WO2021029554A1 - Transmission et réception de signal dans un système multi-ap - Google Patents

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WO2021029554A1
WO2021029554A1 PCT/KR2020/009623 KR2020009623W WO2021029554A1 WO 2021029554 A1 WO2021029554 A1 WO 2021029554A1 KR 2020009623 W KR2020009623 W KR 2020009623W WO 2021029554 A1 WO2021029554 A1 WO 2021029554A1
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  • the present specification relates to a method of performing multi-AP transmission in a wireless local area network (LAN) system including a plurality of access points (APs).
  • LAN wireless local area network
  • APs access points
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • MIMO downlink multi-user multiple input, multiple output
  • the new communication standard may be an extreme high throughput (EHT) standard that is currently being discussed.
  • the EHT standard may use a newly proposed increased bandwidth, an improved PHY layer protocol data unit (PPDU) structure, an improved sequence, and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) technique.
  • PPDU PHY layer protocol data unit
  • HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
  • the EHT standard can be referred to as the IEEE 802.11be standard.
  • a method performed by a sharing access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (LAN) system may include a technical feature for performing multi-AP transmission.
  • a sharing access point (AP) may receive a signal including capability information from a shared AP.
  • the sharing AP may determine a shared AP to participate in multi-AP transmission based on the capability information.
  • the sharing AP may transmit a request signal to the shared AP.
  • the request signal may be transmitted in a broadcasting method.
  • the payload of the request signal may include address information of the shared AP.
  • the number of bits required for channel combination is It is reduced to 14 bits (for 14827). Accordingly, information related to an available channel (AC) included in the capability information can be reduced by 2 bits, and thus an effect of reducing overhead can be obtained.
  • AC available channel
  • communication with shared APs may be performed in a broadcasting method without setting a group ID, and IDs of the shared APs may be included in a payload so that the recipient is known.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a transmitting device and/or a receiving device of the present specification.
  • WLAN wireless LAN
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a general link setup process.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a PPDU used in the IEEE standard.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement of resource units (RU) used in a 20 MHz band.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a resource unit (RU) used in a 40 MHz band.
  • RU resource unit
  • RU 7 is a diagram showing the arrangement of resource units (RU) used in the 80MHz band.
  • FIG. 11 shows an example of a trigger frame.
  • FIG. 13 shows an example of a subfield included in a per user information field.
  • 15 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 2.4 GHz band.
  • 16 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 5 GHz band.
  • FIG. 17 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 6 GHz band.
  • 19 shows a modified example of the transmitting device and/or the receiving device of the present specification.
  • FIG 20 shows an example of activating distributed MIMO transmission (eg, joint transmission).
  • 21 is a diagram illustrating multi-AP coordination.
  • 25 and 26 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a network composed of multiple APs.
  • 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network composed of multiple APs.
  • 28 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for an AP to transmit a beacon frame.
  • 29 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of capability information.
  • 30 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information related to participation in multi-AP transmission.
  • 31 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a multi-AP negotiation procedure between a Master AP and a Slave AP.
  • 32 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information on an available channel.
  • 33 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information on an available channel.
  • BSR buffer state report
  • FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wireless LAN communication system
  • FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a PPDU transmitted by STAs performing C-OFDMA.
  • FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a wireless LAN communication system
  • FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a PPDU transmitted by STAs performing C-OFDMA.
  • 39 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of operating a sharing AP.
  • 40 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of operating a shared AP.
  • 'A or B (A or B)' may mean'only A','only B', or'both A and B'.
  • 'A or B (A or B)' may be interpreted as'A and/or B (A and/or B)'.
  • 'A, B or C (A, B or C)' means'only A','only B','only C', or any and all combinations of'A, B and C'( It can mean any combination of A, B and C)'.
  • a forward slash (/) or comma used in the present specification may mean'and/or'.
  • 'A/B' may mean'A and/or B'.
  • 'A/B' may mean'only A','only B', or'both A and B'.
  • 'A, B, C' may mean'A, B, or C'.
  • 'at least one of A and B' may mean'only A','only B', or'both A and B'.
  • the expression'at least one of A or B (at least one of A or B)' or'at least one of A and/or B (at least one of A and/or B)' in the present specification is'at least one A and B (at least one of A and B)' can be interpreted the same.
  • 'at least one of A, B and C (at least one of A, B and C)' means'only A','only B','only C', or'A, B and C It may mean any combination of A, B and C'.
  • 'at least one of A, B or C (at least one of A, B or C)' or'at least one of A, B and/or C (at least one of A, B and/or C)' It may mean'at least one of A, B and C'.
  • parentheses used in the present specification may mean'for example'.
  • eHT-Signal EHT-Signal
  • 'EHT-Signal' may be proposed as an example of'control information'.
  • 'control information' in the present specification is not limited to'EHT-Signal', and'EHT-Signal' may be suggested as an example of'control information'.
  • EHT-signal EHT-signal
  • EHT-signal EHT-signal
  • the following example of the present specification can be applied to various wireless communication systems.
  • the following example of the present specification may be applied to a wireless local area network (WLAN) system.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • this specification can be applied to the IEEE 802.11a/g/n/ac standard or the IEEE 802.11ax standard.
  • this specification can be applied to the newly proposed EHT standard or IEEE 802.11be standard.
  • an example of the present specification may be applied to the EHT standard or to a new wireless LAN standard that is improved (enhance) IEEE 802.11be.
  • an example of the present specification may be applied to a mobile communication system.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • an example of the present specification may be applied to a communication system of 5G NR standard based on 3GPP standard.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a transmitting device and/or a receiving device of the present specification.
  • the example of FIG. 1 may perform various technical features described below. 1 is related to at least one STA (station).
  • the STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification include a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a user equipment (UE), It may be referred to by various names such as a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber unit, or simply a user.
  • STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification may be referred to by various names such as a network, a base station, a Node-B, an access point (AP), a repeater, a router, and a relay.
  • the STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification may be referred to by various names such as a receiving device, a transmitting device, a receiving STA, a transmitting STA, a receiving device, and a transmitting device.
  • the STAs 110 and 120 may perform an access point (AP) role or a non-AP role. That is, the STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification may perform AP and/or non-AP functions.
  • the AP may also be indicated as an AP STA.
  • the STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification may support various communication standards other than the IEEE 802.11 standard together.
  • communication standards eg, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR standards
  • the STA of the present specification may be implemented with various devices such as a mobile phone, a vehicle, and a personal computer.
  • the STA of the present specification may support communication for various communication services such as voice call, video call, data communication, and autonomous driving (Self-Driving, Autonomous-Driving).
  • the STAs 110 and 120 may include a medium access control (MAC) and a physical layer interface for a wireless medium according to the IEEE 802.11 standard.
  • MAC medium access control
  • the STAs 110 and 120 will be described on the basis of the sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 1 as follows.
  • the first STA 110 may include a processor 111, a memory 112, and a transceiver 113.
  • the illustrated processor, memory, and transceiver may each be implemented as separate chips, or at least two or more blocks/functions may be implemented through a single chip.
  • the transceiver 113 of the first STA performs a signal transmission/reception operation.
  • IEEE 802.11 packets eg, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, etc.
  • IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, etc. can be transmitted and received.
  • the first STA 110 may perform an intended operation of the AP.
  • the processor 111 of the AP may receive a signal through the transceiver 113, process a received signal, generate a transmission signal, and perform control for signal transmission.
  • the memory 112 of the AP may store a signal (ie, a received signal) received through the transceiver 113, and may store a signal (ie, a transmission signal) to be transmitted through the transceiver.
  • the second STA 120 may perform an intended operation of a non-AP STA.
  • the non-AP transceiver 123 performs a signal transmission/reception operation.
  • IEEE 802.11 packets eg, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, etc.
  • IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, etc. can be transmitted and received.
  • the processor 121 of the non-AP STA may receive a signal through the transceiver 123, process a received signal, generate a transmission signal, and perform control for signal transmission.
  • the memory 122 of the non-AP STA may store a signal (ie, a reception signal) received through the transceiver 123 and may store a signal (ie, a transmission signal) to be transmitted through the transceiver.
  • an operation of a device indicated as an AP may be performed by the first STA 110 or the second STA 120.
  • the operation of the device indicated as an AP is controlled by the processor 111 of the first STA 110 and is controlled by the processor 111 of the first STA 110.
  • a related signal may be transmitted or received through the controlled transceiver 113.
  • control information related to the operation of the AP or a transmission/reception signal of the AP may be stored in the memory 112 of the first STA 110.
  • the operation of the device indicated by the AP is controlled by the processor 121 of the second STA 120 and controlled by the processor 121 of the second STA 120.
  • a related signal may be transmitted or received through the transceiver 123 being used.
  • control information related to the operation of the AP or transmission/reception signals of the AP may be stored in the memory 122 of the second STA 110.
  • an operation of a device indicated as non-AP may be performed by the first STA 110 or the second STA 120.
  • the operation of the device marked as non-AP is controlled by the processor 121 of the second STA 120 and the processor of the second STA 120 ( A related signal may be transmitted or received through the transceiver 123 controlled by 121).
  • control information related to the operation of the non-AP or transmission/reception signals of the AP may be stored in the memory 122 of the second STA 120.
  • the operation of the device indicated as non-AP is controlled by the processor 111 of the first STA 110 and the processor of the first STA 120 ( A related signal may be transmitted or received through the transceiver 113 controlled by 111).
  • control information related to the operation of the non-AP or transmission/reception signals of the AP may be stored in the memory 112 of the first STA 110.
  • (transmit/receive) STA, first STA, second STA, STA1, STA2, AP, first AP, second AP, AP1, AP2, (transmit/receive) Terminal, (transmit/receive) device , (Transmission/reception) apparatus, a device called a network, etc. may refer to the STAs 110 and 120 of FIG. 1.
  • an operation in which various STAs transmit and receive signals may be performed by the transceivers 113 and 123 of FIG. 1.
  • an operation in which various STAs generate transmission/reception signals or perform data processing or calculation in advance for transmission/reception signals may be performed by the processors 111 and 121 of FIG. 1.
  • an example of an operation of generating a transmission/reception signal or performing data processing or calculation in advance for a transmission/reception signal is: 1) Determining bit information of a subfield (SIG, STF, LTF, Data) field included in the PPDU.
  • Time resources or frequency resources eg, subcarrier resources
  • SIG, STF, LTF, Data Time resources or frequency resources
  • Determination/configuration/retrieve operation 3) A specific sequence used for the subfields (SIG, STF, LTF, Data) fields included in the PPDU (e.g., pilot sequence, STF/LTF sequence, applied to SIG)
  • An operation of determining/configuring/obtaining an extra sequence 4) a power control operation and/or a power saving operation applied to the STA, 5) an operation related to determination/acquisition/configuration/calculation/decoding/encoding of an ACK signal, etc.
  • various information used by various STAs for determination/acquisition/configuration/calculation/decoding/encoding of transmission/reception signals (for example, information related to fields/subfields/control fields/parameters/power, etc.) It may be stored in the memories 112 and 122 of FIG. 1.
  • the device/STA of the sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 1 described above may be modified as shown in the sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1.
  • the STAs 110 and 120 of the present specification will be described based on the sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1.
  • the transceivers 113 and 123 illustrated in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1 may perform the same functions as the transceiver illustrated in sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 1.
  • the processing chips 114 and 124 shown in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1 may include processors 111 and 121 and memories 112 and 122.
  • the processors 111 and 121 and the memories 112 and 122 illustrated in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1 are the processors 111 and 121 and the memories 112 and 122 illustrated in sub-drawing (a) of FIG. ) And can perform the same function.
  • Mobile Subscriber Unit user, user STA, network, base station, Node-B, AP (Access Point), repeater, router, relay, receiving device, transmitting device, receiving STA, transmitting
  • the STA, the receiving device, the transmitting device, the receiving Apparatus, and/or the transmitting Apparatus means the STAs 110 and 120 shown in sub-drawings (a)/(b) of FIG. 1, or the sub-drawing of FIG. 1 (b It may mean the processing chips 114 and 124 shown in ).
