may regulate the bandwidth by transmitting the CTS-to-self frame even though there is no separate request.
  • FIG. 9 shows a data frame transmitting method according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the STA transmits a bandwidth switch request frame for requesting a switch of the bandwidth (S910).
  • the AP transmits a bandwidth switch response frame in response to the bandwidth switch request frame (S920).
  • FIGs. 10 and 11 are block diagrams showing the formats of the bandwidth switch request frame and the bandwidth switch response frame.
  • the bandwidth switch request frame 1000 includes a category field 1010 indicating the type or name of a corresponding frame, an action field 1020 indicating an action of the corresponding frame, a receiver address field 1030 indicating the MAC address of the wireless apparatus that receives the frame, and a transmitter address field 1040 indicating the MAC address of the wireless apparatus that transmits the frame.
  • the bandwidth switch request frame 1000 includes a request bandwidth field 1050 indicating a bandwidth of a transmission channel desired to be used by the STA. This is the same as the request bandwidth field 651 of the foregoing RTS frame 600, and thus repetitive descriptions thereof will be avoided.
  • the bandwidth switch response frame 1100 includes a category field 1110, an action field 1120, a receiver address field 1130, and a transmitter address field 1140.
  • the bandwidth switch response frame 1100 may includes a status code field 1150 indicating whether the use of the transmission channel bandwidth indicated by the transmitted request bandwidth field 1050 is accepted, and a responding bandwidth field 1160 indicating a transmission channel bandwidth requested to be used by the STA 510.
  • the bandwidth switch response frame 1100 may include a power constraint field 1170 indicating transmission power available for transmitting the data frame in the case where the bandwidth indicated by the recommended bandwidth field 1160 is used.
  • the above three fields are the same as the status code subfield 751, the responding bandwidth subfield 752 and the power constraint subfield 753 of the foregoing CTS frame 700, respectively, and thus repetitive descriptions thereof will be avoided.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a bandwidth regulating method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the AP 1220 sends the STA 1210 a bandwidth switch announcement frame including information about a transmission channel bandwidth desired to be used (S1210).
  • the STA 1210 transmits the data frame through the transmission channel bandwidth (S1220).
  • FIG. 12 shows an example that the bandwidth switch announcement frame is transmitted by the AP 1220, but not limited thereto. Alternatively, STA 1210 may transmit the bandwidth switch announcement frame and the data frame.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the format of the bandwidth switch announcement frame used in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 12.
  • the bandwidth switch announcement frame 1300 includes a category field 1310 indicating the type or name of a corresponding frame, an action field 1320 indicating an action of the corresponding frame, a bandwidth switch announcement element field 1230 indicating a transmission channel bandwidth desired to be used, and a power constraint field 1340 indicating constraint of power to be used in the transmission channel bandwidth.
  • the bandwidth switch announcement element field 1330 includes an element ID subfield 1331 indicating that a corresponding field is a bandwidth switch announcement element field, a length subfield 1332 indicating the length of the bandwidth switch announcement element field 1330, a bandwidth switch mode subfield 1333 for signaling whether the action of the STA 510 that receives the bandwidth switch announcement frame is constrained or not, a target bandwidth subfield 1334 indicating the transmission channel bandwidth desired to be used, and a bandwidth switch count subfield 1335 indicating a time when the transmission channel bandwidth, indicated by the target bandwidth subfield 1334, is switched.
  • the bandwidth switch announcement frame 1300 transmitted from the AP 1220 to the STA 1210 may be defined as a separate management frame. Also, a beacon frame or a probe response frame may be employed as a bandwidth switch announcement frame 1300.
  • the beacon frame is cyclically broadcasted at beacon intervals. If the beacon frame is used, the transmission channel bandwidth may be regulated semi-statically within a transmission interval.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of bandwidth management information included in the beacon frame.
  • the beacon frame includes a bandwidth switch field 1400.
  • the bandwidth switch field 1400 includes an element ID field 1410 indicating bandwidth switch information, a length field 1420 indicating the length of the bandwidth switch field 1300, and at least one transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430, 1440, 1450 indicating management information about each transmission channel.
  • the three transmission channel bandwidth vectors are included in the bandwidth switch field 1400, but not limited thereto. Alternatively, one or more than three transmission channel bandwidth vectors may be included in the bandwidth switch field 1400.
  • the transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430 includes a transmission channel bandwidth subfield 1431, an operation offset subfield 1432, an operation duration subfield 1433, and an operation interval subfield 1434.
  • the transmission channel bandwidth subfield 1431 indicates a bandwidth of an available transmission channel bandwidth.
  • the operation offset subfield 1432 indicates a start time of operating in the corresponding bandwidth.
  • the operation duration subfield 1433 indicates a duration time of operating in the corresponding bandwidth.
  • the operation interval subfield 1434 indicates an interval at which a new operation duration is initiated again after the duration time of operating in the corresponding bandwidth is elapsed.
