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- the following description relates to a WLAN system, and more particularly, to channel sounding technology in a WLAN system.
- WLAN Local area network
- WLAN Wireless LAN is a method of communicating on a network using radio waves without using a cable.
- the emergence of wireless LAN has emerged as an alternative to solve the difficulties of installation, maintenance, and mobility due to cabling, and the necessity is increasing due to the increase of mobile users.
- the configuration of a wireless LAN includes an access point (hereinafter referred to as "AP") and a terminal device (hereinafter referred to as "STA").
- the AP is a device that transmits radio waves for wireless LAN users within the transmission distance to access the Internet and the network, and acts as a hub of a mobile phone base station or a wired network.
- the basic building block of the IEEE 802.11 network is a basic service set (hereinafter referred to as "BSS").
- An IEEE 802.11 network includes an independent network (SS) in which terminals in a BSS directly communicate with each other, an infrastructure network (SS) in which an AP is involved in the process of the terminal communicating with terminals inside and outside the BSS, and BSSs.
- SS independent network
- SS infrastructure network
- AP AP
- an access point may simultaneously transmit a data frame to at least one STA (Multiple Input Multiple Output) paired.
- STA Multiple Input Multiple Output
- the AP and / or STA may obtain information on a channel to be used through channel sounding in transmitting a frame to the reception target AP and / or STA.
- the sender requests channel information to be used for transmitting / receiving frames from the receiver, and the receiver estimates a channel and feeds back channel information to the sender before performing data frame transmission and reception.
- a channel sounding method performed by an access point includes: broadcasting a beacon including information of a limited access window for channel sounding; And transmitting a plurality of NDPs to the station within the limited access window.
- the access point may control data transmission of the station in a RAW section for the channel sounding.
- the access point may control to prohibit data transmission of the station in a RAW section for the channel sounding.
- the access point allows only transmitting the channel information to the access point after the NDPs are transmitted in a RAW section for the channel sounding. And other transmissions.
- the beacon is a bit value indicating whether channel sounding is performed through the RAW, a bit value for controlling the transmission of the station in the RAW period and the The access point may include at least one of bit values indicating the type of communication to be performed.
- the channel sounding method performed by the access point may further include receiving channel information estimated based on the NDP from the station.
- a channel sounding method performed by a station includes: receiving a beacon from an access point including information of a limited access window for channel sounding; Estimating channel information based on a null data packet (NDP) received from the access point; And transmitting the estimated channel information to the access point.
- NDP null data packet
- the estimating may include identifying a type of communication that the access point intends to perform based on the received beacon; If the station supports the communication type, receiving an NDP from the access point within the restricted access window; And estimating channel information based on the received NDP and the identified communication type.
- the estimating may include searching for a frequency channel satisfying a preset criterion among frequency channels used for communication with the access point, and searching for the found frequency. And determining information about the channel as channel information.
- the estimating may include: searching a sector to which the station belongs among a plurality of sectors set by the access point, and identifying identification information of the searched sector.
- the method may include determining channel information.
- a wireless device includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a frame; And a processor operatively coupled with the transceiver, the processor broadcasting a beacon including information of a limited access window for channel sounding, wherein the processor broadcasts a plurality of NDPs within the restricted access window. Packets may be sent to the station.
- a wireless device includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a frame; And a processor functionally coupled with the transceiver, the processor receiving a beacon from the access point, the beacon including information of a limited access window for channel sounding, and NDP (Null Data) received from the access point. Packet information may be estimated based on the packet, and the estimated channel information may be transmitted to the access point.
- NDP Null Data
- 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a WLAN system.
- 2 to 3 are diagrams for explaining an uplink channel access protocol through section-by-section allocation of wireless communication.
- 4 to 6 are diagrams for describing a sectorized beam operation method.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a channel sounding method for sectorized beam operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- SST sub-channel selective transmission
- FIG 9 illustrates a channel sounding method for subchannel selective transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for describing Single User-MIMO beamforming or Multi User-MIMO beamforming.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a channel sounding method for SU-MIMO beamforming or MU-MIMO beamforming according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a channel sounding method performed by an access point according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a channel sounding method performed by a station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a wireless device in which an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented.
- each component or feature may be considered to be optional unless otherwise stated.
- Each component or feature may be embodied in a form that is not combined with other components or features.
- some components and / or features may be combined to form an embodiment of the present invention.
- the order of the operations described in the embodiments of the present invention may be changed. Some components or features of one embodiment may be included in another embodiment or may be replaced with corresponding components or features of another embodiment.
- Embodiments of the present invention may be supported by standard documents disclosed in at least one of the wireless access systems IEEE 802 system, 3GPP system, 3GPP LTE and LTE-A (LTE-Advanced) system and 3GPP2 system. That is, steps or parts which are not described to clearly reveal the technical spirit of the present invention among the embodiments of the present invention may be supported by the above documents. In addition, all terms disclosed in the present document can be described by the above standard document.
- CDMA code division multiple access
- FDMA frequency division multiple access
- TDMA time division multiple access
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000.
