WO2014030983A1 - 무선랜에서 채널 액세스 방법 및 장치 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a channel access method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a channel access method and apparatus of a station (STA).
- STA station
- IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless LAN technology using a 60GHz band.
- IEEE 802.11af which utilizes a TV white space (TVWS) band.
- IEEE 802.11ah utilizing the 900MHz band. They aim primarily at the expansion of extended grid Wi-Fi services, as well as smart grid and wide area sensor networks.
- the existing WLAN medium access control (MAC) technology has a problem that the initial link setup time is very long in some cases.
- IEEE 802.11ai standardization activities have been actively performed recently.
- IEEE 802.11ai is a MAC technology that addresses the rapid authentication process to drastically reduce the initial set-up and association time of WLAN. Standardization activities began in January 2011 as a formal task group. It became. To enable the quick access procedure, IEEE 802.11ai supports AP discovery, network discovery, time synchronization function synchronization, Authentication & Association, and higher layer. Discussion of process simplification is underway in areas such as merging procedures with the Among them, procedure merging using piggyback of dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), optimization of full EAP (extensible authentication protocol) using concurrent IP, and efficient selective access (AP) point) Ideas such as scanning are actively discussed.
- DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
- EAP efficient selective access
- an initial channel access method of a STA (station) in a wireless LAN includes information on a channel state from an access point (AP), and a channel access protection interval.
- AP access point
- Receiving a frame including information about the STA and the STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval when the information on the channel state indicates the congestion of the radio link, the STA to determine the channel access priority
- determining, by the STA, an initial channel access in the channel access protection interval based on the determined channel access priority and information on an STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval.
- Information about the channel access protection interval may be determined by channel access in the channel access protection channel. Only one STA may include information for a limited time to perform a channel access.
- a station (station) for scanning in a wireless LAN may include an RF unit for receiving a radio signal and a processor selectively connected to the RF unit.
- the processor may receive a frame including information on a channel state, information on a channel access protection interval, and information on an STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval from an access point, and the channel state. If information about indicates congestion of the radio link, the channel access priority is determined, and the channel access protection interval is based on the determined channel access priority and information on an STA capable of channel access to the channel access protection interval. It can be implemented to perform the initial channel access in the channel access protection interval for The information may include information about a limited time such that only an STA that is channel accessible in the channel access protection channel performs channel access.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a layer architecture of a WLAN system supported by IEEE 802.11.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a scanning method in a WLAN.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication and combining process after scanning of an AP and an STA.
- 5 is a conceptual diagram for an active scanning procedure.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for transmitting a probe request frame.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA based on DCF.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a backoff procedure of a plurality of STAs.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an interval IFS between frames.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of obtaining a TXOP of an STA.
- 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an EDCA channel reference model.
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a backoff procedure of the EDCA.
- 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating Polled TXOP timing.
- FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an initial link establishment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame including information on a channel access protection interval according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 16 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an initial access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 17 is a conceptual diagram illustrating channel access of an STA according to a scanning access class according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 20 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 21 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- WLAN wireless local area network
- FIG. 1A shows the structure of an infrastructure network of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11.
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- the WLAN system may include one or more basic service sets (BSSs) 100 and 105.
- the BSSs 100 and 105 are a set of APs and STAs such as an access point 125 and a STA1 (station 100-1) capable of successfully synchronizing and communicating with each other, and do not indicate a specific area.
- the BSS 105 may include one or more joinable STAs 105-1 and 105-2 to one AP 130.
- the infrastructure BSS may include at least one STA, APs 125 and 130 that provide a distribution service, and a distribution system DS that connects a plurality of APs.
- the distributed system 110 may connect several BSSs 100 and 105 to implement an extended service set (ESS) 140 which is an extended service set.
- ESS 140 may be used as a term indicating one network in which one or several APs 125 and 230 are connected through the distributed system 110.
- APs included in one ESS 140 may have the same service set identification (SSID).
- the portal 120 may serve as a bridge for connecting the WLAN network (IEEE 802.11) with another network (for example, 802.X).
- a network between the APs 125 and 130 and a network between the APs 125 and 130 and the STAs 100-1, 105-1, and 105-2 may be implemented. have. However, it may be possible to perform communication by setting up a network even between STAs without the APs 125 and 130.
- a network that performs communication by establishing a network even between STAs without APs 125 and 130 is defined as an ad-hoc network or an independent basic service set (BSS).
- 1B is a conceptual diagram illustrating an independent BSS.
- an independent BSS is a BSS operating in an ad-hoc mode. Since IBSS does not contain an AP, there is no centralized management entity. That is, in the IBSS, the STAs 150-1, 150-2, 150-3, 155-4, and 155-5 are managed in a distributed manner. In the IBSS, all STAs 150-1, 150-2, 150-3, 155-4, and 155-5 may be mobile STAs, and access to a distributed system is not allowed, thus making a self-contained network. network).
- a STA is any functional medium that includes a medium access control (MAC) and physical layer interface to a wireless medium that conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard. May be used to mean both an AP and a non-AP STA (Non-AP Station).
- MAC medium access control
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- the STA may include a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU), a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber unit ( It may also be called various names such as a mobile subscriber unit or simply a user.
- WTRU wireless transmit / receive unit
- UE user equipment
- MS mobile station
- UE mobile subscriber unit
- It may also be called various names such as a mobile subscriber unit or simply a user.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a layer architecture of a WLAN system supported by IEEE 802.11.
- FIG. 2 conceptually illustrates a PHY architecture of a WLAN system.
- the hierarchical architecture of the WLAN system may include a medium access control (MAC) sublayer 220, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) sublayer 210, and a physical medium dependent (PMD) sublayer 200.
- MAC medium access control
- PLCP physical layer convergence procedure
- PMD physical medium dependent
- the PLCP sublayer 210 is implemented such that the MAC sublayer 220 can operate with a minimum dependency on the PMD sublayer 200.
- the PMD sublayer 200 may serve as a transmission interface for transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of STAs.
- the MAC sublayer 220, the PLCP sublayer 210, and the PMD sublayer 200 may conceptually include a management entity.
- the management unit of the MAC sublayer 220 is referred to as a MAC Layer Management Entity (MLME) 225, and the management unit of the physical layer is referred to as a PHY Layer Management Entity (PLME) 215.
- MLME MAC Layer Management Entity
- PLME PHY Layer Management Entity
- Such management units may provide an interface on which layer management operations are performed.
- the PLME 215 may be connected to the MLME 225 to perform management operations of the PLCP sublayer 210 and the PMD sublayer 200, and the MLME 225 may also be connected to the PLME 215 and connected to the MAC.
- a management operation of the sublayer 220 may be performed.
- SME 250 may operate as a component independent of the layer.
- the MLME, PLME, and SME may transmit and receive information between mutual components based on primitives.
- the PLCP sublayer 110 may convert the MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) received from the MAC sublayer 220 according to the indication of the MAC layer between the MAC sublayer 220 and the PMD sublayer 200. Or a frame coming from the PMD sublayer 200 to the MAC sublayer 220.
- the PMD sublayer 200 may be a PLCP lower layer to perform data transmission and reception between a plurality of STAs over a wireless medium.
- the MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) delivered by the MAC sublayer 220 is called a physical service data unit (PSDU) in the PLCP sublayer 210.
- the MPDU is similar to the PSDU. However, when an A-MPDU (aggregated MPDU) that aggregates a plurality of MPDUs is delivered, the individual MPDUs and the PSDUs may be different from each other.
- the PLCP sublayer 210 adds an additional field including information required by the physical layer transceiver in the process of receiving the PSDU from the MAC sublayer 220 to the PMD sublayer 200.
- the added field may be a PLCP preamble, a PLCP header, and tail bits required to return the convolutional encoder to a zero state in the PSDU.
- the PLCP preamble may serve to prepare the receiver for synchronization and antenna diversity before the PSDU is transmitted.
- the data field may include a coded sequence encoded with a padding bits, a service field including a bit sequence for initializing a scraper, and a bit sequence appended with tail bits in the PSDU.
- the encoding scheme may be selected from either binary convolutional coding (BCC) encoding or low density parity check (LDPC) encoding according to the encoding scheme supported by the STA receiving the PPDU.
- BCC binary convolutional coding
- LDPC low density parity check
- the PLCP header may include a field including information on a PLC Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to be transmitted.
- the PLCP sublayer 210 adds the above-described fields to the PSDU, generates a PPDU (PLCP Protocol Data Unit), and transmits it to the receiving station via the PMD sublayer 200, and the receiving station receives the PPDU to receive the PLCP preamble and PLCP. Obtain and restore information necessary for data restoration from the header.