  • the technical features of the present specification may be performed on the STAs 110 and 120 shown in sub-drawings (a)/(b) of FIG. 1, and the processing chip shown in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 114, 124).
  • the technical feature of the transmitting STA transmitting the control signal is that the control signal generated by the processors 111 and 121 shown in sub-drawings (a)/(b) of FIG. 1 is sub-drawing (a) of FIG. It can be understood as a technical feature transmitted through the transceivers 113 and 123 shown in )/(b).
  • the technical feature in which the transmitting STA transmits the control signal is a technical feature in which a control signal to be transmitted to the transceivers 113 and 123 is generated from the processing chips 114 and 124 shown in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1. Can be understood.
  • the technical characteristic that the receiving STA receives the control signal may be understood as a technical characteristic in which the control signal is received by the transceivers 113 and 123 shown in sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 1.
  • the technical feature that the receiving STA receives the control signal is that the control signal received by the transceivers 113 and 123 shown in sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 1 is the processor shown in sub-drawing (a) of FIG. 111, 121) can be understood as a technical feature obtained.
  • the technical feature that the receiving STA receives the control signal is that the control signal received by the transceivers 113 and 123 shown in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. 1 is a processing chip shown in sub-drawing (b) of FIG. It can be understood as a technical feature obtained by (114, 124).
  • software codes 115 and 125 may be included in the memories 112 and 122.
  • the software codes 115 and 125 may include instructions for controlling the operations of the processors 111 and 121.
  • the software codes 115 and 125 may be included in various programming languages.
  • the processors 111 and 121 or the processing chips 114 and 124 illustrated in FIG. 1 may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, and/or a data processing device.
  • the processor may be an application processor (AP).
  • the processors 111 and 121 or the processing chips 114 and 124 shown in FIG. 1 are a digital signal processor (DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a modem (modulator). and demodulator).
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • CPU central processing unit
  • GPU graphics processing unit
  • modem modulator
  • demodulator demodulator
  • SNAPDRAGONTM series processors manufactured by Qualcomm®, EXYNOSTM series processors manufactured by Samsung®, and It may be an A series processor, a HELIOTM series processor manufactured by MediaTek®, an ATOMTM series processor manufactured by INTEL®, or an enhanced processor thereof.
  • uplink may mean a link for communication from a non-AP STA to an AP STA, and an uplink PPDU/packet/signal may be transmitted through the uplink.
  • the downlink may mean a link for communication from an AP STA to a non-AP STA, and a downlink PPDU/packet/signal may be transmitted through the downlink.
  • WLAN wireless LAN
  • FIG. 2 shows the structure of an infrastructure BSS (basic service set) of IEEE (institute of electrical and electronic engineers) 802.11.
  • BSS basic service set
  • IEEE institute of electrical and electronic engineers
  • the wireless LAN system may include one or more infrastructure BSSs 200 and 205 (hereinafter, BSS).
  • BSS (200, 205) is a set of APs and STAs such as an access point (AP) 225 and STA1 (Station, 200-1) that can communicate with each other by successfully synchronizing, and does not indicate a specific area.
  • the BSS 205 may include one or more STAs 205-1 and 205-2 that can be coupled to one AP 230.
  • the BSS may include at least one STA, APs 225 and 230 providing a distribution service, and a distribution system (DS) 210 connecting a plurality of APs.
  • STA STA
  • APs 225 and 230 providing a distribution service
  • DS distribution system
  • the distributed system 210 may implement an extended service set (ESS) 240, which is an extended service set, by connecting several BSSs 200 and 205.
  • ESS 240 may be used as a term indicating one network formed by connecting one or several APs through the distributed system 210.
  • APs included in one ESS 240 may have the same service set identification (SSID).
  • the portal 220 may serve as a bridge for connecting a wireless LAN network (IEEE 802.11) and another network (eg, 802.X).
  • IEEE 802.11 IEEE 802.11
  • 802.X another network
  • a network between the APs 225 and 230 and a network between the APs 225 and 230 and the STAs 200-1, 205-1 and 205-2 may be implemented.
  • a network that performs communication by configuring a network even between STAs without the APs 225 and 230 is defined as an ad-hoc network or an independent basic service set (IBSS).
  • FIG. 2 The lower part of FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing IBSS.
  • the IBSS is a BSS operating in an ad-hoc mode. Since IBSS does not include APs, there is no centralized management entity. That is, in the IBSS, the STAs 250-1, 250-2, 250-3, 255-4, and 255-5 are managed in a distributed manner. In IBSS, all STAs (250-1, 250-2, 250-3, 255-4, 255-5) can be configured as mobile STAs, and access to the distributed system is not allowed, so a self-contained network. network).
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a general link setup process.
  • the STA may perform a network discovery operation.
  • the network discovery operation may include a scanning operation of the STA. That is, in order for the STA to access the network, it must find a network that can participate. The STA must identify a compatible network before participating in the wireless network. The process of identifying a network existing in a specific area is called scanning. Scanning methods include active scanning and passive scanning.
  • the STA performing scanning transmits a probe request frame to search for an AP present in the vicinity while moving channels and waits for a response thereto.
  • the responder transmits a probe response frame in response to the probe request frame to the STA that has transmitted the probe request frame.
  • the responder may be an STA that last transmitted a beacon frame in the BSS of the channel being scanned.
  • BSS since the AP transmits a beacon frame, the AP becomes a responder, and in IBSS, because STAs in the IBSS rotate and transmit beacon frames, the responder is not constant.
  • an STA that transmits a probe request frame on channel 1 and receives a probe response frame on channel 1 stores BSS-related information included in the received probe response frame and stores the next channel (e.g., 2 Channel) and scanning (that is, probe request/response transmission/reception on channel 2) in the same manner.
  • the next channel e.g., 2 Channel
  • scanning that is, probe request/response transmission/reception on channel 2
  • the scanning operation may be performed in a passive scanning method.
  • An STA performing scanning based on passive scanning may wait for a beacon frame while moving channels.
  • the beacon frame is one of the management frames in IEEE 802.11, and is periodically transmitted so that an STA that notifies the existence of a wireless network and performs scanning can find a wireless network and participate in the wireless network.
  • the AP performs a role of periodically transmitting a beacon frame, and in IBSS, the STAs in the IBSS rotate and transmit the beacon frame.
  • the STA performing the scanning receives the beacon frame, it stores information on the BSS included in the beacon frame, moves to another channel, and records the beacon frame information in each channel.
  • the STA receiving the beacon frame may store BSS-related information included in the received beacon frame, move to the next channel, and perform scanning in the next channel in the same manner.
  • the STA that discovers the network may perform an authentication process through step S320.
  • This authentication process may be referred to as a first authentication process in order to clearly distinguish it from the security setup operation of step S340 to be described later.
  • the authentication process of S320 may include a process in which the STA transmits an authentication request frame to the AP, and in response thereto, the AP transmits an authentication response frame to the STA.
  • An authentication frame used for authentication request/response corresponds to a management frame.
  • the authentication frame consists of an authentication algorithm number, an authentication transaction sequence number, a status code, a challenge text, a robust security network (RSN), and a finite cycle group. Group), etc. can be included.
  • RSN robust security network
  • the STA may transmit an authentication request frame to the AP.
  • the AP may determine whether to allow authentication for the corresponding STA based on the information included in the received authentication request frame.
  • the AP may provide the result of the authentication process to the STA through the authentication response frame.
  • the STA that has been successfully authenticated may perform a connection process based on step S330.
  • the association process includes a process in which the STA transmits an association request frame to the AP, and in response thereto, the AP transmits an association response frame to the STA.
  • the connection request frame includes information related to various capabilities, beacon listening intervals, service set identifiers (SSIDs), supported rates, supported channels, RSNs, and mobility domains. , Supported operating classes, TIM broadcast request, interworking service capability, and the like may be included.
  • connection response frame includes information related to various capabilities, status codes, association IDs (AIDs), support rates, Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) parameter sets, Received Channel Power Indicators (RCPI), Received Signal to Noise (RSNI). Indicator), mobility domain, timeout interval (association comeback time), overlapping BSS scan parameter, TIM broadcast response, QoS map, etc. may be included.
  • AIDs association IDs
  • EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access
  • RCPI Received Channel Power Indicators
  • RSNI Received Signal to Noise
  • Indicator mobility domain
  • timeout interval association comeback time
  • overlapping BSS scan parameter TIM broadcast response
  • QoS map etc.
  • step S340 the STA may perform a security setup process.
  • the security setup process of step S340 may include, for example, a process of performing a private key setup through 4-way handshaking through an Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN (EAPOL) frame. .
  • EAPOL Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a PPDU used in the IEEE standard.
  • PPDUs PHY protocol data units
  • LTF and STF fields included training signals
  • SIG-A and SIG-B included control information for the receiving station
  • the data field included user data corresponding to PSDU (MAC PDU/Aggregated MAC PDU). Included.
  • FIG. 4 also includes an example of an HE PPDU of the IEEE 802.11ax standard.
  • the HE PPDU according to FIG. 4 is an example of a PPDU for multiple users, and HE-SIG-B is included only for multiple users, and the corresponding HE-SIG-B may be omitted in the PPDU for a single user.
  • the HE-PPDU for multiple users is L-STF (legacy-short training field), L-LTF (legacy-long training field), L-SIG (legacy-signal), HE-SIG-A (high efficiency-signal A), HE-SIG-B (high efficiency-signal-B), HE-STF (high efficiency-short training field), HE-LTF (high efficiency-long training field) , A data field (or MAC payload), and a packet extension (PE) field.
  • Each field may be transmitted during the illustrated time period (ie, 4 or 8 ⁇ s, etc.).
  • the resource unit may include a plurality of subcarriers (or tones).
  • the resource unit may be used when transmitting signals to multiple STAs based on the OFDMA technique. Also, even when a signal is transmitted to one STA, a resource unit may be defined.
  • the resource unit can be used for STF, LTF, data fields, and the like.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement of resource units (RU) used in a 20 MHz band.
  • resource units corresponding to different numbers of tones (ie, subcarriers) may be used to configure some fields of the HE-PPDU.
  • resources may be allocated in units of RU shown for HE-STF, HE-LTF, and data fields.
  • 26-units ie, units corresponding to 26 tones
  • 6 tones may be used as a guard band
  • 5 tones may be used as the guard band.
  • 7 DC tones are inserted in the center band, that is, the DC band
  • 26-units corresponding to 13 tones may exist on the left and right sides of the DC band.
  • 26-units, 52-units, and 106-units may be allocated to other bands.
  • Each unit can be assigned for a receiving station, i.e. a user.
  • the RU arrangement of FIG. 5 is utilized not only in a situation for a plurality of users (MU), but also in a situation for a single user (SU).
  • MU plurality of users
  • SU single user
  • one 242-unit is used. It is possible to use and in this case 3 DC tones can be inserted.
  • RUs of various sizes that is, 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, etc.
  • this embodiment Is not limited to the specific size of each RU (ie, the number of corresponding tones).
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a resource unit (RU) used in a 40 MHz band.
  • RU resource unit
  • 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, and the like may be used in the example of FIG. 6.
  • 5 DC tones can be inserted into the center frequency, 12 tones are used as guard bands in the leftmost band of the 40MHz band, and 11 tones are used in the rightmost band of the 40MHz band. It can be used as a guard band.
  • a 484-RU when used for a single user, a 484-RU may be used. Meanwhile, the fact that the specific number of RUs can be changed is the same as the example of FIG. 4.
  • RU 7 is a diagram showing the arrangement of resource units (RU) used in the 80MHz band.
  • FIG. 7 may also be used with 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, 996-RU, etc. have.
  • 7 DC tones can be inserted into the center frequency, 12 tones are used as guard bands in the leftmost band of the 80MHz band, and 11 tones are used in the rightmost band of the 80MHz band. It can be used as a guard band.