- TDMA may be implemented with wireless technologies such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) / General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) / Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE).
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
- OFDMA may be implemented in a wireless technology such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA).
- Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11
- WiMAX IEEE 802.16
- E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
- 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a WLAN system.
- the WLAN system may include one or more basic service sets (BSSs).
- BSS is a set of stations (STAs) that can successfully communicate with each other by synchronizing, and is not a concept indicating a specific area.
- Infrastructure BSS is a distribution system that connects one or more non-AP STAs, an AP 110 that provides a Distribution Service, and a plurality of APs 110. ) May be included.
- the AP 110 may manage non-AP STAs of the BSS.
- a STA is any functional medium that includes a medium access control (MAC) compliant with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard and a physical layer interface to a wireless medium. It includes both AP and non-AP STA.
- MAC medium access control
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- the non-AP STA is an STA that is not an AP.
- the non-AP STA may be a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU), a user equipment ( It may also be referred to by other names such as User Equipment (UE), Mobile Station (MS), Mobile Subscriber Unit, or simply User.
- WTRU wireless transmit / receive unit
- UE User Equipment
- MS Mobile Station
- STA 120 for convenience of description, a non-AP STA is referred to as an STA 120.
- the AP 110 is a functional entity that provides the AP 110 with access to a distributed system via a wireless medium for the associated STA 120.
- the communication between the STAs 120 is performed via the AP 110.
- the AP 110 may also be referred to by other names such as a central controller, a base station (BS), a node-B, or a base transceiver system (BTS).
- BS base station
- BTS base transceiver system
- a plurality of infrastructure BSSs including the BSS shown in FIG. 1 may be interconnected through a distributed system.
- a plurality of BSSs connected through a distributed system is called an extended service set (ESS).
- the AP 110 and the STA 120 included in the ESS may communicate with each other, and the STA 120 may move to another BSS in the same ESS.
- a basic access mechanism of MAC is a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) mechanism.
- the CSMA / CA mechanism may also be referred to as the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) of the IEEE 802.11 MAC, and basically employs a “listen before talk” access mechanism.
- DCF Distributed Coordination Function
- the AP 110 and / or the STA 120 senses a radio channel or medium prior to transmitting a frame, and the medium is in an idle state based on the sensing result. If it is determined that the frame transmission is started through the medium. On the other hand, if the medium is detected as occupied status (occupied status), the AP 110 and / or STA 120 may wait by setting a delay period for access to the medium without starting its own transmission.
- the CSMA / CA mechanism may also include virtual carrier sensing in addition to physical carrier sensing in which the AP 110 and / or STA 120 directly sense the medium.
- Virtual carrier sensing is intended to compensate for problems that may occur in media access, such as a hidden node problem.
- the MAC of the WLAN system uses a network allocation vector (NAV).
- NAV network allocation vector
- the NAV gives the other AP 110 and / or STA 120 the amount of time that the AP 110 and / or STA 120 currently using or authorized to use the medium remain until the medium is available. Indicates the value to indicate. Therefore, the value set to NAV is related to the period during which the medium is scheduled to be used by the AP 110 and / or the STA 120 transmitting the corresponding frame.
- the AP 110 may simultaneously transmit data to an STA group including at least one or more STAs among a plurality of STAs 120 associated with itself.
- the AP 110 may transmit multiple spatial streams to the plurality of STAs 120 using multiple antennas.
- the AP 110 may transmit data to the STA 120 using a beamforming technique in order to improve transmission performance.
- the AP 110 may require channel information on STAs 120 to transmit data, and may perform channel sounding to obtain required channel information.
- Channel sounding may be performed based on NDP (Null Data Packet) and NDPA (NDP announcement).
- NDP has a PPDU (PLCP Protocol Data Unit) format that excludes the data field of the MAC layer.
- PLCP stands for Physical Layer Convergence Procedure.
- the AP 110 may use the NDP to extract channel information from the STA 12.
- the STA 120 may perform channel estimation based on the received NDP and feed back channel state information to the AP 110 as an estimation result. For example, the STA 120 may estimate the MIMO channel based on the very high throughput-long training fields (VHT-LTF) of the NDP and obtain channel information.
- NDP may also be referred to as a sounding frame.
- the NDPA is transmitted to inform which STA is the STA that should receive the NDP, and may also be referred to as a sounding announcement frame.
- the STA 120 may determine whether the STA participates in channel sounding through the NDPA.
- the AP 110 may include information on the STA, which is the target of channel sounding, in the NDPA frame and transmit the information to the STA 120.
- the AP 110 may instruct the STA 120 to receive an NDP using the NDPA frame.
- the AP 110 may transmit the NDPA and the NDP based on a restricted access window (RAW).
- RAW restricted access window
- RAW represents a time interval in which only specific STAs are allowed to access.
- the AP 110 may transmit the NDPA and the NDP based on the RAW to prevent the station from randomly transmitting a frame during the channel sounding process and degrading the channel sounding performance.