- PPDU PLCP Protocol Data Unit
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a scanning method in a WLAN.
- a scanning method may be classified into passive scanning 300 and active scanning 350.
- the passive scanning 300 may be performed by the beacon frame 330 broadcast by the AP 300 periodically.
- the AP 300 of the WLAN broadcasts the beacon frame 330 to the non-AP STA 340 every specific period (for example, 100 msec).
- the beacon frame 330 may include information about the current network.
- the non-AP STA 340 receives the beacon frame 330 that is periodically broadcast to receive the network information to perform scanning for the AP 310 and the channel to perform the authentication / association (authentication / association) process Can be.
- the passive scanning method 300 only needs to receive the beacon frame 330 transmitted from the AP 310 without the need for the non-AP STA 340 to transmit the frame.
- passive scanning 300 has the advantage that the overall overhead incurred by data transmission / reception in the network is small.
- scanning can be performed manually in proportion to the period of the beacon frame 330, the time taken to perform scanning increases.
- beacon frame For a detailed description of the beacon frame, see IEEE Draft P802.11-REVmb TM / D12, November 2011 'IEEE Standard for Information Technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications (hereinafter referred to as IEEE 802.11) 'are described in 8.3.3.2 beacon frame.
- IEEE 802.11 ai may additionally use other formats of beacon frames, and these beacon frames may be referred to as (fast initial link setup) beacon frames.
- a measurement pilot frame may be used in a scanning procedure as a frame including only some information of a beacon frame. Measurement pilot frames are disclosed in the IEEE 802.11 8.5.8.3 measurement pilot format.
- a FILS discovery frame may be defined.
- the FILS discovery frame is a frame transmitted between transmission periods of a beacon frame at each AP and may be a frame transmitted with a shorter period than the beacon frame. That is, the FILS discovery frame is a frame transmitted with a period smaller than the transmission period of the beacon frame.
- the FILS discovery frame may include identifier information (SSID, BSSID) of an AP transmitting the discovery frame.
- the FILS discovery frame may be transmitted before the beacon frame is transmitted to the STA to allow the STA to detect in advance that the AP exists in the corresponding channel.
- the interval at which a FILS discovery frame is transmitted from one AP is called a FILS discovery frame transmission interval.
- the FILS discovery frame may include part of information included in the beacon frame and be transmitted.
- the FILS discovery frame may include part of information included in the beacon frame and be transmitted.
- the FILS discovery frame may also include information on the transmission time of the beacon frame of the neighboring AP.
- the active scanning 350 refers to a method in which a non-AP STA 390 transmits a probe request frame 370 to the AP 360 to proactively perform scanning.
- the AP 360 After receiving the probe request frame 370 from the non-AP STA 390, the AP 360 waits for a random time to prevent frame collision, and then includes network information in the probe response frame 380. may transmit to the non-AP STA 390. The non-AP STA 390 may obtain network information based on the received probe response frame 380 and stop the scanning process.
- the probe request frame 370 is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.9 and the probe response frame 380 is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.10.
- the AP and the STA may perform an authentication and association process.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication and combining process after scanning of an AP and an STA.
- the authentication and association process may be performed through, for example, two-way handshaking.
- 4A is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication and combining process after passive scanning
- FIG. 4B is a conceptual diagram illustrating an authentication and combining process after active scanning.
- the authentication and association process is based on an authentication request frame (410) / authentication response frame (420) and an association request frame (330), regardless of whether an active scanning method or passive scanning is used. The same may be performed by exchanging an association response frame 440 between the APs 400 and 450 and the non-AP STAs 405 and 455.
- the authentication process may be performed by transmitting the authentication request frame 410 to the APs 400 and 450 in the non-AP STAs 405 and 455.
- the authentication response frame 420 may be transmitted from the AP 400, 450 to the non-AP STAs 405, 455.
- Authentication frame format is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.11.
- An association process may be performed by transmitting an association request frame 430 to the APs 400 and 405 in the non-AP STAs 405 and 455.
- the association response frame 440 may be transmitted from the AP 405 and 455 to the non-AP STAs 400 and 450.
- the transmitted association request frame 430 includes information on the capabilities of the non-AP STAs 405 and 455. Based on the performance information of the non-AP STAs 405 and 455, the APs 400 and 350 may determine whether support is possible for the non-AP STAs 405 and 355.
- the AP 300 or 450 may include the non-AP STA 405 in the association response frame 440 by including whether the association request frame 440 is accepted and the reason thereof, and capability information that can be supported. , 455).
- Association frame format is disclosed in IEEE 802.11 8.3.3.5/8.3.3.6.
- the association may be performed again or the association may be performed to another AP based on the reason why the association is not performed.
- 5 is a conceptual diagram for an active scanning procedure.
- the active scanning procedure may be performed by the following steps.
- the STA 500 determines whether it is ready to perform a scanning procedure.
- the STA 500 may perform active scanning by waiting until the probe delay time expires or when specific signaling information (eg, PHY-RXSTART.indication primitive) is received. have.
- specific signaling information eg, PHY-RXSTART.indication primitive
- the probe delay time is a delay that occurs before the STA 500 transmits the probe request frame 510 when performing the active scanning.
- PHY-RXSTART.indication primitive is a signal transmitted from a physical (PHY) layer to a local medium access control (MAC) layer.
- the PHY-RXSTART.indication primitive may signal to the MAC layer that it has received a PLC protocol data unit (PPDU) including a valid PLCP header in a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP).
- PPDU PLC protocol data unit
- PLCP physical layer convergence protocol
- DCF distributed coordination function
- CSMA / CA carrier sense multiple access / collision avoidance
- the probe request frame 510 includes information for specifying the APs 560 and 570 included in the MLME-SCAN.request primitive (eg, service set identification (SSID) and basic service set identification (BSSID) information). ) Can be sent.
- SSID service set identification
- BSSID basic service set identification
- the BSSID is an indicator for specifying the AP and may have a value corresponding to the MAC address of the AP.
- Service set identification (SSID) is a network name for specifying an AP that can be read by a person who operates an STA. The BSSID and / or SSID may be used to specify the AP.
- the STA 500 may specify an AP based on information for specifying the APs 560 and 570 included by the MLME-SCAN.request primitive.
- the specified APs 560 and 570 may transmit probe response frames 550 and 550 to the STA 500.
- the STA 500 may unicast, multicast, or broadcast the probe request frame 510 by transmitting the SSID and the BSSID information in the probe request frame 510. A method of unicasting, multicasting or broadcasting the probe request frame 510 using the SSID and the BSSID information will be further described with reference to FIG. 5.
- the STA 500 may include the SSID list in the probe request frame 510 and transmit the SSID list.
- the AP 560, 570 receives the probe request frame 510 and determines the SSID included in the SSID list included in the received probe request frame 510 and transmits the probe response frames 550, 550 to the STA 200. You can decide whether to send.
- the probe timer may be used to check the minimum channel time (MinChanneltime, 520) and the maximum channel time (MaxChanneltime, 530).
- the minimum channel time 520 and the maximum channel time 530 may be used to control the active scanning operation of the STA 500.
- the minimum channel time 520 may be used to perform an operation for changing the channel on which the STA 500 performs active scanning. For example, if the STA 500 does not receive the probe response frames 550, 550 until the probe timer reaches the minimum channel time 520, the STA 500 shifts the scanning channel to scan on another channel. Can be performed. When the STA 500 receives the probe response frame 550 until the probe timer reaches the minimum channel time 520, the STA 500 receives the probe response frame when the probe timer reaches the maximum channel time 530. 540 and 550 can be processed.
- the STA 500 searches for the PHY-CCA.indication primitive until the probe timer reaches the minimum channel time 520 so that other frames (eg, probe response frames 540 and 550) are not available until the minimum channel time 520. Whether it is received by the STA 500 may be determined.
- PHY-CCA.indication primitive may transmit information about the state of the medium from the physical layer to the MAC layer. PHY-CCA.indication primitive can inform the status of the current channel by using channel status parameters such as busy if channel is not available and idle if channel is available. When the PHY-CCA.indication is detected as busy, the STA 500 determines that probe response frames 550 and 550 received by the STA 500 exist and the PHY-CCA.indication is idle. If it is detected as, it may be determined that the probe response frames 550 and 550 received by the STA 500 do not exist.
- the STA 500 may set the net allocation vector (NAV) to 0 and scan the next channel.