  • a 26-RU using 13 tones located on the left and right of the DC band can be used.
  • a 996-RU when used for a single user, a 996-RU may be used, and in this case, five DC tones may be inserted.
  • the RU described herein may be used for UL (Uplink) communication and DL (Downlink) communication.
  • the transmitting STA eg, AP
  • transmits the first RU eg, 26/52/106
  • a second RU eg, 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.
  • the first STA may transmit a first Trigger-based PPDU based on the first RU
  • the second STA may transmit a second Trigger-based PPDU based on the second RU.
  • the first/second Trigger-based PPDU is transmitted to the AP in the same time interval.
  • the transmitting STA (eg, AP) allocates a first RU (eg, 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.) to the first STA, and 2 STAs may be assigned a second RU (eg, 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.). That is, the transmitting STA (eg, AP) may transmit the HE-STF, HE-LTF, and Data fields for the first STA through the first RU within one MU PPDU, and the second RU through the second RU.
  • HE-STF, HE-LTF, and Data fields for 2 STAs can be transmitted.
  • HE-SIG-B Information on the arrangement of the RU may be signaled through HE-SIG-B.
  • the HE-SIG-B field 810 includes a common field 820 and a user-specific field 830.
  • the common field 820 may include information commonly applied to all users (ie, user STAs) receiving the SIG-B.
  • the user-individual field 830 may be referred to as a user-individual control field. When the SIG-B is transmitted to a plurality of users, the user-individual field 830 may be applied to only some of the plurality of users.
  • the common field 820 and the user-individual field 830 may be encoded separately.
  • the common field 820 may include N*8 bits of RU allocation information.
  • the RU allocation information may include information on the location of the RU. For example, when a 20 MHz channel is used as shown in FIG. 5, the RU allocation information may include information on which RU (26-RU/52-RU/106-RU) is allocated in which frequency band. .
  • a maximum of 9 26-RUs may be allocated to a 20 MHz channel.
  • Table 1 when the RU allocation information of the common field 820 is set as '00000000', nine 26-RUs may be allocated to a corresponding channel (ie, 20 MHz).
  • Table 1 when the RU allocation information of the common field 820 is set as '00000001', seven 26-RUs and one 52-RU are arranged in a corresponding channel. That is, in the example of FIG. 5, 52-RUs may be allocated to the rightmost side and seven 26-RUs may be allocated to the left side.
  • Table 1 shows only some of the RU locations that can be displayed by RU allocation information.
  • RU allocation information may include an example of Table 2 below.
  • '01000y2y1y0' relates to an example in which 106-RU is allocated to the leftmost-left side of a 20 MHz channel, and five 26-RUs are allocated to the right side.
  • a plurality of STAs eg, User-STAs
  • a plurality of STAs may be allocated to the 106-RU based on the MU-MIMO technique.
  • up to 8 STAs eg, User-STA
  • the number of STAs (eg, User-STA) allocated to 106-RU is 3-bit information (y2y1y0).
  • 3-bit information (y2y1y0) is set to N
  • the number of STAs (eg, User-STAs) allocated to 106-RU based on the MU-MIMO technique may be N+1.
  • a plurality of different STAs may be allocated to a plurality of RUs.
  • a plurality of STAs may be allocated based on the MU-MIMO technique.
  • the user-individual field 830 may include a plurality of user fields.
  • the number of STAs (eg, user STAs) allocated to a specific channel may be determined based on the RU allocation information in the common field 820. For example, when the RU allocation information of the common field 820 is '00000000', one User STA may be allocated to each of nine 26-RUs (ie, a total of 9 User STAs are allocated). That is, up to 9 User STAs may be allocated to a specific channel through the OFDMA scheme. In other words, up to 9 User STAs may be allocated to a specific channel through a non-MU-MIMO scheme.
  • RU allocation when RU allocation is set to '01000y2y1y0', a plurality of User STAs are allocated to 106-RUs disposed on the leftmost-left through the MU-MIMO technique, and five 26-RUs disposed on the right side are allocated Five User STAs may be allocated through a non-MU-MIMO scheme. This case is embodied through the example of FIG.
  • RU allocation is set to '01000010' as shown in FIG. 9, based on Table 2, 106-RUs are allocated to the leftmost-left side of a specific channel, and five 26-RUs are allocated to the right side. I can.
  • a total of three User STAs may be allocated to the 106-RU through the MU-MIMO scheme.
  • the user-individual field 830 of HE-SIG-B may include 8 User fields.
  • Eight User fields may be included in the order shown in FIG. 9.
  • two User fields may be implemented as one User block field.
  • the User field shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 may be configured based on two formats. That is, a User field related to the MU-MIMO technique may be configured in a first format, and a User field related to the non-MU-MIMO technique may be configured in a second format.
  • User fields 1 to 3 may be based on a first format
  • User fields 4 to 8 may be based on a second format.
  • the first format or the second format may include bit information of the same length (eg, 21 bits).
  • Each User field may have the same size (eg, 21 bits).
  • the User Field of the first format (the format of the MU-MIMO scheme) may be configured as follows.
  • the first bit (eg, B0-B10) in the user field (ie, 21 bits) is the identification information of the user STA to which the corresponding user field is allocated (eg, STA-ID, partial AID, etc.) It may include.
  • the second bit (eg, B11-B14) in the user field (ie, 21 bits) may include information on spatial configuration.
  • an example of the second bit (ie, B11-B14) may be as shown in Tables 3 to 4 below.
  • the second bit may include information on the number of Spatial Streams allocated to a plurality of User STAs allocated according to the MU-MIMO scheme. have. For example, when three User STAs are allocated to 106-RU based on the MU-MIMO technique as shown in FIG. 9, N_user is set to '3', and accordingly, N_STS[1], as shown in Table 3, Values of N_STS[2] and N_STS[3] may be determined.
  • information on the number of spatial streams for a user STA may consist of 4 bits.
  • information on the number of spatial streams for a user STA ie, second bits, B11-B14
  • information on the number of spatial streams ie, second bits, B11-B14
  • the third bit (ie, B15-18) in the user field (ie, 21 bits) may include MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) information.
  • MCS information may be applied to a data field in a PPDU in which the corresponding SIG-B is included.
  • MCS MCS information
  • MCS index MCS field, and the like used in the present specification may be indicated by a specific index value.
  • MCS information may be indicated by index 0 to index 11.
  • the MCS information includes information on a constellation modulation type (e.g., BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM, etc.), and a coding rate (e.g., 1/2, 2/ 3, 3/4, 5/6, etc.).
  • Information on the channel coding type eg, BCC or LDPC
  • the fourth bit (ie, B19) in the user field (ie, 21 bits) may be a reserved field.
  • the fifth bit (ie, B20) in the user field may include information on the coding type (eg, BCC or LDPC). That is, the fifth bit (ie, B20) may include information on the type of channel coding (eg, BCC or LDPC) applied to the data field in the PPDU including the corresponding SIG-B.
  • the coding type eg, BCC or LDPC
  • the fifth bit (ie, B20) may include information on the type of channel coding (eg, BCC or LDPC) applied to the data field in the PPDU including the corresponding SIG-B.
  • the above-described example relates to the User Field of the first format (the format of the MU-MIMO scheme).
  • An example of the User field of the second format (non-MU-MIMO format) is as follows.
  • the first bit (eg, B0-B10) in the User field of the second format may include identification information of the User STA.
  • the second bit (eg, B11-B13) in the user field of the second format may include information on the number of spatial streams applied to the corresponding RU.
  • the third bit (eg, B14) in the user field of the second format may include information on whether the beamforming steering matrix is applied.
  • the fourth bit (eg, B15-B18) in the User field of the second format may include MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) information.
  • the fifth bit (eg, B19) in the User field of the second format may include information on whether or not Dual Carrier Modulation (DCM) is applied.
  • the sixth bit (ie, B20) in the user field of the second format may include information on the coding type (eg, BCC or LDPC).
  • a transmitting STA may perform channel access through contending (ie, a backoff operation) and transmit a trigger frame 1030. That is, the transmitting STA (eg, AP) may transmit a PPDU including the trigger frame 1330.
  • a trigger-based (TB) PPDU is transmitted after a delay equal to SIFS.
  • the TB PPDUs 1041 and 1042 may be transmitted at the same time slot and may be transmitted from a plurality of STAs (eg, User STAs) in which an AID is indicated in the trigger frame 1030.
  • the ACK frame 1050 for the TB PPDU may be implemented in various forms.
  • an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique or an MU MIMO technique can be used, and an OFDMA and MU MIMO technique can be used simultaneously.
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • the trigger frame of FIG. 11 allocates resources for uplink multiple-user transmission (MU), and may be transmitted from an AP, for example.
  • the trigger frame may be composed of a MAC frame and may be included in a PPDU.
  • Each of the fields shown in FIG. 11 may be partially omitted, and other fields may be added. In addition, the length of each field may be changed differently from that shown.
  • the frame control field 1110 of FIG. 11 includes information on the version of the MAC protocol and other additional control information, and the duration field 1120 includes time information for setting NAV or an identifier of the STA (for example, For example, information on AID) may be included.
  • the RA field 1130 includes address information of the receiving STA of the corresponding trigger frame, and may be omitted if necessary.
  • the TA field 1140 includes address information of an STA (eg, an AP) that transmits a corresponding trigger frame
  • a common information field 1150 is a common information applied to a receiving STA receiving a corresponding trigger frame.
  • a field indicating the length of an L-SIG field of an uplink PPDU transmitted in response to a corresponding trigger frame, or a SIG-A field of an uplink PPDU transmitted in response to a corresponding trigger frame i.e., HE-SIG-A Field
  • information about a length of a CP of an uplink PPDU transmitted in response to a corresponding trigger frame or information about a length of an LTF field may be included.
  • the individual user information field may be referred to as an'assignment field'.
  • the trigger frame of FIG. 11 may include a padding field 1170 and a frame check sequence field 1180.
  • Each of the individual user information fields 1160#1 to 1160#N shown in FIG. 11 may again include a plurality of subfields.
  • FIG. 12 shows an example of a common information field of a trigger frame. Some of the subfields of FIG. 12 may be omitted, and other subfields may be added. In addition, the length of each of the illustrated subfields may be changed.
  • the illustrated length field 1210 has the same value as the length field of the L-SIG field of the uplink PPDU transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame, and the length field of the L-SIG field of the uplink PPDU represents the length of the uplink PPDU.
  • the length field 1210 of the trigger frame may be used to indicate the length of the corresponding uplink PPDU.
  • the cascade indicator field 1220 indicates whether a cascade operation is performed.
  • the cascade operation means that downlink MU transmission and uplink MU transmission are performed together in the same TXOP. That is, after downlink MU transmission is performed, it means that uplink MU transmission is performed after a preset time (eg, SIFS).
  • a preset time eg, SIFS.
  • the CS request field 1230 indicates whether to consider the state of the radio medium or the NAV in a situation in which the receiving device receiving the corresponding trigger frame transmits the corresponding uplink PPDU.
  • the HE-SIG-A information field 1240 may include information for controlling the content of the SIG-A field (ie, the HE-SIG-A field) of the uplink PPDU transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame.
  • the CP and LTF type field 1250 may include information on the length of the LTF and the CP length of the uplink PPDU transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame.
  • the trigger type field 1060 may indicate a purpose for which the corresponding trigger frame is used, for example, normal triggering, triggering for beamforming, and request for Block ACK/NACK.
  • the trigger type field 1260 of the trigger frame indicates a basic type of trigger frame for normal triggering.
  • a basic type trigger frame may be referred to as a basic trigger frame.
  • the user information field 1300 of FIG. 13 shows an example of a subfield included in a per user information field.
  • the user information field 1300 of FIG. 13 may be understood as any of the individual user information fields 1160#1 to 1160#N mentioned in FIG. 11 above. Some of the subfields included in the user information field 1300 of FIG. 13 may be omitted, and other subfields may be added. In addition, the length of each of the illustrated subfields may be changed.