- the AP 110 may selectively perform channel sounding for only limited stations, thereby improving channel sounding performance.
- 2 to 3 are diagrams for explaining an uplink channel access protocol through section-by-section allocation of wireless communication.
- the AP may control access of the STA through the RAW 210.
- the RAW 210 may include a plurality of time slots.
- the STA may wake-up at a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) to receive a beacon frame.
- TBTT indicates when the AP should transmit a beacon frame.
- the beacon frame may include information about the slot duration for each RAW.
- the slot length of each RAW can be set differently.
- the STA determines a channel access slot configured by the AP and may be in a sleep state before the channel access slot.
- the STA may start channel access based on an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) protocol near the boundary of the corresponding channel access slot.
- EDCA enhanced distributed channel access
- the AP may inform the STA whether a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) rule is applied to each RAW 210. For example, the AP may inform that TXOP or transmission within the TXOP should not leave the slot boundary, and when such a rule is applied, the STA wakes up from the boundary of the slot and does not wait as much as ProbeDelay.
- TXOP Transmit Opportunity
- the AP may set a rule for RAWs having different slot lengths, respectively.
- a "P" frame represents a PS-Poll / Trigger frame
- a "D” frame represents a frame used for data transmission
- an "A" frame represents an Acknowledgement (ACK) frame.
- the frame exchange sequence in the RAW should be limited to the slot interval.
- the frame exchange sequence may consist of a start frame and a response frame.
- the RAW1 310 may be used as a guard interval for poll signals
- the RAW2 320 may be used as a guard interval for data transmission.
- 4 to 6 are diagrams for describing a sectorized beam operating method.
- the AP may communicate with the STA using a sectorized beam operating method.
- the sectorized beam / antenna operation method is used for reuse of spatial resources in a large area network.
- the AP1 410 may transmit data through sectorized beam transmission to the STA1 420 located in the service area 1 420 of the AP1 410.
- AP2 440 may transmit data through sectorized beam transmission to STA2 460 located in service area 2 450 of AP2 440.
- OBSS overlapped BSSs
- the hidden node problem in the same BSS can be reduced.
- the AP may divide a space into a plurality of sectors and allocate resources to STAs belonging to each sector in a time division manner.
- a beacon signal is independently transmitted for each sector, and STAs included in each sector may transmit or receive data within a time interval allocated to each sector.
- the specific time interval may be allocated to a common time interval that all the STAs of all sectors can use.
- the AP may flexibly select whether to perform sector beam transmission or omnidirectional beam transmission. Through this, the sectorized beam operation method can be applied more flexibly and flexibly.
- the omnidirectional beam transmission may be performed in the RAW periods 610 and 620.
- Sector beam transmission is allowed only when the AP knows a sector in the STA's pre-reserved short time period, and enables sector beam transmission during that short time period.
- the sector receive beam may be used in combination with the sector transmit beam within the TXOP interval 630.
- the AP may inform information about sector beam transmission through a beacon, a probe response, and an association response. The specific method of forming the sector beam may be different for each implementation method.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a channel sounding method for sectorized beam operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- an AP may serially transmit a series of NDPs (or NDP frames) during a limited access window for channel sounding (hereinafter referred to as "sounding RAW").
- the transmitted NDPs may be transmitted with a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
- SIFS short inter-frame space
- Each NDP may be transmitted in a corresponding signal of each sector for sector training.
- FIG. 7 assumes that the number of sector beams is 4, and the AP may perform channel sounding based on RAW or PRAW (periodic RAW) after transmitting a beacon signal.
- a high throughput control (HTC) frame may be transmitted prior to the NDP.
- transmission of the STA may be prohibited during sounding RAW.
- the STA may wake up at the start of the sounding RAW and hear the entire sounding RAW.
- Channel sounding may be performed for all STAs or STAs having a limited range of association IDs (AIDs).
- An STA targeted for channel sounding may be prohibited from being transmitted in the sounding RAW period.
- the AID represents an identifier (ID) that the STA has received from the AP.
- the STA may perform any transmission except transmission of a report packet for reporting a sector ID after receiving a series of NDPs. May be prohibited.
- Channel sounding may be performed for all STAs or STAs having a limited range of AIDs.
- the STA may wake up from the start of the sounding RAW and listen until the sounding RAW ends or the end of the transmission of the series of NDPs.
- the beacon needs to include sounding RAW indication information indicating whether the RAW is a sounding RAW or a general RAW.
- the sounding RAW indication information may be displayed on a RPS (RAW parameter set) Information Element (IE) transmitted from the beacon.
- RPS RAW parameter set
- IE Information Element
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a channel sounding method in subchannel selective transmission.
- the AP may communicate with the STA through subchannel selective transmission.
- subchannel selective transmission the STA may select a subchannel for its transmission and reception in the wideband BSS if allowed by the AP.
- the STA may search for an optimal subchannel for communication with the AP and transmit information about the found optimal subchannel to the AP.
- the AP may inform the related information through the beacon so that channel sounding measurement of the STAs can be made through frames transmitted after the beacon signal.