  • One operation cycle is defined on the basis of the operation duration subfield 1433 and the operation interval subfield 1434.
  • FIG. 15 shows an example of operation that can be performed in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • an operation in WS frequency band will be described by way of example.
  • the beacon frame is cyclically transmitted, and includes the transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430.
  • the transmission channel bandwidth subfield 1431 of the transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430 indicates a bandwidth of 5MHz.
  • the operation duration of the STA is initiated using the bandwidth of 5MHz at a time indicated by the operation offset subfield 1432 within the transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430.
  • the operation duration continues during the duration time of the operation duration subfield 1433, and the STA uses the bandwidth of 10MHz during the duration time indicated by the operation interval subfield 1434.
  • Bandwidth regulation is supported by a time division multiplexing (TDM) method within the beacon interval, and the beacon frame may be transmitted with the same bandwidth as the bandwidth indicated by the transmission channel bandwidth subfield 1431 of the transmission channel bandwidth vector field 1430 so as to transmit information about such transmission channel bandwidth regulation as being involved in the beacon frame.
  • TDM time division multiplexing
  • a physical protocol data unit i.e., a physical protocol data unit (PPDU)
  • successful receipt of the AP has to be ensured by a higher level with respect to a specific portion of the data frame. That is, if a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) header of the PPDU frame transmitted by the AP and/or the STA is transmitted with low transmission power, another AP and/or STA at a coverage edge of the AP and/or the STA may not receive the corresponding PLCP header. Accordingly, the AP and/or the STA may not correctly perform channel clear assessment (CCA) detection.
  • PLCP physical layer convergence procedure
  • FIG. 16 shows a format of a PPDU frame in the WLAN, which may refer to a paragraph 17.3.2 of “Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications” in IEEE P802.11-2007.
  • MAC Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
  • PHY Physical Layer
  • a PPDU frame 1600 includes a physical layer control procedure (PLCP) preamble 1610, a signal field 1620, and a data field 1630.
  • PLCP physical layer control procedure
  • the PLCP preamble 1610 includes a symbol of the PPDU frame, and a training sequence for timing synchronization.
  • the signal field 1620 includes a rate field 1621, a reserve field 1622, a length field 1623, a parity field 1624, and a tail field 1625 of the PLCP header 160.
  • the signal field 1620 may be transmitted in one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • the rate field 1621 indicates a data rate.
  • the length field 1623 may indicate a number of octets of a data field 1630, a PPDU frame 1630 to be transmitted, or a PSDU 1632 that the MAC layer currently requests the physical layer to transmit.
  • the parity field 1624 is a field indicating a parity bit for preventing an error of data.
  • the data field 1630 includes a service field 1631, a PSDU 1632 and a tail field 1633 of the PLCP header 160. Also, the data field 1630 may further include a padding field 1634 for padding the octet of the PPDU frame 1600.
  • the service field 1631 is used for initializing a scrambler.
  • the frame transmitted and/or received by the STA and/or the AP has the foregoing form of the PPDU frame 1600.
  • the PPDU frame 1600 is transmitted through a plurality of OFDM symbols.
  • the transmission power may be constrained when using the bandwidth.
  • the STA and/or the AP may not receive the PLCP header (more specifically, a signal field on the structure of the PPDU frame). Accordingly, there is proposed a method of fully ensuring that the PLCP header is transmitted using a basic transmission channel (5MHz bandwidth) with the maximum transmission power in light of transmitting the data frame through the signaled transmission channel bandwidth
  • FIG. 17 shows a method of transmitting a data frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the data frame refers to a PPDU frame transmitted in the physical layer of the WLAN system.
  • the PLCP header and the data field of the PPDU frame may be transmitted using different transmission power in different frequency bands.
  • the frequency band used for transmitting the PLCP header will be called a first transmission channel 1710
  • the frequency band used for transmitting the data field will be called a second transmission channel 1720.
  • the bandwidth of the first transmission channel 1710 is fixed, but the bandwidth of the second transmission channel 1720 is variable.
  • the bandwidth of the first transmission channel 1710 may be narrower than that of the second transmission channel 1720.
  • the bandwidth of the first transmission channel 1710 may be fixed to 5MHz, which is for fully ensuring the maximum transmission power in light of transmitting the PLCP header through the first transmission channel 1710.
  • the second transmission channel 1720 may have a specific bandwidth of the unoccupied frequency band announced through the DB access or the spectrum sensing result implemented by the STA or the AP.
  • the second transmission channel 1720 may have the bandwidth of the transmission channel signaled as described above with FIGs. 5 to 15.
  • the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by a request bandwidth subfield 651 of the transmission channel request field 650. If the status code 751 indicates refusal, the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by the responding bandwidth subfield 752 of the transmission channel control field 750.
  • a bandwidth indicated by the transmission channel control field of a CTS-to-Self frame may be used as the bandwidth of the second transmission channel.
  • the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by a request bandwidth field 1050. If the status code 1150 indicates refusal, the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by responding bandwidth field 1160.