  • a user identifier field 1310 of FIG. 13 indicates an identifier of an STA (ie, a receiving STA) corresponding to per user information, and an example of the identifier is an association identifier (AID) of the receiving STA. It can be all or part of the value.
  • an RU Allocation field 1320 may be included. That is, when the receiving STA identified by the user identifier field 1310 transmits the TB PPDU corresponding to the trigger frame, it transmits the TB PPDU through the RU indicated by the RU allocation field 1320.
  • the RU indicated by the RU Allocation field 1320 may be the RU shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.
  • the subfield of FIG. 13 may include a coding type field 1330.
  • the coding type field 1330 may indicate the coding type of the TB PPDU. For example, when BCC coding is applied to the TB PPDU, the coding type field 1330 may be set to '1', and when LDPC coding is applied, the coding type field 1330 may be set to '0'. have.
  • the subfield of FIG. 13 may include an MCS field 1340.
  • the MCS field 1340 may indicate an MCS scheme applied to a TB PPDU. For example, when BCC coding is applied to the TB PPDU, the coding type field 1330 may be set to '1', and when LDPC coding is applied, the coding type field 1330 may be set to '0'. have.
  • the transmitting STA may allocate 6 RU resources as shown in FIG. 14 through a trigger frame.
  • the AP is a first RU resource (AID 0, RU 1), a second RU resource (AID 0, RU 2), a third RU resource (AID 0, RU 3), a fourth RU resource (AID 2045, RU 4), a fifth RU resource (AID 2045, RU 5), and a sixth RU resource (AID 3, RU 6) may be allocated.
  • Information on AID 0, AID 3, or AID 2045 may be included, for example, in the user identification field 1310 of FIG. 13.
  • Information about RU 1 to RU 6 may be included in, for example, the RU allocation field 1320 of FIG. 13.
  • the first to third RU resources of FIG. 14 may be used as UORA resources for an associated STA
  • the fourth to fifth RU resources of FIG. 14 are for un-associated STAs. It may be used as a UORA resource
  • the sixth RU resource of FIG. 14 may be used as a resource for a normal UL MU.
  • the OBO (OFDMA random access BackOff) counter of STA1 is reduced to 0, and STA1 randomly selects the second RU resources (AID 0, RU 2).
  • the OBO counter of STA2/3 is greater than 0, uplink resources are not allocated to STA2/3.
  • STA1 of FIG. 14 is an associated STA, there are a total of three eligible RA RUs for STA1 (RU 1, RU 2, RU 3), and accordingly, STA1 decreases the OBO counter by 3 so that the OBO counter is It became 0.
  • STA2 of FIG. 14 is an associated STA, there are a total of three eligible RA RUs for STA2 (RU 1, RU 2, and RU 3). Accordingly, STA2 has reduced the OBO counter by 3, but the OBO counter is 0. Is in a larger state.
  • STA3 of FIG. 14 is an un-associated STA, there are a total of two eligible RA RUs (RU 4 and RU 5) for STA3, and accordingly, STA3 has reduced the OBO counter by 2, but the OBO counter is It is in a state greater than 0.
  • 15 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 2.4 GHz band.
  • the 2.4 GHz band may be referred to by other names such as the first band (band).
  • the 2.4 GHz band may refer to a frequency region in which channels having a center frequency adjacent to 2.4 GHz (eg, channels having a center frequency located within 2.4 to 2.5 GHz) are used/supported/defined.
  • the 2.4 GHz band may contain multiple 20 MHz channels.
  • 20 MHz in the 2.4 GHz band may have multiple channel indexes (eg, index 1 to index 14).
  • a center frequency of a 20 MHz channel to which channel index 1 is assigned may be 2.412 GHz
  • a center frequency of a 20 MHz channel to which channel index 2 is assigned may be 2.417 GHz
  • 20 MHz to which channel index N is assigned The center frequency of the channel may be (2.407 + 0.005*N) GHz.
  • the channel index may be referred to by various names such as channel number. Specific values of the channel index and the center frequency may be changed.
  • Each of the illustrated first to fourth frequency regions 1510 to 1540 may include one channel.
  • the first frequency domain 1510 may include channel 1 (a 20 MHz channel having index 1).
  • the center frequency of channel 1 may be set to 2412 MHz.
  • the second frequency domain 1520 may include channel 6.
  • the center frequency of channel 6 may be set to 2437 MHz.
  • the third frequency domain 1530 may include channel 11.
  • the center frequency of channel 11 may be set to 2462 MHz.
  • the fourth frequency domain 1540 may include channel 14. At this time, the center frequency of channel 14 may be set to 2484 MHz.
  • 16 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 5 GHz band.
  • the 5 GHz band may be referred to by another name such as the second band/band.
  • the 5 GHz band may mean a frequency range in which channels having a center frequency of 5 GHz or more and less than 6 GHz (or less than 5.9 GHz) are used/supported/defined.
  • the 5 GHz band may include a plurality of channels between 4.5 GHz and 5.5 GHz. The specific values shown in FIG. 16 may be changed.
  • the plurality of channels in the 5 GHz band include UNII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure)-1, UNII-2, UNII-3, and ISM.
  • UNII-1 can be called UNII Low.
  • UNII-2 may include a frequency domain called UNII Mid and UNII-2 Extended.
  • UNII-3 can be called UNII-Upper.
  • a plurality of channels may be set within the 5 GHz band, and the bandwidth of each channel may be variously set to 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, or 160 MHz.
  • a frequency range/range of 5170 MHz to 5330 MHz in UNII-1 and UNII-2 may be divided into eight 20 MHz channels.
  • the frequency range/range from 5170 MHz to 5330 MHz can be divided into four channels through the 40 MHz frequency domain.
  • the 5170 MHz to 5330 MHz frequency domain/range can be divided into two channels through the 80 MHz frequency domain.
  • the 5170 MHz to 5330 MHz frequency domain/range may be divided into one channel through the 160 MHz frequency domain.
  • FIG. 17 shows an example of a channel used/supported/defined within a 6 GHz band.
  • the 6 GHz band may be referred to as a third band/band.
  • the 6 GHz band may mean a frequency region in which channels with a center frequency of 5.9 GHz or more are used/supported/defined. The specific values shown in FIG. 17 may be changed.
  • the 20 MHz channel of FIG. 17 may be defined from 5.940 GHz.
  • the leftmost channel of the 20 MHz channel of FIG. 17 may have an index number 1 (or a channel index, a channel number, etc.), and a center frequency of 5.945 GHz may be allocated. That is, the center frequency of the index N channel may be determined as (5.940 + 0.005*N) GHz.
  • the index (or channel number) of the 20 MHz channel of FIG. 17 is 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, It may be 165, 169, 173, 177, 181, 185, 189, 193, 197, 201, 205, 209, 213, 217, 221, 225, 229, 233.
  • the index of the 40 MHz channel in FIG. 17 is 3, 11, 19, 27, 35, 43, 51, 59, 67, 75, 83, 91, 99, 107, 115, 123, 131, 139, 147, 155, 163, 171, 179, 187, 195, 203, 211, 219, 227.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be referred to as various names such as EHT PPDU, transmission PPDU, reception PPDU, 1st type or Nth type PPDU.
  • the PPDU or EHT PPDU may be referred to as various names such as a transmission PPDU, a reception PPDU, a first type or an N type PPDU.
  • the EHT PPU can be used in the EHT system and/or in a new wireless LAN system with an improved EHT system.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may represent some or all of the PPDU types used in the EHT system.
  • the example of FIG. 18 may be used for both a single-user (SU) mode and a multi-user (MU) mode, only the SU mode, or only the MU mode.
  • a trigger-based PPDU (TB) may be defined separately or may be configured based on the example of FIG. 18.
  • the trigger frame described through at least one of FIGS. 10 to 14 and the UL-MU operation initiated by the trigger frame (eg, transmission operation of a TB PPDU) may be applied to the EHT system as it is.
  • L-STF to EHT-LTF may be referred to as a preamble or a physical preamble, and may be generated/transmitted/received/acquired/decoded in the physical layer.
  • the subcarrier spacing of the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, RL-SIG, U-SIG, and EHT-SIG fields of FIG. 18 is set to 312.5 kHz, and the subcarrier spacing of the EHT-STF, EHT-LTF, and Data fields Can be set to 78.125 kHz. That is, the tone index (or subcarrier index) of the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, RL-SIG, U-SIG, and EHT-SIG fields is displayed in units of 312.5 kHz, EHT-STF, EHT-LTF, The tone index (or subcarrier index) of the data field may be displayed in units of 78.125 kHz.
  • the L-LTF and the L-STF may be the same as the conventional field.
  • the L-SIG field of FIG. 18 may include, for example, 24-bit bit information.
  • the 24-bit information may include a 4 bit Rate field, 1 bit Reserved bit, 12 bit Length field, 1 bit Parity bit, and 6 bit Tail bit.
  • the 12-bit Length field may include information on the length or time duration of the PPDU.
  • the value of the 12-bit Length field may be determined based on the type of PPDU. For example, when the PPDU is a non-HT, HT, VHT PPDU or EHT PPDU, the value of the Length field may be determined as a multiple of 3.
  • a value of the Length field may be determined as'multiple of 3 + 1'or'multiple of 3 +2'.
  • the value of the Length field can be determined as a multiple of 3
  • the value of the Length field is'multiple of 3 + 1'or'multiple of 3' It can be determined as +2'.
  • the transmitting STA may apply BCC encoding based on a code rate of 1/2 to 24-bit information of the L-SIG field. Thereafter, the transmitting STA may obtain a 48-bit BCC coded bit. BPSK modulation is applied to the 48-bit coded bits, so that 48 BPSK symbols may be generated. The transmitting STA may map 48 BPSK symbols to locations excluding pilot subcarriers ⁇ subcarrier index -21, -7, +7, +21 ⁇ and DC subcarrier ⁇ subcarrier index 0 ⁇ .
  • the transmitting STA may additionally map a signal of ⁇ -1, -1, -1, 1 ⁇ to the subcarrier index ⁇ -28, -27, +27, +28 ⁇ .
  • the above signal can be used for channel estimation in the frequency domain corresponding to ⁇ -28, -27, +27, +28 ⁇ .
  • the transmitting STA may generate the RL-SIG generated in the same manner as the L-SIG.
  • BPSK modulation can be applied to RL-SIG.
  • the receiving STA may know that the received PPDU is an HE PPDU or an EHT PPDU based on the presence of the RL-SIG.
  • U-SIG Universal SIG
  • the U-SIG may be referred to by various names such as a first SIG field, a first SIG, a first type SIG, a control signal, a control signal field, and a first (type) control signal.
  • the U-SIG may include N bits of information and may include information for identifying the type of EHT PPDU.
  • the U-SIG may be configured based on two symbols (eg, two consecutive OFDM symbols).
  • Each symbol (eg, OFDM symbol) for U-SIG may have a duration of 4 us.
  • Each symbol of U-SIG can be used to transmit 26 bits of information.
  • each symbol of U-SIG may be transmitted and received based on 52 data tones and 4 pilot tones.
  • U-SIG (or U-SIG field)
  • A-bit information (eg, 52 un-coded bits) may be transmitted, and the first symbol of U-SIG is the first of the total A-bit information.
  • X-bit information (eg, 26 un-coded bits) is transmitted, and the second symbol of U-SIG can transmit remaining Y-bit information (eg, 26 un-coded bits) of the total A-bit information.
  • the transmitting STA may acquire 26 un-coded bits included in each U-SIG symbol.
  • the transmitting STA may generate 52 BPSK symbols allocated to each U-SIG symbol by performing BPSK modulation on the interleaved 52-coded bits.
  • One U-SIG symbol may be transmitted based on 56 tones (subcarriers) from subcarrier index -28 to subcarrier index +28, excluding DC index 0.
  • 52 BPSK symbols generated by the transmitting STA may be transmitted based on the remaining tones (subcarriers) excluding the pilot tones -21, -7, +7, and +21 tones.