- the beacon may include information such as the number of signals, the type of signals, the frequency location of the signals, and the transmission time.
- the AP may optionally transmit a beacon indicating the subchannel sounding signal.
- the AP may serially transmit a single channel or multiple channels of sounding signals. Channel sounding may be performed by an NDP signal, an additional beacon signal, or other packet by the AP. Information about the number, type (eg, NDP, beacon, etc.), frequency position, etc. of the sounding signal may be included in the beacon.
- the Network Allocation Vector (NAV) may be set for the sounding signal by beacons.
- the AP may select how much time is allocated for the channel sounding process.
- the STA can determine which channels to sound during the trial beacon over several cycles.
- the STA may select an optimal subchannel based on the sounding signal.
- the STA may determine whether to switch to additional channels based on the beacon information.
- the beacon signal and the sounding signal may be transmitted with a time interval of PIFS (Point Inter-Frame Space).
- PIFS Point Inter-Frame Space
- FIG 9 illustrates a channel sounding method for subchannel selective transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the AP may serially transmit a series of NDPs.
- NDPs can be transmitted at intervals as long as PIFS, and each NDP can be transmitted for a frequency channel assigned to each NDP.
- the timing information of channel sounding using the NDP needs to be displayed in the RPS IE of the beacon.
- a channel activity bitmap is ⁇ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 ⁇
- a maximum transmission width is 2 MHz
- a bandwidth span of each NDP is 2 MHz.
- the bandwidth span of NDPA may or may not be in Duplicate Mode.
- the channel sounding method for SST may operate in conjunction with PS-Poll RAW.
- an STA to perform SST does not immediately transmit a PS-Poll frame to a STA having a TIM bit set to 1 after receiving a beacon.
- the AP waits until the corresponding PS-Poll section ends and informs the AP of the optimal subchannel information found by the PS-Poll. Thereafter, the STA may receive data from the AP through the optimum subchannel in the RAW period for data transmission.
- the STA to perform the SST informs the AP of the amount of data to be transmitted later through the PS-Poll with UDI in the PS-Poll RAW period after the sounding RAW.
- data can be transmitted to the AP through an optimal subchannel. If there is a frame to be transmitted to the AP, the STA may transmit data to the AP through an optimal subchannel determined through channel sounding in a slot allocated to RAW for data transmission.
- the STA can transmit data to the AP only after the activation time defined in the beacon, so the sounding RAW, PS-Poll RAW, and RAW for data transmission all need to be allocated after the activation time. . Therefore, PS-Poll RAW needs to be allocated after sounding RAW in downlink and uplink data transmission in SST. PS-Poll RAW may be allocated even before the activation time, but PS-Poll RAW allocated before the activation time corresponds to PS-Poll RAW irrelevant to SST operation. Such an operation may allow the AP to identify the optimal subchannels for each STA in advance and efficiently allocate resources while minimizing the consumption of time resources in the SST.
- 10 is a diagram for describing SU-MIMO beamforming or MU-MIMO beamforming.
- SU / MU-MIMO beamforming is defined as a combination of NDP announcement, NDP, feedback report, beamforming report poll, and additional feedback report as shown in FIG. 10.
- STAs related to SU / MU-MIMO beamforming knew the start time of NDP sounding only after receiving an NDP Announcement packet. STAs cannot perform a power saving mode in order to receive an NDP announcement and must be kept awake, which is not appropriate in devices where power saving is important.
- the AP In order to control the STAs to wake up at the start of NDP sounding, it is appropriate for the AP to inform the STAs of the NDP sounding information using the RPS IE of the beacon in advance.
- NDP sounding for SU / MU-MIMO beamforming also needs to be set to sounding RAW.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a channel sounding method for SU-MIMO beamforming or MU-MIMO beamforming according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a channel sounding method for SU / MU-MIMO beamforming will be described separately in the following two embodiments.
- RAW RAW for transmitting a feedback report
- STAs may wake up in a power saving mode at the start boundary of Report RAW.
- the AID range of the STA targeted for channel sounding may be displayed in the RPS IE of the beacon.
- Order combinations of STAs that are subject to channel sounding may be displayed in an order specific to NDPA.
- the AP may allocate RAW for the Power Saving Poll (PS-Poll) before the report RAW as an optional. Can be.
- the PS-Poll may describe user data indication (UDI) information indicating a data amount of a buffer for a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and an uplink transmission.
- the AP may selectively allocate PS-Poll RAWs allocated to PS-Poll to respective separate slots for each STA prior to Report RAW. Start timing information of PS-Poll RAW may also be included in the RPS IE of the beacon.
- a "P" frame represents a PS-Poll frame
- a "D" frame represents an uplink data frame in which an STA transmits data to an AP
- an "A" frame represents an ACK frame.
- the beamforming RAW may be set by extending the concept of sounding RAW.
- the entire sequence of protocols for various combinations of NDPA transmission, NDP transmission, beamforming report feedback, beamforming report poll, and additional beamforming report feedback can be protected by beamforming RAW.