- the STA 500 may perform processing on the received probe response frames 550 and 550 after the probe timer reaches the maximum channel time 530. have. After processing the received probe response frames 550 and 550, the net allocation vector (NAV) is set to 0 and the STA 500 may scan the next channel.
- determining whether the probe response frames 550 and 550 received by the STA 500 exist may include determining the channel state using the PHY-CCA.indication primitive. have.
- the MLME may signal MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive.
- the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive may include a BSSDescriptionSet including all information obtained in the scanning process.
- the STA 500 uses the active scanning method, it is necessary to perform monitoring to determine whether the parameter of the PHY-CCA.indication is busy until the probe timer reaches the minimum channel time.
- MLME-SCAN.request primitive is a primitive generated by SME.
- the MLME-SCAN.request primitive may be used to determine whether there is another BSS to which the STA is bound.
- the MLME-SCAN.request primitive may specifically include information such as BSSType, BSSID, SSID, ScanType, ProbeDelay, ChannelList, MinChannelTime, MaxChannelTime, RequestInformation, SSID List, ChannelUsage, AccessNetworkType, HESSID, MeshID, VendorSpecificInfo.
- BSSType BSSID
- ScanType ProbeDelay
- ChannelList MinChannelTime
- MaxChannelTime MaxChannelTime
- RequestInformation SSID List
- ChannelUsage AccessNetworkType
- HESSID HESSID
- MeshID MeshID
- VendorSpecificInfo VendorSpecificInfo
- Table 1 below briefly illustrates information included in the MLME-SCAN.request primitive.
- a request parameter included in MLME-SCAN.request.primitive may be used to determine whether the responding STA transmits a probe response frame.
- the request parameter may include information for requesting that information of another BSS is included in the probe response frame.
- the request parameter may include a report request field, a delay reference field, and a maximum delay limit field.
- the report request field is information for requesting information of another BSS to be included in the probe response frame.
- the delay reference field includes information about a delay type applied in response to the probe request frame, and the maximum delay limit field is a delay reference field. It may include maximum connection delay information for the delay type, indicated by.
- the request parameter may include a minimum data rate field and / or a received signal strength limit field.
- the minimum data rate field contains information on the lowest overall data rate in transmitting an MSDU or A-MSDU.
- the received signal strength limit field may further include information about a limit value of a signal required for the receiver of the probe request frame to respond.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for transmitting a probe request frame.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a method in which an STA broadcasts, multicasts, and unicasts a probe request frame.
- FIG. 6A illustrates a method in which the STA 600 broadcasts a probe request frame 610.
- the STA 600 may broadcast the probe request frame 610 by including a wildcard SSID and a wildcard BSSID in the probe request frame 610.
- the wild card SSID and wild card BSSID may be used as an identifier for indicating all of the APs 606-1, 606-2, 606-3, 606-4, and 606-6 included in the transmission range of the STA 600. .
- the probe response frame in response to the probe request frame 610 received by the APs 606-1, 606-2, 606-3, 606-4, and 606-6 receiving the broadcast probe request frame 610. If the STA is transmitted to the STA 600 within a predetermined time, the STA 600 may have a problem of receiving and processing too many probe response frames at a time.
- FIG. 6B illustrates a method in which the STA 620 unicasts the probe request frame 630.
- the STA 620 when the STA 620 unicasts the probe request frame 630, the STA 620 includes a probe request frame 630 including specific SSID / BSSID information of the AP. Can be transmitted. Among the APs receiving the probe request frame 630, only the AP 626 corresponding to the specific SSID / BSSID of the AP 620 may transmit a probe response frame to the STA 620.
- FIG. 6C illustrates a method in which the STA 640 multicasts the probe request frame 660.
- the STA 640 may include the SSID list and the wild card BSSID in the probe request frame 660.
- APs 660-1 and 660-2 corresponding to the SSID included in the SSID list included in the probe request frame among the APs receiving the probe request frame 660 may transmit a probe response frame to the STA 640.
- the STA may sense whether there is a frame received through the channel by sensing the channel during the probe delay period.
- the STA may receive an MLME-SCAN-request primitive indicating an active scanning generated in the MLME.
- the STA may determine a method (unicast, multicast or broadcast) of transmitting a probe request frame based on the MLME-SCAN-Request primitive, and may also determine a BSSID and SSID to be included in the probe request frame.
- the STA may determine whether a probe delay time expires and a valid frame is received in the PHY layer of the STA.
- the probe delay may be used as a channel discovery interval that is used by an STA performing active scanning before transmitting a probe request frame. For example, when the STA receives a valid frame to the PHY layer, the PHY layer of the STA may generate a specific primitive (eg, PHYRxStart.indication primitive) and transmit the same to the MAC layer. If the probe delay time expires and a valid frame is received in the PHY layer of the STA, the STA may perform channel access to transmit the probe request frame to the channel. If the STA succeeds in channel access, the STA may transmit a probe request frame to the channel.
- a specific primitive eg, PHYRxStart.indication primitive
- the STA may transmit a probe request frame and set a probe timer.
- the STA may measure the channel state until the probe timer reaches the minimum channel time (MinChannelTime). If the channel state is not BUSY as a result of the channel state measurement of the STA, the STA may set the NAV to 0 and scan another channel.
- the STA may receive a probe response frame from the channel until the probe timer reaches a maximum channel time (MaxChannelTime).
- MaxChannelTime maximum channel time
- the STA may process all received probe response frames when the probe timer reaches the maximum channel time. Whether the state of the channel sensed by the STA is busy may be determined based on the PHY-CCA.indication primitive generated in the PHY layer of the STA.
- a plurality of STAs may share a wireless medium based on a distributed coordination function (DCF) performed in the MAC layer.
- DCF is based on carrier sensing multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA / CA).
- CSMA carrier sensing multiple access with collision avoidance
- a medium may be shared between a plurality of STAs based on a request to send (RTS) / clear to send (CTS) performed in the MAC layer.
- RTS request to send
- CTS clear to send
- the DCF may be configured such that a plurality of STAs share a wireless medium based on the following operation.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA based on DCF.
- the STA may perform the MPDU (MAC protocol) imminent transmission. data unit). If the STA determines that the medium is in use by a carrier sensing mechanism, the STA may determine the size of a content window (CW) by a random backoff algorithm and perform a backoff procedure. have. The STA sets the CW to perform the backoff procedure and selects a random timeslot within the CW. The selected time slot is called the back off time.
- DIFS DCF inter frame space
- An STA that selects a relatively short backoff time among backoff times selected by a plurality of STAs may access the medium in preference to an STA that selects a long backoff time.
- the remaining STAs may stop the remaining backoff time and wait until the transmission of the STA transmitting the frame is completed. After the frame transmission of the STA is completed, the remaining STA may compete with the remaining backoff time to acquire the medium.
- the STA may detect the channel state for a predetermined time.
- the STA attempts to transmit after a random backoff time.
- the DCF-based transmission method may prevent collisions by preventing collisions that occur when a plurality of STAs transmit frames simultaneously.
- the random backoff time is a time that the STA waits before transmitting a frame after waiting for a predetermined time (eg, DIFS).
- the random backoff time may be defined as in Equation 1 below.
- the STA may determine the CW based on CWmin, which is the minimum CW time, and CWmax, which is the maximum CW time.
- the STA may calculate the backoff time based on the determined CW.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a backoff procedure of a plurality of STAs.
- the backoff slot may occur after the medium is determined to be idle for the DIFS period. If the activity of the medium is not detected after the DIFS period, the STA may reduce the backoff time based on aSlotTime. If it is determined that the medium is in use during the backoff slot, the STA may not reduce the backoff time. The frame transmission of the STA may be performed when the set backoff timer becomes zero.
- the DCF transmission scheme may use an RTS / CTS access mode in which control frames (RTS and CTS) are exchanged before occupying a channel before data frames are transmitted.
- This method can reduce the waste of the channel by replacing the collision that may occur when the STA transmits the data frame to a collision by a relatively short control frame.
- the MAC layer may use a point coordination function (PCF) as another method for sharing a wireless medium by a plurality of STAs.
- PCF point coordination function
- the PCF may be used as a method for guaranteeing quality of service (QoS) when transmitting real-time data as a non-competitive transmission method.
- QoS quality of service
- PCF also referred to as a non-competitive transmission service, does not exclusively use the entire transmission period of the medium, but may alternately use a contention-based service of the DCF scheme.
- a point coordinator implemented in an AP of a BSS can control a right for each STA to occupy a medium using a polling scheme.