  • A-bit information (e.g., 52 un-coded bits) transmitted by U-SIG is a CRC field (e.g., a 4-bit long field) and a tail field (e.g., a 6-bit long field). ) Can be included.
  • the CRC field and the tail field may be transmitted through the second symbol of U-SIG.
  • the CRC field may be generated based on 26 bits allocated to the first symbol of U-SIG and the remaining 16 bits excluding the CRC/tail field in the second symbol, and may be generated based on a conventional CRC calculation algorithm.
  • the tail field may be used to terminate trellis of the convolutional decoder, and may be set to '000000', for example.
  • a bit information (eg, 52 un-coded bits) transmitted by U-SIG may be divided into version-independent bits and version-dependent bits.
  • the size of version-independent bits may be fixed or variable.
  • version-independent bits may be allocated only to the first symbol of U-SIG, or version-independent bits may be allocated to both the first symbol and the second symbol of U-SIG.
  • version-independent bits and version-dependent bits may be referred to by various names such as a first control bit and a second control bit.
  • the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include a 3-bit PHY version identifier.
  • the 3-bit PHY version identifier may include information related to the PHY version of the transmission/reception PPDU.
  • the first value of the 3-bit PHY version identifier may indicate that the transmission/reception PPDU is an EHT PPDU.
  • the transmitting STA may set a 3-bit PHY version identifier as the first value.
  • the receiving STA may determine that the received PPDU is an EHT PPDU based on the PHY version identifier having the first value.
  • the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include a 1-bit UL/DL flag field.
  • the first value of the 1-bit UL/DL flag field is related to UL communication
  • the second value of the UL/DL flag field is related to DL communication.
  • the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include information on the length of TXOP and information on the BSS color ID.
  • EHT PPDU supporting SU when the EHT PPDU is classified into various types (e.g., EHT PPDU supporting SU, EHT PPDU supporting MU, EHT PPDU related to Trigger Frame, EHT PPDU related to Extended Range transmission, etc.) , Information on the type of the EHT PPDU may be included in version-dependent bits of U-SIG.
  • types e.g., EHT PPDU supporting SU, EHT PPDU supporting MU, EHT PPDU related to Trigger Frame, EHT PPDU related to Extended Range transmission, etc.
  • Information on the type of the EHT PPDU may be included in version-dependent bits of U-SIG.
  • the U-SIG includes 1) a bandwidth field including information on the bandwidth, 2) a field including information on the MCS technique applied to the EHT-SIG, and 3) dual subcarrier modulation in the EHT-SIG.
  • DCM subcarrier modulation
  • Preamble puncturing may be applied to the PPDU of FIG. 18.
  • Preamble puncturing refers to applying puncturing to some bands (eg, Secondary 20 MHz band) among the entire bands of the PPDU. For example, when an 80 MHz PPDU is transmitted, the STA may apply puncture to the secondary 20 MHz band of the 80 MHz band, and transmit the PPDU only through the primary 20 MHz band and the secondary 40 MHz band.
  • the pattern of preamble puncturing may be set in advance. For example, when the first puncturing pattern is applied, puncturing may be applied only to a secondary 20 MHz band within an 80 MHz band. For example, when the second puncturing pattern is applied, puncturing may be applied to only one of two secondary 20 MHz bands included in the secondary 40 MHz band within the 80 MHz band. For example, when the third puncturing pattern is applied, puncturing may be applied only to the secondary 20 MHz band included in the primary 80 MHz band within the 160 MHz band (or 80+80 MHz band).
  • the primary 40 MHz band included in the primary 80 MHz band within the 160 MHz band (or 80+80 MHz band) is present and does not belong to the primary 40 MHz band. Puncturing may be applied to at least one 20 MHz channel that does not exist.
  • Information on preamble puncturing applied to the PPDU may be included in U-SIG and/or EHT-SIG.
  • a first field of U-SIG may contain information on a contiguous bandwidth of a PPDU
  • a second field of U-SIG may contain information on preamble puncturing applied to a PPDU. have.
  • U-SIG and EHT-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing based on the following method.
  • the U-SIG can be individually configured in units of 80 MHz.
  • the PPDU may include a first U-SIG for a first 80 MHz band and a second U-SIG for a second 80 MHz band.
  • the first field of the first U-SIG includes information on the 160 MHz bandwidth
  • the second field of the first U-SIG is information on preamble puncturing applied to the first 80 MHz band (i.e., preamble Information about puncturing patterns) may be included.
  • the first field of the second U-SIG includes information on a 160 MHz bandwidth
  • the second field of the second U-SIG is information on preamble puncturing applied to the second 80 MHz band (ie, preamble puncturing).
  • Information on the processing pattern may be included.
  • the EHT-SIG continuing to the first U-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing applied to the second 80 MHz band (ie, information on preamble puncturing pattern)
  • the second U-SIG Consecutive EHT-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing applied to the first 80 MHz band (ie, information on preamble puncturing pattern).
  • U-SIG and EHT-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing based on the following method.
  • the U-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing for all bands (that is, information on preamble puncturing pattern). That is, the EHT-SIG does not include information on preamble puncturing, and only U-SIG may include information on preamble puncturing (ie, information on preamble puncturing pattern).
  • U-SIG can be configured in units of 20 MHz. For example, when an 80 MHz PPDU is configured, U-SIG can be duplicated. That is, the same four U-SIGs may be included in the 80 MHz PPDU. PPDUs exceeding the 80 MHz bandwidth may contain different U-SIGs.
  • the EHT-SIG of FIG. 18 may include the technical features of HE-SIG-B shown in the example of FIGS. 8 to 9 as it is.
  • the EHT-SIG may be referred to by various names such as a second SIG field, a second SIG, a second type SIG, a control signal, a control signal field, and a second (type) control signal.
  • the EHT-SIG may include N-bit information (eg, 1-bit information) regarding whether the EHT-PPDU supports the SU mode or the MU mode.
  • N-bit information eg, 1-bit information
  • EHT-SIG can be configured based on various MCS techniques. As described above, information related to the MCS technique applied to the EHT-SIG may be included in the U-SIG.
  • the EHT-SIG can be configured based on the DCM technique. For example, of the N data tones (e.g., 52 data tones) allocated for EHT-SIG, the first modulation technique is applied to half of the continuous tones, and the second modulation is applied to the remaining half of the tones. The technique can be applied.
  • the transmitting STA modulates specific control information with a first symbol based on the first modulation technique and allocates it to a continuous half tone, modulates the same control information with a second symbol based on the second modulation technique, and It can be assigned to half of the tone.
  • information related to whether the DCM technique is applied to the EHT-SIG may be included in the U-SIG.
  • the EHT-STF of FIG. 18 is a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) environment or It can be used to improve automatic gain control estimation in an OFDMA environment.
  • the EHT-LTF of FIG. 18 may be used to estimate a channel in a MIMO environment or an OFDMA environment.
  • the EHT-STF of FIG. 18 may be set in various types.
  • the first type of STF (that is, 1x STF) may be generated based on a first type STF sequence in which non-zero coefficients are arranged at 16 subcarrier intervals.
  • the STF signal generated based on the first type STF sequence may have a period of 0.8 ⁇ s, and the 0.8 ⁇ s period signal may be repeated 5 times to become a first type STF having a length of 4 ⁇ s.
  • the second type of STF (that is, 2x STF) may be generated based on a second type STF sequence in which non-zero coefficients are arranged at 8 subcarrier intervals.
  • the STF signal generated based on the second type STF sequence may have a period of 1.6 ⁇ s, and the 1.6 ⁇ s period signal may be repeated 5 times to become a second type EHT-STF having a length of 8 ⁇ s.
  • an example of a sequence ie, an EHT-STF sequence
  • the following sequence can be modified in various ways.
  • the EHT-STF may be configured based on the following M sequence.
  • M ⁇ -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1, 1 ⁇
  • EHT-STF for 20 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • the following example may be a first type (ie, 1x STF) sequence.
  • the first type sequence may be included in an EHT-PPDU other than a trigger-based (TB) PPDU.
  • (a:b:c) may mean a section defined as a b tone interval (ie, subcarrier interval) from a tone index (ie, subcarrier index) to c tone index.
  • Equation 2 below may represent a sequence defined by 16 tone intervals from the tone index -112 to the 112 index.
  • EHT-STF(-112:16:112) ⁇ M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • EHT-STF for 40 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • the following example may be a first type (ie, 1x STF) sequence.
  • EHT-STF(-240:16:240) ⁇ M, 0, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • EHT-STF for the 80 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • the following example may be a first type (ie, 1x STF) sequence.
  • EHT-STF(-496:16:496) (M, 1, -M, 0, -M, 1, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • the EHT-STF for 160 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • the following example may be a first type (ie, 1x STF) sequence.
  • EHT-STF(-1008:16:1008) (M, 1, -M, 0, -M, 1, -M, 0, -M, -1, M, 0, -M, 1, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • the sequence for the lower 80 MHz of the EHT-STF for the 80+80 MHz PPDU may be the same as in Equation 4.
  • a sequence for an upper 80 MHz among EHT-STFs for an 80+80 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • EHT-STF(-496:16:496) ⁇ -M, -1, M, 0, -M, 1, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • Equations 7 to 11 below relate to an example of a second type (ie, 2x STF) sequence.
  • EHT-STF(-120:8:120) (M, 0, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • EHT-STF for 40 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • EHT-STF(-248:8:248) (M, -1, -M, 0, M, -1, M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • EHT-STF for the 80 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • EHT-STF(-504:8:504) (M, -1, M, -1, -M, -1, M, 0, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 1, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • the EHT-STF for 160 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • EHT-STF(-1016:16:1016) (M, -1, M, -1, -M, -1, M, 0, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 1, -M, 0, -M, 1, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 0, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 1, -M ⁇ *(1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • the sequence for the lower 80 MHz of the EHT-STF for the 80+80 MHz PPDU may be the same as in Equation 9.
  • a sequence for an upper 80 MHz among EHT-STFs for an 80+80 MHz PPDU may be configured based on the following equation.
  • EHT-STF(-504:8:504) ⁇ -M, 1, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 0, -M, 1, M, 1, -M, 1, -M ⁇ * (1 + j)/sqrt(2)
  • the EHT-LTF may have first, second, and third types (ie, 1x, 2x, 4x LTF).
  • the first/second/third type LTF may be generated based on an LTF sequence in which a non-zero coefficient is arranged at 4/2/1 subcarrier intervals.
  • the first/second/third type LTF may have a time length of 3.2/6.4/12.8 ⁇ s.
  • GIs of various lengths eg, 0.8/1/6/3.2 ⁇ s may be applied to the first/second/third type LTF.
  • Information on the type of STF and/or LTF may be included in the SIG A field and/or the SIG B field of FIG. 18.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 (ie, EHT-PPDU) may be configured based on the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • an EHT PPDU transmitted on a 20 MHz band may be configured based on the RU of FIG. 5. That is, the location of the EHT-STF, EHT-LTF, and RU of the data field included in the EHT PPDU may be determined as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the EHT PPDU transmitted on the 40 MHz band may be configured based on the RU of FIG. 6. That is, the location of the EHT-STF, EHT-LTF, and RU of the data field included in the EHT PPDU may be determined as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a tone-plan for 80 MHz may be determined. That is, the 80 MHz EHT PPDU may be transmitted based on a new tone-plan in which the RU of FIG. 6 is repeated twice, not the RU of FIG. 7.
  • 23 tones may be configured in the DC region. That is, a tone-plan for an 80 MHz EHT PPDU allocated based on OFDMA may have 23 DC tones.
  • the 80 MHz EHT PPDU i.e., non-OFDMA full bandwidth 80 MHz PPDU
  • Non-OFDMA is configured based on 996 RU and consists of 5 DC tones, 12 left guard tones, and 11 right guard tones. It may include.