- the beamforming RAW may be set as a separate RAW expressed in the RPS IE of the beacon, and may be classified into one type of the modified concept sounding RAW.
- transmission of the STA other than the transmission of the channel feedback report may be prohibited. Whether or not it is beamforming RAW can be identified through Sounding RAW Indication and Sounding RAW Type Indication included in the RPS IE of Beacon. Sounding RAW Indication and Sounding RAW Type Indication will be described later.
- STAs may wake up in a power saving mode at the start boundary of the beamforming RAW.
- the AID range of the STA targeted for channel sounding may be displayed in the RPS IE of the beacon.
- Order combinations of STAs that are subject to channel sounding may be displayed in an order specific to NDPA.
- STAs are pre-determined slots to themselves. You can wake up from the power saving mode at the boundary of. This can reduce power consumption more efficiently.
- the AP Since the AP does not know in advance the amount of data of the channel feedback report to be transmitted by each STA and the feedback transmission mode of each STA, the AP transmits the channel feedback report based on the MCS and bandwidth preset to transmit the channel feedback report.
- the time interval can be estimated, and the length of the entire beamforming RAW can be sufficiently set based on the estimation result.
- the AP may use the basic rate of the BSS or the MCS to which the NDPA is transmitted as the transmission MCS of the channel feedback report, and the transmission bandwidth of the channel feedback report may be determined to correspond to the bandwidth of the NDPA to NDP signal.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a channel sounding method performed by an access point according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- STAs operate similarly in channel sounding for SST and channel sounding for sectorized beam operation, thus integrating channel sounding for SST and channel sounding for sectorized beam operation.
- Channel sounding may be performed for all STAs or for STAs having a limited range of AIDs.
- the STA which is the target of channel sounding, can wake up from the start of the sounding RAW and hear the entire sounding RAW.
- the integrated method of performing channel sounding enables efficient use of spatial and frequency resources, and improves the performance of channel sounding.
- the STA may be prohibited from transmitting any transmission except for sending a report packet for reporting a sector ID or selected subchannel information after receiving a series of NDPs to ensure the performance of channel sounding. Can be.
- Channel sounding may be performed for all STAs or STAs having a limited range of AIDs. The STA may wake up from the start of the sounding RAW and listen until the sounding RAW ends or the end of the transmission of the series of NDPs.
- the sounding RAW may have a form of sweeping several frequency channels, or may include a transmission of a report packet of selected subchannel information thereafter.
- the sounding RAW may take the form of sweeping several sectors, or even the transmission of a report packet about the selected sector ID information thereafter.
- the AP may broadcast a beacon including information of RAW for channel sounding.
- the AP may control data transmission of the STA in the RAW period for channel sounding.
- the AP may control to prohibit data transmission of the STA in a RAW period for channel sounding.
- the AP may control only to transmit the estimated channel information to the access point after NDPs are transmitted in the RAW period for channel sounding and to prohibit other transmissions.
- the beacon transmitted by the AP may include at least one of a bit value indicating whether channel sounding is performed through the corresponding RAW, a bit value controlling the transmission of the station in the corresponding RAW section, and a bit value indicating the type of communication that the access point intends to perform. It may include one.
- the information shown in Table 1 below may be included in the RPS IE transmitted by the beacons.
- the beacon may include a bit value indicating whether to prohibit transmission of STAs in the sounding RAW.
- the beacon indicates whether the sounding RAW is a sounding RAW for channel sounding for SST, channel sounding for sectorized beam operation, or channel sounding for SU / MU-MIMO beamforming. It can contain a bit value.
- information as shown in Table 2 below may be included in the RPS IE transmitted by the beacon.
- the beacon may include a bit value indicating whether to prohibit transmission of the STAs in addition to transmitting the report packet in the sounding RAW.
- the beacon may include a bit value indicating whether the corresponding sounding RAW is a sounding RAW for channel sounding for SST and channel sounding for sectorized beam operation.
- the information shown in Table 3 below may be included in the RPS IE transmitted by the beacons.
- the beacon may include a bit value indicating whether to prohibit transmission of STAs in the sounding RAW.
- the beacon may include a bit value indicating whether the corresponding sounding RAW is a sounding RAW for channel sounding for SST and channel sounding for sectorized beam operation.
- the beacon may further include a bit value indicating whether the corresponding sounding RAW is a sounding RAW used for channel sounding for SU / MU-MIMO beamforming.
- the sounding RAW and the corresponding report RAW may be combined to be expressed in the form of RAW type and sub-mode as shown in Table 4 below.
- the non-AP STA may not start a new TXOP during RAW, but may choose to listen to sector sounding or SST sounding.
- the non-AP STA may be allowed to transmit a response frame for a frame transmitted by the AP during the RXP.
- the RAW type is Report RAW
- one or more Report RAWs may be scheduled by the AP, and a Sector report or SST report is displayed for each STA during the corresponding RAW period. Regardless of the setting of the TIM bits corresponding to the above, it may be performed by a singular or plural STA.