- PIFS which is an inter-frame space (IFS) in the PCF
- DIFS which is the IFS of DCF
- IFS represents the interval between frames and may be used to set the priority for the STA to access the medium.
- IFS may be specifically defined as follows.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an interval IFS between frames.
- an interval between two frames may be referred to as an IFS.
- the STA may determine whether the channel is used during a predetermined time interval of the IFS using a carrier detection method.
- the MAC layer using DCF defines various IFSs. Priority of the STA occupying the wireless medium may be determined by the IFS.
- the interval between frames according to IFS type is as follows.
- SIFS short inter frame symbol
- PCF IFS PCF frame transmission
- DIFS DIFS
- Various problems may occur when a plurality of STAs use only DCF as a method for sharing a wireless medium in the MAC layer. For example, when using a DCF, when a plurality of STAs attempt to perform initial access (initial access) to the AP at the same time, a lot of collisions between the plurality of STAs. In addition, since there is no concept of transmission priority in DCF, quality of service (QoS) for traffic data transmitted from an STA cannot be guaranteed.
- QoS quality of service
- 802.11e improved the channel access performance of the existing DCF and HCF by defining a new coordination function, a hybrid coordination function (HCF). HCF defines two channel access methods similar to those defined in the existing 802.11 MAC, HCF controlled channel access (HCCA) and enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA).
- traffic categories which are transmission priorities, may be defined and priorities for accessing the channel may be determined based on the traffic categories. That is, by defining CW and IFS according to the category of traffic data transmitted from the STA, the channel access priority according to the type of traffic data can be determined.
- the data may be assigned to a low priority class.
- the traffic data is voice communication through the WLAN, since the data is required for real time data transmission, the corresponding traffic data may be assigned to a high priority class to perform channel access.
- TXOP Transmission Opportunity
- the STA may transmit as many packets as possible during the determined TXOP period without exceeding the maximum period of the TXOP. If one frame is too long to transmit all during one TXOP, it can be truncated into smaller frames. The use of TXOP can reduce the situation in which STAs with a low data rate, which is a problem of the existing MAC, excessively occupy the channel.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of obtaining a TXOP of an STA.
- an STA participating in QoS transmission may obtain a TXOP capable of transmitting traffic for a predetermined period of time using two channel access methods such as EDCA and HCCA.
- TXOP acquisition is made possible by either succeeding in EDCA competition or receiving QoS CF-Poll frames from the access point.
- the TXOP obtained after successful in the EDCA competition is called EDCA TXOP
- the TXOP obtained by receiving QoS CF-Poll frame from the AP is called Polled TXOP.
- a certain time may be given or a transmission time may be forcibly limited by any STA to transmit a frame using the concept of TXOP.
- the transmission start time and the maximum transmission time of the TXOP may be determined by the AP.
- the EDCA TXOP may be notified to the STA by the beacon frame and the Polled TXOP by the QoS CF-Poll frame.
- EDCA and HCCA which are channel access methods defined in HCF, will be described in detail.
- the EDCA scheme may perform channel access by defining a plurality of (eg, eight) user priorities for traffic data. For the transmission of QoS data frames based on priority, EDCA defines four access categories (AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, AC_VO). In EDCA, traffic data arriving at the MAC layer with different user priorities can be mapped based on AC as shown in Table 2 below.
- Table 2 is an exemplary table showing the mapping between user priority and AC.
- Transmission queues and AC parameters may be defined for each AC (access category or access class). The difference in transmission priority between ACs may be implemented based on different AC parameter values.
- the AC parameter may be access parameter information that determines a channel access method according to each AC.
- EDCA can use AIFS [AC], CWmin [AC], CWmax [AC] instead of DIFS, CWmin, CWmax which are used by DCF in the backoff procedure for transmitting frames belonging to AC.
- Parameters used in the backoff procedure for each AC may be delivered to each STA from the AP in a beacon frame. The smaller the value of AIFS [AC] and CWmin [AC], the higher the priority. Therefore, the shorter the channel access delay, the more bandwidth can be used in a given traffic environment.
- the backoff procedure of EDCA which generates a new backoff counter, is similar to the backoff procedure of the existing DCF. It may be performed based on other EDCA parameters.
- EDCA parameters have become an important means used to differentiate channel access of various user priority traffic. Appropriate setting of EDCA parameter values, including AC-specific parameters, can optimize network performance while increasing the transmission effect of prioritized traffic. Therefore, the AP must perform overall management and coordination functions for the EDCA parameters to ensure fair access to all STAs participating in the network.
- 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an EDCA channel reference model.
- four AC-specific transmission queues defined in an 802.11e MAC may serve as individual EDCA contention entities for wireless medium access within one STA.
- An AC can maintain its own backoff counter with its AIFS value. If there is more than one AC that has been backed off at the same time, the collisions between the ACs can be handled by a virtual collision handler. The frame at the AC with the highest priority is sent first, and the other ACs update the backoff counter again by increasing the contention window value.
- the start of TXOP occurs when the channel is accessed according to EDCA rules. If more than two frames are stacked in an AC, the EDCA MAC can attempt to transmit multiple frames if an EDCA TXOP is obtained. If the STA has already transmitted one frame and can receive the transmission of the next frame and the ACK for the same frame within the remaining TXOP time, the STA attempts to transmit the frame after the SIFS time interval.
- the TXOP limit value may be passed from the AP to the STA. If the size of the data frame to be transmitted exceeds the TXOP limit, the STA splits the frame into several smaller frames to transmit within the range not exceeding the TXOP limit.
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a backoff procedure of the EDCA.
- each traffic data transmitted from an STA may have a priority and perform a backoff procedure based on a competing EDCA scheme.
- Table 2 which is given to each traffic, the priority may be divided into eight, for example.
- each STA has different output queues according to priorities, and each output queue operates according to the rules of the EDCA.
- Each output queue may transmit traffic data using different Arbitration Inter frame Space (AIFS) according to each priority, instead of the previously used DCF Inter frame Space (DIFS).
- AIFS Arbitration Inter frame Space
- DIFS DCF Inter frame Space
- the STA needs to transmit traffic having different priorities at the same time the collision is prevented in the terminal by transmitting the traffic having the highest priority.
- Backoff occurs in the following situations.
- a transmission collision occurs and is used when retransmission is required.
- the UE sets an arbitrary backoff time to the backoff timer using Equation 2 below.
- Random (i) is a function that generates a random integer between 0 and CW [i] using a uniform distribution.
- CW [i] is the contention window between the minimum contention window CWmin [i] and the maximum contention window CWmax [i], where i represents the traffic priority.
- CWnew [i] is calculated using Equation 3 below using the previous window CWold [i].
- PF is calculated according to the procedure defined in the IEEE 802.11e standard.
- CWmin [i], AIFS [i], and PF values may be transmitted from the AP using a QoS parameter set element that is a management frame.
- the HCCA protocol uses a hyper coordinator (HC) located at the AP for central management of wireless media access. Since the HC centrally manages the wireless media, it can reduce competition for accessing the wireless media between STAs and can maintain the data frame exchange with a short transmission delay time (SIFS), thereby increasing network efficiency.
- HC hyper coordinator
- the HC controls transmission delay and scheduling by defining QoS characteristics as parameters for specific traffic required from an application service to support QoS.
- the HC Before transmitting the parameterized QoS traffic, the HC first establishes a virtual connection called a traffic stream.
- the traffic stream may correspond to both an uplink from the STA to the AP, a downlink from the AP to the STA, or a direct link from the STA to the STA.
- traffic characteristics such as frame size, average transmission rate, and QoS request parameters such as delay time are exchanged through mutual negotiation.
- a TXOP limit which is a service provision time allowed to the STA, is included in the QoS control field. That is, the HC performs a function of controlling allocation of medium access time using TXOP.
- the TXOP limit is determined by TSPEC.
- the TSPEC is requested by the station, and the AP determines whether to allow or reject the TSPEC's request according to network conditions.
- the HC provides contracted QoS by allocating the radio band required for the established traffic stream between the AP and the STA.
- the HC has overall control over the media, and if necessary, the HCCA can acquire control of the media by transmitting QoS CF-Poll frames after the PIFS delay if necessary.
- 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating Polled TXOP timing.
- a polled STA that owns TXOP receives a QoS CF Poll frame and transmits several frames with the authority for channel access for a time corresponding to the TXOP limit value specified in the QoS CF-Poll frame.
- the other STA although not applicable to them, sets up its own network allocation vector (NAV) by combining TXOP time with a certain time after receiving the QoS CF-Poll frame, and during this time, competition for channel access is established. I never do that.