  • the tone-plan for 160/240/320 MHz may be configured in a form of repeating the pattern of FIG. 6 several times.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be determined (or identified) as an EHT PPDU based on the following method.
  • the receiving STA may determine the type of the received PPDU as the EHT PPDU based on the following items. For example, 1) the first symbol after the L-LTF signal of the received PPDU is BPSK, 2) RL-SIG where the L-SIG of the received PPDU is repeated is detected, and 3) the length of the L-SIG of the received PPDU When the result of applying'modulo 3'to the value of the field is detected as '0', the received PPDU may be determined as an EHT PPDU.
  • the receiving STA is the type of the EHT PPDU (e.g., SU/MU/Trigger-based/Extended Range type) based on bit information included in the symbol after RL-SIG of FIG. ) Can be detected.
  • the type of the EHT PPDU e.g., SU/MU/Trigger-based/Extended Range type
  • the receiving STA is 1) the first symbol after the L-LTF signal, which is BSPK, 2) RL-SIG that is consecutive to the L-SIG field and is the same as L-SIG, and 3) the result of applying'modulo 3'is' L-SIG including a Length field set to 0', and 4) a received PPDU based on the 3-bit PHY version identifier (eg, PHY version identifier having a first value) of the above-described U-SIG. It can be judged as an EHT PPDU.
  • the 3-bit PHY version identifier eg, PHY version identifier having a first value
  • the receiving STA may determine the type of the received PPDU as an HE PPDU based on the following. For example, 1) the first symbol after the L-LTF signal is BPSK, 2) RL-SIG repeating L-SIG is detected, and 3)'modulo 3'is applied to the length value of L-SIG. When the result is detected as '1' or '2', the received PPDU may be determined as an HE PPDU.
  • the receiving STA may determine the type of the received PPDU as non-HT, HT, and VHT PPDU based on the following items. For example, if 1) the first symbol after the L-LTF signal is BPSK, and 2) the L-SIG repeating RL-SIG is not detected, the received PPDU will be determined as non-HT, HT and VHT PPDU. I can. In addition, even if the receiving STA detects the repetition of RL-SIG, if the result of applying'modulo 3'to the length value of L-SIG is detected as '0', the received PPDU is non-HT, HT and VHT PPDU. It can be judged as.
  • (transmit/receive/uplink/downward) signal may be a signal transmitted/received based on the PPDU of FIG. 18.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be used to transmit and receive various types of frames.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be used for a control frame.
  • An example of a control frame may include request to send (RTS), clear to send (CTS), Power Save-Poll (PS-Poll), BlockACKReq, BlockAck, NDP (Null Data Packet) announcement, and Trigger Frame.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be used for a management frame.
  • An example of a management frame may include a Beacon frame, (Re-)Association Request frame, (Re-)Association Response frame, Probe Request frame, and Probe Response frame.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be used for a data frame.
  • the PPDU of FIG. 18 may be used to simultaneously transmit at least two or more of a control frame, a management frame, and a data frame.
  • 19 shows a modified example of the transmitting device and/or the receiving device of the present specification.
  • Each of the devices/STAs of sub-drawings (a)/(b) of FIG. 1 may be modified as shown in FIG.
  • the transceiver 630 of FIG. 19 may be the same as the transceivers 113 and 123 of FIG. 1.
  • the transceiver 630 of FIG. 19 may include a receiver and a transmitter.
  • the processor 610 of FIG. 19 may be the same as the processors 111 and 121 of FIG. 1. Alternatively, the processor 610 of FIG. 19 may be the same as the processing chips 114 and 124 of FIG. 1.
  • the memory 150 of FIG. 19 may be the same as the memories 112 and 122 of FIG. 1. Alternatively, the memory 150 of FIG. 19 may be a separate external memory different from the memories 112 and 122 of FIG. 1.
  • the power management module 611 manages power for the processor 610 and/or the transceiver 630.
  • the battery 612 supplies power to the power management module 611.
  • the display 613 outputs a result processed by the processor 610.
  • Keypad 614 receives input to be used by processor 610.
  • the keypad 614 may be displayed on the display 613.
  • the SIM card 615 may be an integrated circuit used to securely store an IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) used to identify and authenticate a subscriber in a mobile phone device such as a mobile phone and a computer and a key associated therewith. .
  • IMSI international mobile subscriber identity
  • the speaker 640 may output a sound-related result processed by the processor 610.
  • the microphone 641 may receive a sound-related input to be used by the processor 610.
  • the STA described below may be the device of FIG. 1 and/or FIG. 19, and the PPDU may be the PPDU of FIG. 18.
  • the STA may be an AP or a non-AP STA.
  • An STA (eg, an AP or a non-AP STA) described below may be an STA supporting multi-link (eg, an AP multi-link device (MLD) or a non-AP STA MLD).
  • MLD AP multi-link device
  • MLD non-AP STA MLD
  • Mesh Wi-Fi (Multi-AP Solution) is well accepted in the market for better coverage, easy deployment and high throughput.
  • AP 1 transmits a coordination signal to AP 2 and AP 3 to start distributed MIMO transmission.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 transmit and receive data with a plurality of STAs using OFDMA and MU-MIMO within one data packet.
  • STA 2 and STA 3 are in different resource units (RU), and each RU is a frequency segment.
  • STA 1 and STA 4 are in the same resource unit using MU-MIMO.
  • Each RU may be transmitted in multiple spatial streams.
  • 21 is a diagram illustrating multi-AP coordination.
  • Multi-AP coordination utilizes a wired (eg, enterprise) or wireless (eg, home mesh) backbone for data+clock synchronization.
  • multi-AP coordination has improved link budget and regulated power limitations than a single AP with a large antenna array.
  • Techniques for multi-AP coordination include null steering for interference avoidance, joint beamforming, and joint MU-MIMO.
  • Null steering for interference avoidance is useful when the AP has a large dimension (4x4 or 8x8).
  • Coordinated scheduling mitigates/reduces the number of collisions from AP/STA of another BSS.
  • coordinated scheduling is a distributed mechanism, and increases the number/probability of parallel transmission in a coordinated manner rather than spatial reuse.
  • Message exchange between APs is required.
  • Coordinated beamforming can designate a nulling point to another STA or perform downlink transmission at the same time without co-channel interference due to beamforming, such as distributed joint beamforming. have.
  • coordinated beamforming is suitable for managed deployments (eg, corporate offices, hotels), and has the advantage of area throughput and a consistent user experience.
  • adjusted beamforming requires adjusted downlink scheduling and improved MU sounding to reduce overhead and synchronization.
  • Multi-AP coordination technology in a wireless LAN system minimizes interference between BSSs when transmitting and receiving data by sharing channel feedback information and scheduling information of terminals between APs when transmitting and receiving data frames between the terminals and APs, or at a specific point in time when transmitting and receiving data to the terminals.
  • Two or more APs participate in this method to increase data transmission efficiency.
  • the WLAN system such a multi-AP coordination technology has not yet been standardized, but in IEEE802.11 EHT TIG, a discussion on standardization related to Multi-AP coordination as a next-generation technology is newly underway.
  • a method in which a plurality of APs can participate in data transmission using multi-AP coordination in a wireless LAN system is proposed.
  • Multi-AP (MAP) transmission may include joint transmission and coordinated transmission.
  • Joint transmission is a method in which multiple APs simultaneously transmit one piece of data to an STA using their antennas.
  • the coordinated transmission is a method of simultaneously transmitting one data to the STA using a coordinated scheduling method, a coordinated beamforming method, a C-OFDMA method, a coordinated spatial reuse method, and the like.
  • the adjusted space reuse method is a method of reusing the same time-frequency resource in another space by using power intensity.
  • An example of the present specification described below is related to a technical feature in which a master AP controls signal transmission of slave APs.
  • Devices described below e.g., master AP, slave AP, STA (station)
  • the sharing AP may include an AP that performs a master AP operation.
  • the sharing AP of the present specification may be replaced with various expressions.
  • the sharing AP may be replaced with various expressions such as a master AP, a first AP and/or a transmitting AP.
  • the shared AP may include an AP that performs a slave AP operation.
  • the shared AP of the present specification may be replaced with various expressions.
  • the shared AP may be replaced with various expressions such as a slave AP, a first AP and/or a transmitting AP.
  • 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network composed of multiple APs.
  • APs may exist in a WLAN system.
  • M-AP master AP
  • S-AP slave AP
  • the master AP may be referred to as a sharing AP
  • the slave AP may be referred to as a shared AP.
  • Multi-AP transmission may refer to a method of transmitting a signal to an STA using a plurality of APs.
  • multi-AP transmission may refer to a transmission method such as distributed MIMO, C-OFDMA, coordinated beamforming, and coordinated spatial reuse.
  • APs eg, master AP, slave AP, etc.
  • the master AP may select the slave APs and a plurality of slave APs that perform multi-AP transmission. For example, slave APs 1, 2, and 3 selected by the master AP may perform signal transmission to STAs a and b.
  • the master AP may play a role of coordinating a plurality of APs existing in the WLAN system.
  • the master AP may play a role of initiating and controlling multi-AP transmission.
  • the master AP may group the slave APs and manage a link with the slave APs so that information can be shared between the slave APs.
  • the master AP may manage information on a BSS configured by slave APs and information on STAs associated with the corresponding BSS.
  • the slave AP may be coordinated by the master AP and may participate in multi-AP transmission.
  • the slave AP may establish an association with the master AP, and may share control information, management information, and data traffic with the master AP.
  • the slave AP may basically perform the same function as an AP capable of forming a BSS in an existing WLAN.
  • Slave APs which are candidates for multi-AP transmission, may transmit and receive directly with the master AP.
  • STAs as recipients of multi-AP transmission may be able to directly transmit/receive with slave APs.
  • the master AP and STAs may not be able to directly transmit/receive to each other, but the master AP may know the existence of STAs.
  • STAs may be associated with one of the slave APs.
  • 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network composed of multiple APs.
  • APs may exist in a WLAN system.
  • M-AP master AP
  • S-AP slave AP
  • the master AP may be referred to as a sharing AP
  • the slave AP may be referred to as a shared AP.
  • Multi-AP transmission may refer to a method of transmitting a signal to an STA using a plurality of APs.
  • multi-AP transmission may refer to a transmission method such as distributed MIMO, C-OFDMA, coordinated beamforming, and coordinated spatial reuse.
  • APs eg, master AP, slave AP, etc.
  • the STA may be associated with either the slave AP or the master AP.
  • the master AP may select the slave APs and a plurality of slave APs that perform multi-AP transmission. For example, the slave APs 1 and 2 selected by the master AP and the master AP may perform signal transmission to STAs a and b.
  • the master AP may play a role of coordinating a plurality of APs existing in the WLAN system.
  • the master AP may play a role of initiating and controlling multi-AP transmission.
  • the master AP may group the slave APs and manage a link with the slave APs so that information can be shared between the slave APs.
  • the master AP may manage information on a BSS configured by slave APs and information on STAs associated with the corresponding BSS.
  • the slave AP may be coordinated by the master AP and may participate in multi-AP transmission.
  • the slave AP may establish an association with the master AP, and may share control information, management information, and data traffic with the master AP.
  • the slave AP may basically perform the same function as an AP capable of forming a BSS in an existing WLAN.
  • Slave APs which are candidates for multi-AP transmission, may transmit and receive directly with the master AP.
  • STAs as recipients of multi-AP transmission may be able to directly transmit/receive with slave APs.
  • the master AP and STAs may directly transmit and receive each other.
  • the sharing AP can acquire a channel between the shared APs and the STA.
  • the sharing AP may acquire a channel between the shared APs and the STA through a sounding procedure, and select shared APs for transmitting a signal to the STA based on the acquired channel information.
  • the sharing AP may perform Multi-AP transmission (eg, Joint TX, Coordinated BF, Coordinated OFDMA, and Coordinated SR).
  • 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network composed of multiple APs.
  • AP 1 makes an association with STA a and STA b and configures BSS 1.
  • AP 2 makes an association with STA c and STA d and configures BSS 2.