- an STA can send a sector report frame (including a preferred Sector ID) to the AP not earlier than the start of the assigned RAW slot.
- the AP sends an ACK, Block ACK, This can be confirmed by transmitting a response frame such as an NDP ACK or a short ACK.
- the response frame transmitted by the AP may include duration information on information on which the corresponding STA can continue power saving.
- the length of the sector report frame exchange sequence cannot exceed the assigned slot duration calculated by the information given in the RAW Slot Definition subfield of the RAW Assignment field of the RPS element.
- an NDP PS Poll frame format may be defined as shown in Table 5 or Table 6 below.
- Table 5 shows an example of the MAC frame body of the NDP PS Poll
- Table 6 shows another example of the MAC frame body of the NDP PS Poll.
- the NDP PS Poll frame format shown in Tables 5 and 6 below may have a form in which the preferred sector ID value itself or the offset value for the reference sector ID is substituted in the Preferred MCS field or the UDI field instead.
- the NDP PS Poll frame format can only be used in Report RAW for SST Sounding or Sector Sounding.
- the STA can transmit an SST report frame (including the preferred sub-channel index in bitmap or coding form) to the AP at a time earlier than the start of the assigned RAW slot.
- the AP can identify this by sending a response frame such as an ACK, a block ACK, an NDP ACK, or a short ACK.
- the response frame transmitted by the AP may include duration information on information that the corresponding STA can maintain power saving.
- the length of the SST report frame exchange sequence cannot exceed the assigned slot duration calculated by the information given in the RAW Slot Definition subfield of the RAW Assignment field of the RPS element.
- the NDP PS Poll frame format may be defined as shown in Table 5 or Table 6 above.
- Table 5 shows an example of the MAC frame body of the NDP PS Poll
- Table 6 shows another example of the MAC frame body of the NDP PS Poll.
- the NDP PS Poll frame format shown in Table 5 and Table 6 may have a form in which a preferred channel index value is substituted in the Preferred MCS field or the UDI field with its own value or the offset value from the reference channel.
- the specified NDP PS Poll frame format can only be used in Report RAW for Sector Sounding or SST Sounding.
- the AP may schedule channel sounding for several STAs using RAW of a beacon signal.
- the AP may set the Sounding RAW Indication bit in the RPS IE to 1 and set the Sounding RAW Type Indication to correspond to the type in which channel sounding is performed.
- the AP may indicate whether the sounding RAW type indication indicates whether the corresponding sounding RAW is channel sounding for SST or channel sounding for sectorized beam operation. If the Sounding RAW Indication bit in the RPS IE of the beacon is set to 0, this indicates that channel sounding is not performed in that RAW. Sounding RAW can be transferred in either periodic or improvised fashion.
- the AP may transmit a plurality of NDPs to the STA in RAW for channel sounding.
- the AP may continuously transmit each NDP at a predetermined time interval.
- the AP may transmit NDPs with a time interval of short inter-frame space (SIFS) or point inter-frame space (PIFS).
- SIFS short inter-frame space
- PIFS point inter-frame space
- the STA may wake up from the start time of RAW for channel sounding and stay up to the end time of the corresponding RAW or until the transmission of a series of NDPs is completed.
- the AP may transmit NDPA in sounding RAW and may sequentially transmit a series of NDPs at PIFS intervals.
- the AP may set the Sounding RAW Type Indication in the RPS IE to correspond to SST sounding.
- the AP may transmit respective NDPs through different frequency channels.
- a basic unit may be changed, and a bit field may be defined to display an option for setting a basic unit.
- an available frequency channel or a frequency channel to be transmitted for the entire frequency band may be displayed in a bitmap or encrypted form.
- the AP may transmit NDPs for each frequency channel used for SST in a RAW period for channel sounding. For example, the AP may transmit a series of NDPs at PIFS time intervals, starting with a low band frequency channel.
- the AP may transmit NDPA in sounding RAW and may sequentially transmit a series of NDPs at PIFS intervals.
- the AP may set the Sounding RAW Type Indication in the RPS IE to correspond to sector sounding.
- the AP may transmit respective NDPs through different sectors.
- the AP may transmit NDPs for each sector set by the AP in a RAW period for channel sounding. For example, the AP may transmit a series of NDPs at PIFS time intervals starting from sector 0.
- the AP may receive channel information estimated based on the NDP from the STA and perform wireless communication with the STA based on the received channel information.
- the AP may receive channel information via RAW for a feedback report.
- the RAW for the feedback report can be assigned after the RAW for channel sounding.
- the AP may receive optimal frequency channel information determined by the STA as channel information.
- the AP may receive optimal sector ID information determined by the STA as channel information.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a channel sounding method performed by a station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the STA may receive a beacon from the AP that includes information of a limited access window (sounding RAW) for channel sounding.
- the STA may identify the type of channel sounding through the beacon. For example, the STA may determine whether the type of channel sounding is SST sounding or sector sounding based on the Sounding RAW Type information included in the RPS IE of the beacon.
- the STA may estimate channel information based on the NDP received from the AP.