- NAV network allocation vector
- the HC needs to schedule the proper transmission of the QoS CF-Poll frame to satisfy the contracted QoS requirements. Since wireless media vary in terms of channel over time or location, creating an efficient scheduling algorithm is an important factor in supporting QoS. Good scheduling algorithms can improve the performance of wireless networks by allowing more traffic streams without violating QoS contracts.
- a plurality of STAs may attempt to access the AP simultaneously.
- a plurality of STAs simultaneously perform channel access, thereby increasing the probability of collision.
- the STA transmits the access request frame using an access parameter (eg, CWmin, CWmax, AIFSN) corresponding to AC_VO.
- an access parameter eg, CWmin, CWmax, AIFSN
- the probability that a plurality of STAs simultaneously access the AP increases, and in this case, an initial access procedure of the STA may be delayed.
- An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for distributing transmission timing of a joint request frame when transmitting a joint request frame of a plurality of terminals to an AP.
- embodiments of the present invention will be disclosed based on the association request frame for convenience of description, but may be applied to other management frames (for example, authentication request frames), and such embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention. do.
- FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an initial link establishment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the STA may receive a beacon frame or a FILS discovery frame when performing passive scanning.
- the FILS discovery frame or beacon frame may be received by a plurality of STAs present in the vicinity of the AP.
- timings when the plurality of STAs that receive the FILS discovery frame or the beacon frame perform initial link establishment (or initial channel access) to join the AP may overlap. Therefore, when a plurality of STAs perform initial link establishment, collisions may occur between the STAs.
- a method of reducing a possibility that a collision may occur when an STA performs initial link establishment by defining only a certain time period and allowing only transmission of a terminal that attempts initial access for a predetermined time interval. It is started.
- a fixed time interval is defined and used as a term of a protected channel access interval.
- the channel access protection interval may be used in another term as a protected initial link setup interval.
- channel access protection interval transmission of frames (for example, data frames and other management frames) of UEs that are already combined is transmitted after the channel access protection interval, so that other STAs that do not perform initial link establishment in the channel access protection interval are transmitted.
- Channel access may be restricted.
- Information on the channel access protection interval may be transmitted to the STA through a beacon frame or FILS detection frame.
- two STAs (first STA and second STA) that perform initial link establishment around the AP and the AP in the BSS, and one STA (third STA) that have already performed initial link establishment with the AP and are combined. ) May be present.
- Two STAs performing initial link establishment and one STA that has already performed initial link establishment may receive a beacon frame or FILS detection frame transmitted by the AP.
- the beacon frame and the FILS detection frame may include information on the channel access protection interval.
- the first STA and the second STA obtain information on the channel access protection interval based on the beacon frame or the FILS detection frame, and manage a management frame (eg, an authentication request frame, for initial link establishment) in the interval. Join request frames, etc.).
- the third STA may also obtain information on the channel access protection interval based on the beacon frame or the FILS detection frame.
- the third STA may transmit the frame to the AP by performing channel access in a section other than the channel access protection section, without transmitting the frame to the AP in the channel access protection section.
- an initial channel access timing of an STA performing initial channel access may be distributed in a channel access protection interval.
- 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame including information on a channel access protection interval according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the frame including the information on the channel access protection interval may be a beacon frame or a FILS detection frame.
- the channel access protection period may include information on a period during which the terminal performing initial link establishment transmits a frame for initial link establishment (eg, an authentication request frame, a combining request frame, etc.). For example, when the information on the channel access protection interval is set to 1, it may indicate that the AP allows only transmission of a frame for performing initial channel access in the channel access protection interval. On the contrary, when the information on the channel access protection interval is set to 0, the AP may indicate that not only the transmission of the frame for performing the initial channel access but also the transmission of other frames in the channel access protection interval.
- the information about the interval may be included in the specific channel access protection interval in the information 1500 for the channel access protection interval.
- the STA may obtain information on the interval used for initial link establishment based on the information 1500 on the channel access protection interval.
- information about the channel access protection interval start point 1520 and information about the channel access protection interval end point 1540 may be included in the information 1500 about the channel access protection interval.
- the information 1520 for the start point of the channel access guard interval may include information about a point in time at which the channel access guard interval starts based on a reference time point (for example, when a beacon frame or a FILS discovery frame is transmitted or received). It may include.
- the information 1540 on the channel access protection interval end point may include information on the time point at which the channel access protection interval ends.
- the unit of the information 1500 for the channel access protection interval may be ms (micro second).
- the STA may obtain information on timing to perform channel access based on the received information about the channel access protection interval.
- an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for distributing initial channel access timing of an STA performing initial channel access in a channel access protection interval.
- 16 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an initial access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the AP 1600 may determine channel state information (eg, a congestion status of a wireless link).
- the AP 1600 may use various methods to determine channel state information. For example, the channel state may be determined based on a frame received from a neighboring STA, or the STA may request information on the channel state, and in response, information on whether a radio link (or channel) is congested may be obtained from the STA. In addition, the AP may obtain information about the channel state from another AP.
- the AP 1600 accesses an access parameter (eg, by scanning access class) through the beacon frame 1605.
- IFS, CWmin, CWmax, TXOP) may be allocated to the STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640.
- a set of access parameters corresponding to each scanning access class is transmitted through a beacon frame.
- a set of access parameters may be transmitted for each scanning access class through a FILS discovery frame rather than a beacon frame.
- the access parameter set for each scanning access class may be transmitted in various information formats. For example, only information about access parameters whose scanning access class is not indexed may be transmitted.
- the access parameter set is an expression assuming that a plurality of access parameters (eg, IFS, CWmin, CWmax, TXOP) are included. According to an embodiment of the present invention, one access parameter may be set differently for each access class, and such a case may be included in the scope of the present invention.
- the AP 1600 may also transmit information about the radio link congestion state to the STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 via the beacon frame 1605.
- the information on the radio link congestion state may be used as information on channel congestion state in another term.
- the AP 1600 may determine the information on the radio link congestion state based on the information on the number of currently coupled STAs, and if the number of currently coupled STAs exceeds a set threshold, the wireless link may It can be judged as crowded.
- the information about the radio link congestion state may be indicated as 0, 1, for example.
- the radio link congestion state is 0, it may indicate a state where the radio link congestion is less than or equal to the threshold value, and when the radio link congestion state is 1, it may indicate when the radio link congestion is over the threshold value.
- the STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 receive information on the radio link congestion state included in the received beacon frame 1605, the information about the access parameter according to the scanning access class included in the beacon frame 1605 is 1.
- the management frame for example, the association request frame
- the STA applies AC_VO based on AC_VO by applying the access class AC_VO defined in the existing QMF policy.
- the join request frame may be transmitted to the AP using the calculated access parameter.
- the scanning access class may be set to a plurality of classes.
- the STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 may use specific access parameters to transmit the combined response frame.
- four scanning access classes are defined, and STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 are managed frames (eg, based on an access parameter according to each scanning access class).
- a method of transmitting a join request frame is described.
- the four scanning access classes may be defined as a first scanning access class, a second scanning access class, a third scanning access class, and a fourth scanning access class.
- An access parameter set in which at least one access parameter is different for each scanning access class may be set.
- all of the access parameters included in the access parameter set corresponding to the scanning access class are different.
- the access parameter included in the access parameter set may be set so that the STA performs initial link establishment more quickly. For example, when the scanning access class has a large value, at least one access parameter of IFS and Cmin CWmax may be set to a smaller value than when the scanning access class has a small value. Based on this access parameter set method, if the scanning access class has a large value, the STA detects a small IFS interval and sets a small backoff-time to access the channel to increase the priority of the initial link setup. have. In addition, the larger the scanning access class, the larger the TXOP value can be assigned.
- the priority of the initial link establishment may be increased as the scanning access class has a large value. That is, the time or priority that the STA consumes until the combination may vary according to the scanning access class, that is, the access parameter set selected by the STA.
- the initial link establishment timing is distributed according to the scanning access class when the initial link establishment is performed, thereby preventing a collision occurring when the initial link establishment of the STA is performed to the AP.
- the channel access protection interval described above with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15 may be set, and the initial link establishment timing may be distributed by distributing the initial link establishment timing of the STA in the channel access protection interval.
- the STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 that receive the same beacon frame 1605 from the AP 1600 may set a scanning access class (or set of access parameters), respectively. If the radio state congestion information of the beacon frame indicates that the radio link is congested, the STA may perform initial link establishment according to a set of access parameters selected in the channel access protection interval.