  • the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by a target bandwidth subfield 1334.
  • the bandwidth of the second transmission channel may be a bandwidth indicated by each channel bandwidth sub field of the bandwidth vector fields 1430, 1440 and 1450.
  • the STA and/or the AP transmits a PLCP preamble 1810 and a PLCP header 180 (more specifically, a signal field 1820) through a first transmission channel 1710 having a bandwidth of 5MHz with respect to a center frequency f c .
  • a data field 1830 is transmitted through a second transmission channel 1720 having a bandwidth equal to or wider than that of the first transmission channel 1710.
  • the bandwidth of the second transmission channel 1720 may have 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz or more, which are all multiples of 5.
  • the bandwidth used in transmitting the PLCP header 180 is limited to the bandwidth of 5MHz. This is to guarantee successful receipt of a receiver by transmitting the PLCP header 180 with power as high as possible.
  • the first transmission channel 1710 and the second transmission channel 1720 are different in the bandwidth, they may also be different in the transmission power.
  • the transmission power for the PLCP header 180 is 100mW
  • the transmission power for the data field 1830 may be 40mW.
  • the receiver can receive the PLCP header 180 but cannot receive the data field 1830 since no signal is sensed in the channel. Although no signal is sensed, the receiver can determine that the second transmission channel 1720 is being occupied, on the basis of the frame length information of the PLCP header 180.
  • a transition gap 1730 may be provided between the PLCP header 180 and the data field 1830. Since a sampling frequency and a sampling rate are changed between the first transmission channel 1710 and the second transmission channel 1720, the transition gap 1730 is provided for allowing a receiver to be tuned to a widened bandwidth. If the receiver is operated at the sampling rate supported as highest as possible, there may be no need of such a transition gap.
  • FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the format of the PPDU frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the PPDU frame 1800 includes a PLCP preamble 1810, a signal field 1820, and a data field 1830.
  • the PLCP preamble 1810 is used for synchronization.
  • the PLCP preamble 1810 includes twelve OFDM symbols for various timer synchronizations between the transmitter and the receiver. Among them, ten symbols are short training symbols, and the other two symbols are long training symbols.
  • the signal field 1820 includes a rate field 1821, a length field 1822, a parity field 1823, a tail field 1824, a bandwidth field 1825, and a transmission power field 1826 of the PLCP header 180.
  • the rate field 1821, the length field 1822, the parity field 1823 and the tail field 1824 have the same functions as the fields 1621, 1623, 1624 and 1625 of FIG. 16, respectively.
  • the bandwidth field 1825 shows the bandwidth of the second transmission channel 1710. If the bandwidth of the second transmission channel 1710, i.e., the transmission bandwidth for the data field 1830 is signaled to the PLCP header 180, sub-carrier spacing of the PSDU 1832 is determined on the basis of this signaling information.
  • the transmission power field 1826 shows a transmission power constraint of when the second transmission channel 1710 is used.
  • the maximum transmission power value indicated by the transmission power field 1826 may be the maximum transmission power indicated by the power constraint sub-fields 652, 753 and the power constraint fields 1170 and 1340 of the exemplary embodiments as described above with reference to FIGs. 5 to 15.
  • the data field 1830 includes a service field 1831, a PSDU 1832, a tail field 1833 and a pad field 1834 of the PLCP header 180.
  • the tail field 1833 and the pad field 1834 have the same functions as the tail field 1633 and the padding field 1634 of FIG. 16, respectively.
  • the data field 1830 is encoded in accordance with a data rate and scrambled before being transmitted.
  • the service field 1831 is included in the PLCP header 180, but transmitted as being included in the data field 1830 of the PPDU frame 1800 when transmitted. This is to initialize the scrambler.
  • the format of the PPDU frame 1800 is nothing but an example. The name or location of each field may be changed. Also, a certain field of the PPDU frame 1800 may be omitted, and another field may be added.
  • FIG. 19 is a block diagram of a wireless device to implement the present invention.
  • the wireless device 1900 may be a part of a STA or an AP or may be a part of a transmitter or a receiver.
  • the wireless device 1900 includes an interface unit 1910 and a processor 1920.
  • the interface unit 1910 is operatively coupled with the processor 1920 and provides a wireless interface with other wireless device.
  • the processor 1920 implements functions of the STA or AP shown in embodiments of FIGs. 2, 5, 8, 9 and 12.
  • the processor 1920 may perform the bandwidth adaptation.
  • the processor may include application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), other chipset, logic circuit and/or data processing device.
  • the memory may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium and/or other storage device.
  • ROM read-only memory
  • RAM random access memory
  • flash memory memory card
  • storage medium storage medium and/or other storage device.
  • modules e.g., procedures, functions, and so on
  • the modules can be stored in memory and executed by processor.
  • the memory can be implemented within the processor or external to the processor in which case those can be communicatively coupled to the processor via various means as is known in the art.

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