- the NDP can be sent in RAW for channel sounding.
- the channel information may include an optimal frequency channel for SST or optimal sector ID information for sectorized beam operation.
- the STA may be prohibited from transmitting data in the RAW period for channel sounding. Or, in the RAW period for channel sounding, the STA may only allow transmitting channel information to the AP after NDPs are transmitted, and other transmission may be prohibited.
- the STA may identify a communication type that the AP intends to perform based on a beacon received from the AP, and determine whether to support the identified communication type.
- the STA may receive an NDP from the AP in RAW for channel sounding and estimate channel information based on the received NDP and the identified communication type.
- the communication type may be any one of SST, sectorized beam operation, SU-MIMO beamforming, or MU-MIMO beamforming.
- the STA when the Sounding RAW Type is set to SST sounding, the STA is prohibited from transmitting data during the sounding RAW, so that the entire sounding RAW can be heard only if the corresponding STA supports the SST function. May be acceptable.
- the STA may determine an optimal frequency channel based on the NDP.
- the STA may search for a frequency channel that satisfies a predetermined criterion among frequency channels used for communication with the AP, and determine information about the found frequency channel as channel information.
- the STA may transmit the estimated channel information to the AP. For example, the STA may report the decision optimal frequency channel directly to the AP.
- the STA may inform the AP indirectly about the optimal frequency channel by transmitting data using the determined optimal frequency channel. That is, the STA may determine a frequency channel that satisfies a preset criterion among the plurality of frequency channels based on the NDP, and transmit channel information to the AP using the determined frequency channel. Alternatively, the STA is prohibited from transmitting except for reporting the optimal frequency channel after receiving the series of NDPs during the sounding RAW, and the entire sounding RAW or the series of NDPs only if the STA supports the SST function. Can be allowed to listen until the end of their transmission. The STA may transmit the determined optimal frequency channel information to the AP through a report packet.
- the AP When a plurality of STAs feed back each optimal frequency channel to the AP, in order to prevent the frames for the feedback of the optimal frequency channel from colliding with other signals, the AP is assigned the frames for the feedback of the optimal frequency channel. You can control the report to be sent via RAW. At this time, the start time and a series of information of the report RAW may be included in the RPS IE of the beacon transmitted by the AP. When the estimated channel information is transmitted to the AP, transmission of other STAs other than the STA transmitting the channel information may be prohibited.
- the STA when the Sounding RAW Type is set to sector sounding, the STA is prohibited from transmitting data during the sounding RAW, and only when the STA supports the sectorized beam operation function. You may be allowed to hear it.
- the STA is prohibited from transmitting except for reporting the optimal sector ID after receiving a series of NDPs during the sounding RAW, and only when the STA supports the sectorized beam operation function. Or may be allowed to listen until the end of the transmission of the series of NDPs.
- the STA may search for a sector to which it belongs among the plurality of sectors set by the AP, and determine identification information of the found sector as channel information. In operation 1330, the STA may transmit the estimated channel information to the AP.
- the STA may selectively feed back the determined optimal sector ID to the AP.
- the STA may transmit the determined optimal sector ID to the AP through a report packet.
- the AP indicates that the frames for the feedback of the sector ID are sent via the report RAW. It can be controlled to be transmitted.
- the start time and a series of information of the report RAW may be included in the RPS IE of the beacon transmitted by the AP.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a wireless device 1410 in which an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented.
- the wireless device 1410 may include a processor 1430, a memory 1440, and a transceiver 1420.
- the wireless device 1410 may correspond to an AP or STA of the present invention.
- the transceiver 1420 may transmit or receive a wireless signal.
- the processor 1430 may be configured to be functionally connected to and operate with the transceiver 1420.
- the processor 1430 may control the wireless device 1410 to perform a channel sounding method according to an embodiment of the present invention based on FIGS. 7, 9, and 11 to 13.
- At least one of the processor 1430 and the transceiver 1420 may include at least one of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, and a data processing device.
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- 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 1440 and executed by the processor 1430.
- the memory 1440 may be included in the processor 1430 and may be functionally connected to the processor 1430 by various known means which are separately located outside.
- Method according to the embodiment is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium or performed by at least one processor (processor).
- the computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination.
- the program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.
- Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks.
- Magneto-optical media and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.
- program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.
- the hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.