  • AP 3 makes an association with STA e and STA f and configures BSS 3.
  • BSS 1 and BSS 3 are OBSSs.
  • BSS 1 and BSS 3 are OBSSs.
  • the multi-AP transmission technique may include all of joint transmission, coordinated beamforming, coordinated spatial reuse, and coordinated orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA).
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access
  • an AP that first acquires TXOP through channel contention may become a sharing AP, and the remaining APs may become a shared AP.
  • an AP is composed of a Sharing AP that controls multiple APs and a plurality of Shared APs participating in multi-AP transmission.
  • a sharing AP may be referred to as a master AP, and a shared AP may be referred to as a slave AP.
  • an AP that first acquires a TXOP through channel contention may become a sharing AP, and the remaining APs may become a shared AP.
  • multiple Shared APs can transmit data simultaneously with the Sharing AP by the control of the Sharing AP.
  • 28 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for an AP to transmit a beacon frame.
  • APs may transmit a beacon frame or a management frame.
  • AP 1 and AP 2 must inform neighboring APs or STAs that they have the capability to participate in C-OFDMA transmission using Beacon/management frames.
  • a method for an AP transmitting a Beacon frame or a management frame to transmit information related to its C-OFDMA capability is as follows.
  • the Beacon frame and/or the management frame may include an EHT Capabilities element and/or an EHT Operation element.
  • the EHT Capabilities element and/or the EHT Operation element may include information as shown in FIG. 29.
  • 29 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of capability information.
  • the capability information of FIG. 29 may be included in an EHT Capabilities element and/or an EHT Operation element.
  • the capability information may include Joint TX capable, Coordinated BF capable, Coordinated OFDMA capable, and Coordinated SR capable fields.
  • the Joint TX capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform joint transmission among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated BF capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated beamforming among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated OFDMA capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated OFDMA among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated SR capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated spatial reuse among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • an AP or STA that has received a Beacon frame or a management frame including information on C-OFDMA capability, and an AP or an STA that has transmitted a Beacon frame or management frame including an indication for C-OFDMA capability is C- It can be seen that it is an AP capable of OFDMA transmission.
  • each AP may inform neighboring APs not only of Multi-AP capability but also information about whether they want to participate in Multi-AP transmission through a field as shown in FIG. 30 in a Beacon frame or a management frame. That is, whether or not multi-AP transmission is possible (ie, capability) and whether or not to participate in multi-AP transmission may exist separately.
  • the AP may perform multi-AP transmission, but may not want to participate in multi-AP transmission (ie, there is no need to participate, or may not want to perform multi-AP transmission based on a buffer state or a channel state).
  • 30 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information related to participation in multi-AP transmission.
  • whether to participate in multi-AP transmission may be indicated through the Multi-AP Participation field.
  • the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '0', it may include information that the AP does not want to participate in multi-AP transmission, and if the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '1', it indicates that it wants to participate in multi-AP transmission. May contain information.
  • the Master AP may configure a Multi-AP coordination set for only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission. That is, the Sharing AP may select only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission as Shared APs to participate in multi-AP transmission.
  • each AP configures and operates a BSS, and knows which AP has the capability to participate in the Multi-AP coordination set through Beacon frames or management frames transmitted from other APs. have. It is also possible to know which AP wants to participate in Multi-AP transmission.
  • AP 1, AP 2, and AP 3 have Multi-AP capability, and it is possible to know whether or not to participate in Multi-AP capability and Multi-AP transmission of each other through a Beacon frame or a management frame.
  • the Sharing AP may be referred to as a Master AP, and the Shared AP may be referred to as a Slave AP.
  • AP 1 When AP 1 initiates Multi-AP coordination for C-OFDMA, AP 1 becomes a Master AP (or Sharing AP). For example, when AP 1 acquires TXOP, AP 1 may become a Sharing AP.
  • AP 1 serving as a Master AP may select APs with C-OFDMA capability in the vicinity for Multi-AP coordination.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 may be selected as the Shared AP.
  • AP2 and AP 3 may respectively serve as Slave AP (or Shared AP) A and Slave AP (or Shared AP) B, respectively.
  • the Master AP may play a role of controlling C-OFDMA transmission by coordination of Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP may be an AP capable of participating in C-OFDMA transmission under the control of the Master AP.
  • the method for the Master AP to negotiate with the Slave AP through coordination is as follows.
  • 31 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a multi-AP negotiation procedure between a Master AP and a Slave AP.
  • a master AP and a slave AP may perform a negotiation procedure for multi-AP coordination.
  • a master AP may transmit a request frame requesting available channel (AC) and buffer state (BS) information to Slave APs (SAPs).
  • SAPs receiving the request frame from the MAP can transmit a response frame including their AC and BS information to the MAP.
  • the MAP can acquire the AC and BS information of each SAP after decoding the frame, and can select the SAP to be used for Multi-AP transmission based on the AC and/or BS information of SAP, and select the data. You can select the channel to be used when transmitting.
  • the method of including AC and BS information in the response frame is as follows.
  • AC Available Channel
  • 32 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information on an available channel.
  • 16 channels of 20M units may be signaled in a bit map method. For example, a first bit may indicate whether channel 1 is available, a second bit may indicate whether channel 2 is available, and an n-th bit may indicate whether channel n is available. Therefore, 16 bits can indicate whether each of the 16 20MHz channels is available.
  • the channel can be operated flexibly. However, if 1 bit of information is allocated to each channel, signaling overhead may increase.
  • 33 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a field including information on an available channel.
  • information on available channels may include combinations of configurable channels as follows.
  • Set 17 is the number of remaining cases excluding set1 to set16, which was signaled using the channel combination field.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination decreases when signaling is performed with only a few sets among all sets according to the hardware's FFT support capability.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination is 14 bits. (14827 case).
  • Information related to an available channel (AC) included in the capability information can be reduced by 2 bits, and thus an effect of reducing overhead can be obtained.
  • Buffer Status (BS) Information on the current buffer status of each SAP may be as follows.
  • BSR buffer state report
  • SAP may transmit information on an access category for traffic and an amount of traffic by using the BSR field.
  • SAP can also transmit information on access categories with high priority and their traffic volume. That is, the response signal may include information on an access category and traffic amount for SAP traffic, an access category with a high priority, and information on the traffic amount.
  • the SAP may simultaneously configure an element including both AC and BS information, and may transmit a response frame including the element to the MAP.
  • the MAP can select an SAP to be used in the Multi-AP technique based on the AC and BS information of SAP, and can select a channel to be used when transmitting data.
  • the negotiation procedure for multi-AP coordination may be performed through the UL MU method, and signaling for using the UL MU method is as follows.
  • MAP After MAP acquires TXOP through idle channel, it transmits Request frame to Slave APs in duplicate mode.
  • an AP that has acquired the TXOP may become a Sharing AP (ie, a Master AP), and may transmit the same request frame to neighboring APs.
  • TA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Payload MAC address of Slave APs, request information necessary for resource allocation (e.g., available channel information (AC) or buffer status information (BS))
  • AC available channel information
  • BS buffer status information
  • Each Slave AP can transmit a Response frame to the Master AP using the resource allocated to it.
  • RA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Slave AP's buffer status information (e.g., BSR)
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • available channels available channels
  • BQR bandwidth query report
  • AP 1 may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3 after obtaining the TXOP.
  • AP 1 acquires TXOP, it may become a Sharing AP (ie, Master AP), and may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3.
  • the APs (AP2, AP3) receiving the request frame may acquire information that AP 2 is Slave AP A and that AP 3 is Slave AP B.
  • the MAP may request information on BSS 2 to which AP 2 belongs and information on BSS3 to which AP 3 belongs through the Request frame.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 Upon receiving the request frame transmitted by AP 1 (MAP), AP 2 and AP 3 learn that they are Slave AP A and Slave AP B, and can transmit a response frame including the information requested by AP 1 to AP 1. have.
  • the Master AP may request the following BSS information of the Slave AP from the Slave AP, and may receive the requested information from the Slave AP. That is, the Master AP may transmit a signal requesting the following information, and the Slave AP may transmit a response signal including the following information.
  • the Master AP can participate in Multi-AP transmission with priority to Slave APs with a large amount of buffer.
  • Identifier association identifier (AID) & basic service set (BSS) color
  • AID association identifier
  • BSS basic service set
  • the Master AP can know which STAs participate in C-OFDMA transmission through the ID information of the STAs.
  • the MAP may prevent duplication of STAs belonging to different Slave APs by using the AIDs and BSS colors of STAs.
  • Channel quality indication (CQI) information for each RU between the Slave AP and STAs (eg, the STA corresponding to B.)
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable RU to the STAs to receive data to the SAPs.
  • the Master AP may allocate an RU of the most suitable size for the Slave AP to transmit data to the STA in consideration of the amount of data to be transmitted to the STA.
  • the Slave AP may determine the state of its own channels and transmit a response signal including information related to an idle channel and a clear channel assessment (CCA) result to the Master AP.
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable channel (ie, a channel with a good CCA result) to each Slave AP in consideration of the state of available channels of all Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP can transmit a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • the following is an example of the resource allocation method using the above negotiation information.
  • FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wireless LAN communication system
  • FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a PPDU transmitted by STAs performing C-OFDMA.
  • a wireless LAN communication system may include AP 1, AP 2, STA a, STA b, STA c, and STA d.
  • STA a and STA b may be associated with AP 1
  • STA c and STA d may be associated with AP 2.
  • AP 1 may acquire TXOP and become a Sharing AP (or Master AP). AP 1 may select AP 2 as a Shared AP (or Slave AP). AP 1 may select channel 1 (20 MHz) and channel 2 (20 MHz) as channels for using C-OFDMA, one of the multi-AP transmission techniques.
  • AP 1 may obtain information that channel 1 is suitable for STA a and channel 2 is suitable for STA b I can. For example, AP 1 may obtain CQI and available channel information from AP 2, channel 1 may be suitable for STA c, and channel 2 may be suitable for STA d.
  • STAs a, b, c, and d may be allocated resources from AP 1.
  • APs 1 and 2 may transmit PPDUs through a 40 MHz channel.
  • the 40 MHz channel may include channel 1 and channel 2 of 20 MHz bandwidth.
  • Channel 1 may be allocated to STAs a and c, and channel 2 may be allocated to STAs b and d.
  • the legacy preamble and EHT-SIG fields of the PPDU can be used in common across the 40MHz band. That is, STAs a, b, c, and d may decode the legacy preamble and EHT-SIG fields for the entire 40MHz band.
  • STAs a, b, c, and d can receive EHT STF, EHT LTF, and Payload (eg, MAC header and data) only in resources allocated to them.
  • channel 1 may include data for STA a and data for STA c, and STA a may receive data for itself in channel 1.
  • channel 2 may include data for STA b and data for STA d, and STA b may receive data for itself in channel 2.
  • FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a wireless LAN communication system
  • FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a PPDU transmitted by STAs performing C-OFDMA.
  • a wireless LAN communication system may include AP 1, AP 2, STA a, STA b, STA c, and STA d.
  • STA a, STA b, and STA c may be associated with AP 1
  • STA d may be associated with AP 2.
  • AP 1 may acquire TXOP and become a Sharing AP (or Master AP). AP 1 may select AP 2 as a Shared AP (or Slave AP). AP 1 may select channel 1 (20 MHz) and channel 2 (20 MHz) as channels for using C-OFDMA, one of the multi-AP transmission techniques.
  • AP 1 may obtain information that the amount of data to be transmitted by AP 2 to STA d is small.
  • STAs a, b, c, and d may be allocated resources from AP 1.
  • APs 1 and 2 may transmit PPDUs through a 40 MHz channel.
  • the 40 MHz channel may include channel 1 and channel 2 of 20 MHz bandwidth.
  • the legacy preamble and EHT-SIG fields of the PPDU can be used in common across the 40MHz band. That is, STAs a, b, c, and d may decode the legacy preamble and EHT-SIG fields for the entire 40MHz band.