- the first STA 1610 is the first scanning access class
- the second STA 1620 is the second scanning access class
- the third STA 1630 is the third scanning access class
- the fourth STA 1640 is the The access class may be determined as the fourth scanning access class.
- the STA may perform channel access based on the access parameter according to the determined scanning access class, respectively.
- the first STA 1610 is the first access parameter according to the first scanning access class
- the second STA 1620 is the second access parameter according to the second scanning access class
- the third STA 1630 is the first access parameter.
- the fourth STA 1640 may perform channel access based on the fourth access parameter according to the fourth scanning access class.
- the first STA and the fourth STA may perform initial link establishment based on timing distributed in the channel access protection interval.
- a plurality of STAs 1610, 1620, 1630, and 1640 that receive the beacon frame 1605 at the same time may transmit a management frame (eg, a combined request frame) that is transmitted in performing channel access. Can be dispersed.
- 17 is a conceptual diagram illustrating channel access of an STA according to a scanning access class according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- STAs 1710 corresponding to the first scanning access class and STAs 1740 corresponding to the fourth scanning access class may perform initial link establishment based on distributed timing within a channel access protection interval. Can be.
- the STA 1740 corresponding to the fourth scanning access class may access the channel first based on the fourth access parameter 1745, and then the STA 1730 corresponding to the third scanning access class may access the third access. Channels may be accessed based on parameter 1735.
- the STA 1720 corresponding to the second scanning access class accesses the channel based on the second access parameter 1725, and the STA corresponding to the first scanning access class 1710 determines the first access parameter 1715.
- the channel can be accessed based on. That is, by distributing the channel access timing according to the scanning access class, it is possible to control so that many STAs do not simultaneously access the AP.
- an embodiment of the present invention shows a method of determining a scanning access class by an STA.
- the STA may select one scanning access class and transmit the association request frame to the AP. For example, the following method may be used for the STA to select one scanning access class.
- the STA may select a random variable between 0 and 1.
- the STA may select the scanning access class according to the selected random variable.
- Table 3 below shows a scanning access class according to a range of random variables selected by the STA.
- the STA may randomly select a number between 0 and 1 and determine the scanning access class according to the selected random variable.
- the STA may transmit the association request frame to the AP based on the determined scanning access class.
- the scanning access class may be distributed and selected from the first scanning access class to the fourth scanning access class.
- the terminal may distribute the channel access timing within the channel access protection interval in order to transmit the association request frame.
- Table 4 below shows an access parameter set according to the scanning access class.
- a set of access parameters (eg, CWmin, CWmax, IFS) according to the scanning access class may be defined.
- an access parameter value corresponding to AC_VO may be determined as a reference value to determine a set of access parameters according to each scanning access class.
- the CWmin, CWmax, and IFS values included in the access parameter set may be set to decrease from the first scanning access class to the fourth scanning access class.
- the set of access parameters disclosed in Table 4 are exemplary access parameters. Different sets of access parameters may be defined to perform initial link establishment of different STAs according to the scanning access class, and such embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.
- Table 5 below is another example showing access parameters according to scanning access classes.
- the access parameter set according to the scanning access class can be set as above based on the existing EDCA parameters.
- Access parameter information according to AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, AC_VO is IEEE Draft P802.11-REVmb TM / D12, November 2011 (IEEE Standard for Information Technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications) is described in 8.4.2.31 EDCA parameter set element.
- Table 6 below shows access parameters according to AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, and AC_VO when dot11OCBActivated defined in the existing IEEE Draft P802.11-REVmb TM / D12 has a true value.
- an access parameter included in a set of access parameters such as CWmin, CWmax, AIFSN, and TXOP may be set differently.
- an access parameter according to a scanning access class may be determined based on a set of access parameters of AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, and AC_VO used in the existing EDCA.
- the AP may change the access parameter according to the radio link congestion state information included in the beacon frame, the FILS discovery frame, or the probe response frame. For example, the AP may change an access parameter used by the STA to perform initial link establishment by transmitting an additional scaling factor (eg, N) to the STA.
- the STA may change an access parameter set configured based on the received scaling factor and perform initial link setup based on the changed access parameter set.
- the STA may determine an access parameter to be used by the STA for initial link establishment based on the default access parameters (default CWmin, default CWmax, and default IFS) and scaling factors transmitted by the AP. If the scaling element has a value of N, the access parameter that the STA will use in initial link establishment may be determined as (CWmin * N), (CWmax * N), (AIFS * N) ⁇ .
- the STA may transmit the association request frame based on the access parameter determined within the channel access protection interval.
- an access parameter defined in each scanning access class of Table 4 may be set as a default access parameter, and multiplication may be performed by multiplying each access parameter by N.
- the access parameter of the STA can be set more adaptively according to the channel situation.
- the STA determines the access parameter through the scanning access class determined based on the random variable.
- the STA may determine a random variable and immediately determine an access parameter according to the random variable. That is, the STA may determine a set of access parameters to be used by the STA based on a random variable without determining a separate index called a scanning access class.
- the STA may select a random variable.
- the STA may select one access parameter set from among a plurality of access parameter sets based on the selected random variable.
- the STA may transmit an association request frame to the AP by performing initial channel access based on the selected access parameter. That is, in the scanning access class disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the STA plays a role of one index for selecting an access parameter set.
- the STA accesses the access parameter set transmitted through the beacon frame without indexing the scanning access class. You can choose one.
- the terminal may set the access parameter set to a value of multiplying the default access parameter by N without defining a scanning access class. That is, the terminal may perform initial link establishment based on a value of N, which is a scaling factor included in a frame transmitted from the AP, without determining the scanning access class.
- N the N value can be different depending on the STA that receives the beacon frame, the STA that receives the probe response frame, and the STA that receives the FILS discovery frame, and the STA performs channel access based on different access parameters. can do.
- the STA may perform channel access within the channel access protection interval by determining (default CWmin * N, default CWmax * N, default AIFS * N) as an access parameter based on the N value that is a scaling factor received through the frame. .
- the terminal may adaptively select a scanning access class according to radio link congestion.
- the initial link establishment procedure according to the scanning access class is performed only when the radio link is congested based on the radio link congestion information transmitted by the AP (for example, when the radio link congestion is 0). Was performed.
- the radio link congestion information transmitted from the AP is indicated as not congested (for example, when the radio link congestion is 1), initial link setting according to the scanning access class may be performed.
- the scanning access class according to the random variable interval selected by the STA is set differently according to the radio link congestion, so that the STA may select the scanning access class or the access parameter set at different rates according to the radio link congestion.
- the access parameter set according to the random variable selected by the STA may be set differently according to the radio link congestion degree.
- an embodiment of the present invention will be described on the assumption that the STA determines the scanning access class for convenience of description. However, as described above, the STA may directly determine a set of access parameters without a procedure for determining a scanning access class.
- relatively more STAs have a higher scanning access class (eg, a third scanning access class or a fourth scanning). Access class).
- a higher scanning access class eg, a third scanning access class or a fourth scanning.
- Access class For example, in order to allow relatively more STAs to select a higher scanning access class as described above, the third scanning access class or the fourth scanning access class may be extended to a range of random variables. Table 8 below is a table of scanning access classes based on random variables.
- intervals of the random variable selected as the third scanning access class and the fourth scanning access class may be selected such that the third scanning access class and the fourth scanning access class may be selected according to the random variable selected by the STA. Can be extended.
- the random variable interval according to the scanning access class of Table 8 is a randomly defined interval for the STA to be determined as a high scanning access class with a higher probability according to the random variable selected by the STA.
- the random variable interval set in Table 8 may vary.
- relatively more STAs may be set to select a lower scanning access class (eg, a first scanning access class or a second scanning access class). Can be.
- a lower scanning access class eg, a first scanning access class or a second scanning access class.
- the range in which the first scanning access class or the second scanning access class may be selected by the random variable selected by the STA may be extended.
- Table 9 below is a table of scanning access classes based on random variables.
- the random variable interval selected as the first scanning access class and the second scanning access class is extended so that the first scanning access class and the second scanning access class can be selected more according to the random variable selected by the STA. can do.
- the random variable interval according to the scanning access class of Table 9 is an interval arbitrarily defined so that the STA is determined to have a lower scanning access class with a higher probability according to the random variable selected by the STA.
- the set random variable interval of Table 9 may vary.
- the STA receives at least one of information on channel access protection interval, information on link congestion state, and access parameter information according to scanning access class based on a beacon frame and / or FILS discovery frame.