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- 액세스 포인트(Access Point)에 의해 수행되는 채널 사운딩 방법에 있어서,채널 사운딩을 위한 제한된 액세스 윈도우(Restricted Access Window; RAW)의 정보를 포함하는 비콘을 브로드캐스트(broadcast)하는 단계; 및상기 제한된 액세스 윈도우 내에서 복수의 NDP(Null Data Packet)들을 스테이션(Station)에 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 액세스 포인트는,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서 상기 스테이션의 데이터 전송을 제어하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제2항에 있어서,상기 액세스 포인트는,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 상기 스테이션의 데이터 전송을 금지하도록 제어하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제2항에 있어서,상기 액세스 포인트는,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 상기 NDP들이 전송된 이후에 상기 채널 정보를 상기 액세스 포인트에 전송하는 것만 허용하고, 다른 전송은 금지하도록 제어하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 비콘은,상기 RAW를 통해 채널 사운딩이 수행되는지 여부를 나타내는 비트 값, 상기 RAW 구간에서 스테이션의 전송을 제어하는 비트 값 및 상기 액세스 포인트가 수행하려는 통신 타입을 나타내는 비트 값 중 적어도 하나를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전송하는 단계는,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 상기 액세스 포인트에 의해 설정된 각 섹터들별로 상기 NDP들을 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전송하는 단계는,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 부채널 선택적 전송(sub-channel selective transmission)에 이용되는 각 주파수 채널별로 상기 NDP들을 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전송하는 단계는,각 NDP들을 미리 설정된 시간 간격을 가지고 연속적으로 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 스테이션으로부터 상기 NDP에 기초하여 추정된 채널 정보를 수신하는 단계를 더 포함하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 수신하는 단계는,피드백 리포트(feedback report)를 위한 RAW를 통해 상기 채널 정보를 수신하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 피드백 리포트를 위한 RAW는, 상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 이후에 할당되는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전송하는 단계는,각 NDP들을 SIFS(Short Inter-Frame Space) 또는 PIFS(Point Inter-Frame Space)의 시간 간격을 가지고 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 스테이션은,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 제한된 액세스 윈도우의 시작 시점에서 깨어나서, 상기 제한된 액세스 윈도우의 종료 시점 또는 상기 NDP들의 전송이 완료되는 시점까지 깨어있는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 스테이션에 의해 수행되는 채널 사운딩 방법에 있어서,채널 사운딩을 위한 제한된 액세스 윈도우(Restricted Access Window; RAW)의 정보를 포함하는 비콘을 액세스 포인트로부터 수신하는 단계;상기 액세스 포인트로부터 수신한 NDP(Null Data Packet)에 기초하여 채널 정보를 추정하는 단계; 및상기 추정한 채널 정보를 상기 액세스 포인트로 전송하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 NDP는, 상기 제한된 액세스 윈도우 내에서 상기 스테이션에 전송되는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 스테이션은,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 데이터의 전송이 금지되는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 스테이션은,상기 채널 사운딩을 위한 RAW 구간에서, 상기 NDP들이 전송된 이후에 상기 채널 정보를 상기 액세스 포인트에 전송하는 것만 허용되고, 다른 전송은 금지되는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 추정하는 단계는,상기 수신한 비콘에 기초하여 상기 액세스 포인트가 수행하려는 통신 타입을 식별하는 단계;상기 스테이션이 상기 통신 타입을 지원하는 경우, 상기 제한된 액세스 윈도우 내에서 상기 액세스 포인트로부터 NDP를 수신하는 단계; 및상기 수신한 NDP 및 상기 식별한 통신 타입에 기초하여 채널 정보를 추정하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 추정하는 단계는,상기 액세스 포인트와의 통신에 이용되는 주파수 채널 중 미리 설정된 기준을 만족시키는 주파수 채널을 탐색하고, 상기 탐색된 주파수 채널에 관한 정보를 채널 정보로 결정하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 추정하는 단계는,상기 액세스 포인트에 의해 설정된 복수의 섹터들 중 상기 스테이션이 속하는 섹터를 탐색하고, 상기 탐색된 섹터의 식별 정보를 채널 정보로 결정하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 추정된 채널 정보가 상기 액세스 포인트로 전송되는 경우, 상기 채널 정보를 전송하는 스테이션을 제외한 다른 스테이션의 전송이 금지되는 것을 특징으로 하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 제13항에 있어서,상기 추정하는 단계는,상기 NDP에 기초하여 복수의 주파수 채널 중 미리 설정된 기준을 만족시키는 주파수 채널을 결정하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 전송하는 단계는,상기 결정된 주파수 채널을 이용하여 상기 채널 정보를 상기 액세스 포인트로 전송하는 단계를 포함하는 무선랜 시스템에서의 채널 사운딩 방법.
- 프레임을 송신 및 수신하는 트랜스시버(transceiver); 및상기 트랜스시버와 기능적으로 결합된 프로세서(processor)를 포함하고,상기 프로세서는,채널 사운딩을 위한 제한된 액세스 윈도우의 정보를 포함하는 비콘을 브로드캐스트하고,상기 제한된 액세스 윈도우 내에서 복수의 NDP(Null Data Packet)들을 스테이션에 전송하는 무선 장치.
- 프레임을 송신 및 수신하는 트랜스시버; 및상기 트랜스시버와 기능적으로 결합된 프로세서를 포함하고,상기 프로세서는,채널 사운딩을 위한 제한된 액세스 윈도우의 정보를 포함하는 비콘을 액세스 포인트로부터 수신하고,상기 액세스 포인트로부터 수신한 NDP(Null Data Packet)에 기초하여 채널 정보를 추정하고,상기 추정한 채널 정보를 상기 액세스 포인트로 전송하는 무선 장치.
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