- the probe response frame received when the STA performs active scanning may also include at least one of information on a channel access protection interval, information on a link congestion state, and access parameter information according to a scanning access class. Operation is the same as when the STA receives at least one of information on a channel access protection interval, information on a link congestion state, and access parameter information according to a scanning access class based on a beacon frame and / or a FILS discovery frame Can be performed.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the AP transmits a beacon frame, a FILS detection frame, and a probe response frame including information about a channel access protection interval 1800, information about a link congestion state 1820, and information about an access parameter set 1840. Can be.
- the information 1800 about the channel access protection interval may include information about a period in which a terminal performing initial link establishment transmits a frame for initial link establishment (eg, an authentication request frame or a join request frame). have. For example, when the information on the channel access protection interval is set to 1, it may indicate that the AP allows only transmission of a frame for performing initial channel access in the channel access protection interval. In contrast, when the information on the channel access protection interval is set to 0, the AP may indicate that not only the transmission of the frame for performing the initial channel access but also the transmission of other frames in the channel access protection interval.
- the information 1800 may include a value for an interval in a specific channel access protection interval. The STA may obtain information about the interval used for initial link establishment based on the information about the information 1800 about the channel access protection interval.
- the start point of the channel access protection interval may include information on a start point of the channel access protection interval based on a reference time point (for example, a beacon frame or a transmission or reception time of a FILS discovery frame).
- the channel access protection interval end point may include information about the time point at which the channel access protection interval ends.
- the unit of information on the channel access protection interval may be ms (micro second).
- the radio link congestion state information 1820 may include information about a channel state of the current AP. For example, if the channel is congested as a result of the AP determining the channel state, the radio link congestion state information 1820 may be set to 0 and transmitted to the STA. On the contrary, if the channel is not congested as a result of the AP determining the channel state, the radio link congestion state information 1820 may be set to 1 and transmitted. For example, whether or not the channel is congested may be determined based on a frame received from a neighboring STA, or the STA may request information about a channel state and obtain radio link congestion state information 1820 based on the information. In addition, the AP may obtain information about the channel state from another AP.
- the AP may count and measure a management frame (for example, a probe request frame, a join request frame, an authentication request frame, etc.) received for the purpose of initial link establishment.
- a management frame for example, a probe request frame, a join request frame, an authentication request frame, etc.
- the AP may define a link level based on load information of the BSS.
- a set of access parameters to be used by the STA in initial link establishment may be determined differently.
- the information 1840 about the access parameter set may include a plurality of access parameter sets for causing the STA to perform initial link establishment at distributed timing.
- the STA may determine the scanning access class and perform initial channel access based on the access parameter determined according to the access parameter information 1820 according to the received scanning access class. Alternatively, the STA may perform an access parameter set according to a random variable. You can decide and perform the initial link setup based on this.
- the access parameter set according to the scanning access class may not be transmitted separately through the beacon frame, the FILS detection frame, or the probe response frame, and may be predefined in the AP and / or the STA.
- the access parameter information according to the scanning access class may not be included in the beacon frame, the FILS detection frame, or the probe response frame.
- the AP may additionally include an access parameter scaling element according to the scanning access class in the beacon frame, the FILS detection frame, and the probe response frame.
- FIG. 19 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the scaling element 1900 may be included in addition to the beacon frame, the FILS detection frame, or the probe response frame.
- the STA may define default access parameters (default CWmin, default CWmax, and default IFS) and determine an access parameter value to be used by the STA based on the scaling element 1900 transmitted by the AP.
- the access parameter may be determined by multiplying the default access parameter by N, which is a scaling factor.
- the channel access protection interval may be set based on priority.
- the channel access protection interval may be expressed in other terms as a channel access protection interval and the priority field may be expressed as a term of information on a STA that can access the channel in the channel access protection interval.
- the priority field may be included in the beacon frame, the FILS discovery frame, or the probe response frame and transmitted.
- the priority field may include information on an STA capable of performing channel access in the channel access protection interval.
- the priority field may be defined as shown in Table 10 below.
- the user priority may be, for example, information corresponding to the aforementioned scanning access class.
- the user priority may be determined according to a random variable determined by the STA, and a random variable interval for determining the user priority may be set differently according to channel state information.
- an STA corresponding to user priorities 4 to 7 may perform initial link establishment in a channel access protection interval.
- an STA corresponding to user priorities 1 to 3 may perform initial link establishment in a channel access protection interval.
- bit 2 has a value of '1'
- an STA performing initial link establishment in channel access protection interval may perform initial link establishment.
- bit 3 has a value of '1'
- an STA that has already performed initial link setup in the channel access protection interval may perform channel access.
- User priority may be determined by various methods. For example, the STA may be selected based on a random variable selected by the STA in the same manner as the method for determining the scanning access class described above. In addition, the user priority may be determined according to the specification of the STA.
- the STA corresponding to the bit during the channel access protection interval may not perform initial link establishment or transmit traffic data to the AP through channel access.
- the STA corresponding to the corresponding bit may perform initial link establishment or transmit traffic data to the AP through channel access during the channel access protection interval.
- the priority field is a field including information on priority for performing channel access in the channel access protection interval, and the priority field may be determined in various formats. For example, when the first bit included in the bitmap is 1, the STA corresponding to the first channel access priority performs initial channel access in the channel access protection interval, and the second bit included in the bitmap If 1, the STA corresponding to the second channel access priority may perform initial channel access in the channel access protection interval. In addition, when the third bit included in the bitmap is 1, an STA that has already performed initial channel access may instruct to perform channel access in the channel access protection interval.
- the STA may determine channel access priority when the information on the channel state indicates congestion of the radio link. For example, the STA may determine the channel access priority based on a random variable as described above. An STA may perform the initial channel access in the channel access protection interval based on the determined channel access priority and information on an STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval.
- the STA may use the following method to determine channel access priority.
- the STA may select one channel access priority among N channel access priorities determined based on the selected random variable.
- the random variable selected by the STA may be included in one random variable range of the N random ranges (N> 1 natural numbers).
- N random variable ranges may respectively correspond to N channel access priorities, and one channel access priority selected by the STA may correspond to the one random variable ranges. That is, the STA may select a channel access priority corresponding to the selected random variable.
- the AP may set the information on the radio link congestion state to 1 and transmit a priority field, but in another embodiment, the AP does not include the information on the radio link congestion state, In this case, only the link establishment bitmap may be transmitted to limit the STA's channel access in the channel access protection interval. That is, the STA may obtain information on whether to restrict channel access in the channel access protection period according to the existence of the priority field.
- 20 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 20 illustrates an embodiment of a method of performing channel access based on a priority field received by an STA and a channel access protection interval.
- bit 3 of a priority field included in a beacon frame received by an STA is set to 0 and information about a channel access protection interval is included. That is, the AP may transmit bit 3 of the priority field to 0 in the beacon frame and include information on the channel access protection interval.
- the following operation may be performed.
- the first STA and the second STA that perform the initial link establishment may perform the initial link establishment.
- the first STA and the second STA may transmit the joint request frame in the channel access protection interval.
- the frame may be transmitted through the channel access in the interval after the channel access protection interval.
- Priority may be given to channel access of the STA for initial link establishment based on the setting of the priority field and the channel access protection interval.
- 21 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a channel access method of an STA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 21 shows an embodiment of a method of performing channel access based on a priority field received by an STA and a channel access protection interval.
- bit 0 of a priority field included in a beacon frame received by an STA is set to 1, remaining bits 1 to 3 are set to 0, and information about a channel access protection interval. It can be assumed that a case is included. That is, the AP may set a bit corresponding to the '1000' of the priority field in the beacon frame and transmit the information including the channel access protection interval.
- only the second STA corresponding to user priorities 4 to 7 may perform initial link establishment in the channel access protection interval.
- the second STA may transmit the join request frame in the channel access protection interval.
- channel access cannot be performed in the channel access protection interval.
- the first STA corresponding to the user priorities 1 to 3 and the third STA already connected to the AP on which the initial link establishment is performed may transmit the association request frame and the frame through the channel access after the channel access protection interval ends.
- a link setting bitmap may be defined in a priority field as shown in the following table and may be included in a beacon frame, a FILS discovery frame, or a probe response frame and transmitted.
- Table 11 shows a link configuration bitmap for indicating whether channel access is possible in the channel access protection interval.
- Table 11 is one example of a link establishment bitmap.
- the STA corresponding to the bit set to 1 may prevent the frame from being transmitted during the channel access protection interval.
- the AP may set the radio link congestion state information (or channel congestion state information) of the frame to 1 and transmit the link link bitmap to the STA. For example, it may be assumed that the AP sets the radio link congestion state information to 1 and transmits by setting bit 1 to 1 in the link establishment bitmap.
- the terminal corresponding to the user priorities 4 to 7 among the terminals performing the initial link setting may determine that the channel situation is not good during the time corresponding to the channel access protection interval.
- UEs corresponding to user priorities 4 to 7 may transmit a management frame for performing initial link establishment after the channel access protection period passes without performing channel access in the channel access protection period. have.
- the AP may not include information on the radio link congestion state, and if the link situation is not good, the AP may limit the channel access of the STA in the channel access protection interval by transmitting only a link establishment bitmap. That is, the STA may obtain information on whether to restrict channel access in the channel access protection period according to the existence of the priority field.
- FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a frame format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a beacon frame, a FILS discovery frame, or a probe response frame may include a priority field 2200 and information 2250 about a channel access protection interval.
- the priority field 2200 may include information on a priority for performing channel access in the channel access protection interval. As shown in Table 10, the information on the priority may be included based on specific bit information, or the priority information may be included in various information formats.
- the information 2250 about the channel access protection interval may include a value for an interval in a specific channel access protection interval.
- the STA may obtain information about the interval used for initial link establishment based on the information about the information 2250 about the channel access protection interval.
- information about the channel access protection interval start point 2260 and information about the channel access protection interval end point 2270 may be included in the information 2200 about the channel access protection interval.
- the information 2250 for the start point of the channel access guard interval may include information on a point in time at which the channel access guard interval starts based on a reference point (for example, when a beacon frame or a FILS discovery frame is transmitted or received). It may include.
- the information 2260 about the channel access protection interval end point may include information about the time point at which the channel access protection interval ends.
- the unit of the information 2250 for the channel access protection interval may be ms (micro second).
- the STA may obtain information on timing to perform channel access based on the received information about the channel access protection interval.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.
- the wireless device 2300 may be an STA or an AP or a non-AP STA, which may implement the above-described embodiment.
- the wireless device 2300 includes a processor 2320, a memory 2340, and an RF unit 2360.
- the RF unit 2360 may be connected to the processor 2320 to transmit / receive a radio signal.
- the processor 2320 implements the functions, processes, and / or methods proposed in the present invention.
- the processor 2320 may be implemented to perform the operation of the wireless device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above.
- the processor 2320 when the wireless device is an AP, the processor 2320 generates a frame including information on channel status, information on channel access protection interval, and information on STAs capable of channel access in channel access protection interval. It may be implemented to be sent to the STA.
- the processor 2320 may include a frame including information on a channel state from an access point (AP), information on a channel access protection interval, and information on an STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval. And if the information about the channel state indicates congestion of the radio link, channel access priority may be determined. In addition, the processor 2320 may be implemented to perform an initial channel access in the channel access protection interval based on the determined channel access priority and information on an STA capable of accessing the channel in the channel access protection interval.
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- STA capable of channel access in the channel access protection interval.
- the processor 2320 may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, a data processing device, and / or a converter for translating baseband signals and wireless signals.
- the memory 2340 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium, and / or other storage device.
- the RF unit 2360 may include one or more antennas for transmitting and / or receiving a wireless signal.
- 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 memory 2340 and executed by the processor 2320.
- the memory 2340 may be inside or outside the processor 2320 and may be connected to the processor 2320 by various well-known means.
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- 무선랜에서 STA (station)의 초기 채널 액세스 방법에 있어서,
상기 STA이 AP(access point)로부터 채널 상태에 대한 정보, 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보 및 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스가 가능한 STA에 대한 정보를 포함하는 프레임을 수신하는 단계;
상기 채널 상태에 대한 정보가 무선 링크의 혼잡함을 지시하는 경우, 상기 STA이 채널 액세스 우선 순위를 결정하는 단계; 및
상기 STA이 상기 결정된 채널 액세스 우선 순위와 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 채널 액세스가 가능한 STA에 대한 정보에 기반하여 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하는 단계를 포함하되,
상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보는 상기 채널 액세스 보호 채널에서 채널 액세스 가능한 STA만이 채널 액세스를 수행하도록 제한된 시간에 대한 정보를 포함하는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제1항에 있어서, 상기 채널 액세스 우선 순위는,
상기 STA이 선택한 랜덤 변수에 기반하여 결정된 N개(N>1인 자연수)의 채널 액세스 우선 순위 중 하나의 채널 액세스 우선 순위이고,
상기 선택한 랜덤 변수는 상기 N개(N>1인 자연수)의 랜덤 변수 범위 중 하나의 랜덤 변수 범위에 포함되고,
상기 N개의 랜덤 변수 범위는 상기 N개의 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 각각 대응되고,
상기 하나의 채널 액세스 우선 순위는 상기 하나의 랜덤 변수 범위에 대응되는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제2항에 있어서,
상기 N개의 랜덤 변수 범위의 크기는 상기 채널 상태에 대한 정보에 따라 다르게 결정되는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제1항에 있어서, 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스 가능한 STA에 대한 정보는,
비트맵을 기반으로 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 상기 채널 액세스가 허용되는 STA을 지시하는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제4항에 있어서,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제1 비트가 1인 경우, 제1 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 해당하는 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하고,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제2 비트가 1인 경우, 제2 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 해당하는 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하고,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제3 비트가 1인 경우, 이미 초기 채널 액세스를 수행한 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스를 수행하도록 지시하는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제1항에 있어서, 상기 프레임은,
비콘 프레임, FILS(fast initial link setup) 탐색 프레임 또는 프로브 응답 프레임인 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 제1항에 있어서,
상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보는 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간의 시작 지점에 대한 정보 및 채널 액세스 보호 구간의 종료 지점에 대한 정보를 포함하는 초기 채널 액세스 방법. - 무선랜에서 스캐닝을 수행하는 STA (station)에 있어서, 상기 STA은,
무선 신호를 수신하는 RF부; 및
상기 RF부와 선택적으로 연결되는 프로세서를 포함하되,
상기 프로세서는 AP(access point)로부터 채널 상태에 대한 정보, 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보 및 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스가 가능한 STA에 대한 정보를 포함하는 프레임을 수신하고,
상기 채널 상태에 대한 정보가 무선 링크의 혼잡함을 지시하는 경우, 채널 액세스 우선 순위를 결정하고,
상기 결정된 채널 액세스 우선 순위와 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 채널 액세스가 가능한 STA에 대한 정보에 기반하여 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하도록 구현되되,
상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보는 상기 채널 액세스 보호 채널에서 채널 액세스 가능한 STA만이 채널 액세스를 수행하도록 제한된 시간에 대한 정보를 포함하는 STA. - 제8항에 있어서, 상기 채널 액세스 우선 순위는,
상기 STA이 선택한 랜덤 변수에 기반하여 결정된 N개(N>1인 자연수)의 채널 액세스 우선 순위 중 하나의 채널 액세스 우선 순위이고,
상기 선택한 랜덤 변수는 상기 N개(N>1인 자연수)의 랜덤 변수 범위 중 하나의 랜덤 변수 범위에 포함되고,
상기 N개의 랜덤 변수 범위는 상기 N개의 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 각각 대응되고,
상기 하나의 채널 액세스 우선 순위는 상기 하나의 랜덤 변수 범위에 대응되는 STA. - 제8항에 있어서,
상기 N개의 랜덤 변수 범위의 크기는 상기 채널 상태에 대한 정보에 따라 다르게 결정되는 STA. - 제8항에 있어서, 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스 가능한 STA에 대한 정보는,
비트맵을 기반으로 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 상기 채널 액세스가 허용되는 STA을 지시하는 STA. - 제11항에 있어서,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제1 비트가 1인 경우, 제1 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 해당하는 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하고,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제2 비트가 1인 경우, 제2 채널 액세스 우선 순위에 해당하는 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 초기 채널 액세스를 수행하고,
상기 비트맵에 포함된 제3 비트가 1인 경우, 이미 초기 채널 액세스를 수행한 STA이 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에서 채널 액세스를 수행하도록 지시하는 STA. - 제8항에 있어서, 상기 프레임은,
비콘 프레임, FILS(fast initial link setup) 탐색 프레임 또는 프로브 응답 프레임인 STA. - 제8항에 있어서,
상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간에 대한 정보는 상기 채널 액세스 보호 구간의 시작 지점에 대한 정보 및 채널 액세스 보호 구간의 종료 지점에 대한 정보를 포함하는 STA.
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