  • STAs a, b, c, and d can receive EHT STF, EHT LTF, and Payload (eg, MAC header and data) only in resources allocated to them. For example, many frequency resources may be allocated to STAs a, b, and c, and less frequency resources may be allocated to STA d.
  • the Master AP may perform synchronization with the Slave APs by transmitting a trigger frame to the Slave APs.
  • Slave APs may receive a trigger frame, and may obtain information on RU allocation and TX parameter included in the trigger frame.
  • RU allocation information This is information related to RU allocation for each STA.
  • the RU allocation information may be included in the EHT SIG field of the PPDU used when Slave APs transmit data through C-OFDMA.
  • TX parameter information number of EHT LTF symbols, guard interval (GI), number of EHT SIG symbols, RU allocation, PPDU length, etc.
  • the Master AP and Slave AP can transmit data using C-OFDMA.
  • the PPDU format may be based on FIG. 36 or 38.
  • the Master AP and the Slave AP may simultaneously transmit the field (ie, Legacy preamble, EHT SIG) before the EHT STF, including the same information.
  • the field ie, Legacy preamble, EHT SIG
  • the Master AP and Slave AP may transmit information to the allocated STAs from the EHT STF field (EHT STF, EHT LTF, Payload) using the RU allocated according to the RU allocation.
  • EHT STF EHT STF
  • EHT LTF EHT LTF
  • 39 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of operating a sharing AP.
  • the sharing AP may receive capability information from the shared AP (S3910).
  • the capability information may be included in a beacon or a management frame.
  • APs For multi-AP transmission, APs (eg, AP 1, AP 2) may transmit a beacon frame or a management frame. For multi-AP coordination setup, AP 1 and AP 2 must inform neighboring APs or STAs that they have the capability to participate in C-OFDMA transmission using Beacon/management frames.
  • a method for an AP transmitting a Beacon frame or a management frame to transmit information related to its C-OFDMA capability is as follows.
  • the Beacon frame and/or the management frame may include an EHT Capabilities element and/or an EHT Operation element.
  • the EHT Capabilities element and/or the EHT Operation element may include information as shown in FIG. 29.
  • the capability information of FIG. 29 may be included in the EHT Capabilities element and/or the EHT Operation element.
  • the capability information may include Joint TX capable, Coordinated BF capable, Coordinated OFDMA capable, and Coordinated SR capable fields.
  • the Joint TX capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform joint transmission among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated BF capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated beamforming among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated OFDMA capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated OFDMA among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated SR capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated spatial reuse among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • an AP or STA that has received a Beacon frame or a management frame including information on C-OFDMA capability, and an AP or an STA that has transmitted a Beacon frame or management frame including an indication for C-OFDMA capability is C- It can be seen that it is an AP capable of OFDMA transmission.
  • each AP may inform neighboring APs not only of Multi-AP capability but also information about whether they want to participate in Multi-AP transmission through a field as shown in FIG. 30 in a Beacon frame or a management frame. That is, whether or not multi-AP transmission is possible (ie, capability) and whether or not to participate in multi-AP transmission may exist separately.
  • the AP may perform multi-AP transmission, but may not want to participate in multi-AP transmission (ie, there is no need to participate, or may not want to perform multi-AP transmission based on a buffer state or a channel state).
  • Whether to participate in multi-AP transmission may be indicated through the Multi-AP Participation field. For example, if the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '0', it may include information that the AP does not want to participate in multi-AP transmission, and if the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '1', it indicates that it wants to participate in multi-AP transmission. May contain information.
  • the Master AP may configure a Multi-AP coordination set for only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission. That is, the Sharing AP may select only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission as Shared APs to participate in multi-AP transmission.
  • each AP configures and operates a BSS, and knows which AP has the capability to participate in the Multi-AP coordination set through Beacon frames or management frames transmitted from other APs. have. It is also possible to know which AP wants to participate in Multi-AP transmission.
  • the Sharing AP may be referred to as a Master AP, and the Shared AP may be referred to as a Slave AP.
  • AP 1 When AP 1 initiates Multi-AP coordination for C-OFDMA, AP 1 becomes a Master AP (or Sharing AP). For example, when AP 1 acquires TXOP, AP 1 may become a Sharing AP.
  • the sharing AP may determine a shared AP (S3920). For example, the sharing AP may determine the shared AP based on the capability information of S3910. For example, AP 1 serving as a Master AP (or Sharing AP) may select APs with C-OFDMA capability in the vicinity for Multi-AP coordination. For example, AP 2 and AP 3 may be selected as the Shared AP. AP2 and AP 3 may respectively serve as Slave AP (or Shared AP) A and Slave AP (or Shared AP) B, respectively.
  • the Master AP may play a role of controlling C-OFDMA transmission by coordination of Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP may be an AP capable of participating in C-OFDMA transmission under the control of the Master AP.
  • the sharing AP may transmit a request signal (S3930).
  • the sharing AP and the shared AP may perform a negotiation procedure for multi-AP coordination.
  • a master AP may transmit a request signal for requesting available channel (AC) and buffer state (BS) information to shared APs.
  • SAPs receiving a request signal from the sharing AP may transmit a response signal including their AC and BS information to the sharing AP.
  • the sharing AP After receiving the response (response) signal, the sharing AP can acquire AC and BS information of each shared AP after decoding the frame, and can transmit the multi-AP based on the AC and/or BS information of the shared AP. You can select a shared AP to be used, and a channel to be used when transmitting data.
  • the method of including AC and BS information in the response frame is as follows.
  • AC Available Channel
  • 16 channels in units of 20M may be signaled in a bit map method. For example, a first bit may indicate whether channel 1 is available, a second bit may indicate whether channel 2 is available, and an n-th bit may indicate whether channel n is available. Therefore, 16 bits can indicate whether each of the 16 20MHz channels is available.
  • the channel can be operated flexibly. However, if 1 bit of information is allocated to each channel, signaling overhead may increase.
  • the information on the available channels may include combinations of configurable channels as follows.
  • Set 17 is the number of remaining cases excluding set1 to set16, which was signaled using the channel combination field.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination decreases when signaling is performed with only a few sets among all sets according to the hardware's FFT support capability.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination is 14 bits. (14827 case).
  • Information related to an available channel (AC) included in the capability information can be reduced by 2 bits, and thus an effect of reducing overhead can be obtained.
  • Buffer Status (BS) Information on the current buffer status of each SAP may be as follows.
  • SAP can use the BSR field to transmit information on the access category and the amount of traffic for SAP traffic.
  • SAP can also transmit information on access categories with high priority and their traffic volume. That is, the response signal may include information on an access category and traffic amount for SAP traffic, an access category with a high priority, and information on the traffic amount.
  • the SAP may simultaneously configure an element including both AC and BS information, and may transmit a response frame including the element to the MAP.
  • the MAP can select an SAP to be used in the Multi-AP technique based on the AC and BS information of SAP, and can select a channel to be used when transmitting data.
  • MAP After MAP acquires TXOP through idle channel, it transmits Request frame to Slave APs in duplicate mode.
  • an AP that has acquired the TXOP may become a Sharing AP (ie, a Master AP), and may transmit the same request frame to neighboring APs.
  • TA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Payload MAC address of Slave APs, request information necessary for resource allocation (e.g., available channel information (AC) or buffer status information (BS))
  • AC available channel information
  • BS buffer status information
  • Each Slave AP can transmit a Response frame to the Master AP using the resource allocated to it.
  • RA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Slave AP's buffer status information (e.g., BSR)
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • available channels available channels
  • BQR bandwidth query report
  • AP 1 may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3 after obtaining the TXOP.
  • AP 1 acquires TXOP, it may become a Sharing AP (ie, Master AP), and may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3.
  • the APs (AP2, AP3) receiving the request frame may acquire information that AP 2 is Slave AP A and that AP 3 is Slave AP B.
  • the MAP may request information on BSS 2 to which AP 2 belongs and information on BSS3 to which AP 3 belongs through the Request frame.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 Upon receiving the request frame transmitted by AP 1 (MAP), AP 2 and AP 3 learn that they are Slave AP A and Slave AP B, and can transmit a response frame including the information requested by AP 1 to AP 1. have.
  • the Master AP may request the following BSS information of the Slave AP from the Slave AP, and may receive the requested information from the Slave AP. That is, the Master AP may transmit a signal requesting the following information, and the Slave AP may transmit a response signal including the following information.
  • the Master AP can participate in Multi-AP transmission with priority to Slave APs with a large amount of buffer.
  • Identifier association identifier (AID) & basic service set (BSS) color
  • AID association identifier
  • BSS basic service set
  • the Master AP can know which STAs participate in C-OFDMA transmission through the ID information of the STAs.
  • the MAP may prevent duplication of STAs belonging to different Slave APs by using the AIDs and BSS colors of STAs.
  • Channel quality indication (CQI) information for each RU between the Slave AP and STAs (eg, the STA corresponding to B.)
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable RU to the STAs to receive data to the SAPs.
  • the Master AP may allocate an RU of the most suitable size for the Slave AP to transmit data to the STA in consideration of the amount of data to be transmitted to the STA.
  • the Slave AP may determine the state of its own channels and transmit a response signal including information related to an idle channel and a clear channel assessment (CCA) result to the Master AP.
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable channel (ie, a channel with a good CCA result) to each Slave AP in consideration of the state of available channels of all Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP can transmit a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • the sharing AP may receive a response signal from the shared AP (S3940).
  • the sharing AP may allocate resources for multi-AP transmission to the shared AP based on the response signal (S3950). For example, the sharing AP may allocate resources to the shared AP based on the procedures of FIGS. 35 to 38.
  • 40 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of operating a shared AP.
  • the shared AP may transmit capability information to the sharing AP (S4010).
  • the capability information may be included in a beacon or a management frame.
  • APs For multi-AP transmission, APs (eg, AP 1, AP 2) may transmit a beacon frame or a management frame. For multi-AP coordination setup, AP 1 and AP 2 must inform neighboring APs or STAs that they have the capability to participate in C-OFDMA transmission using Beacon/management frames.
  • a method for an AP transmitting a Beacon frame or a management frame to transmit information related to its C-OFDMA capability is as follows.
  • the Beacon frame and/or the management frame may include an EHT Capabilities element and/or an EHT Operation element.
  • the EHT Capabilities element and/or the EHT Operation element may include information as shown in FIG. 29.
  • the capability information of FIG. 29 may be included in the EHT Capabilities element and/or the EHT Operation element.
  • the capability information may include Joint TX capable, Coordinated BF capable, Coordinated OFDMA capable, and Coordinated SR capable fields.
  • the Joint TX capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform joint transmission among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated BF capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated beamforming among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated OFDMA capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated OFDMA among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • the Coordinated SR capable field may include information related to whether the AP can perform coordinated spatial reuse among multi-AP transmission schemes.
  • an AP or STA that has received a Beacon frame or a management frame including information on C-OFDMA capability, and an AP or an STA that has transmitted a Beacon frame or management frame including an indication for C-OFDMA capability is C- It can be seen that it is an AP capable of OFDMA transmission.
  • each AP may inform neighboring APs not only of Multi-AP capability but also information about whether they want to participate in Multi-AP transmission through a field as shown in FIG. 30 in a Beacon frame or a management frame. That is, whether or not multi-AP transmission is possible (ie, capability) and whether or not to participate in multi-AP transmission may exist separately.
  • the AP may perform multi-AP transmission, but may not want to participate in multi-AP transmission (ie, there is no need to participate, or may not want to perform multi-AP transmission based on a buffer state or a channel state).
  • Whether to participate in multi-AP transmission may be indicated through the Multi-AP Participation field. For example, if the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '0', it may include information that the AP does not want to participate in multi-AP transmission, and if the Multi-AP Participation field indicates '1', it indicates that it wants to participate in multi-AP transmission. May contain information.
  • the Master AP may configure a Multi-AP coordination set for only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission. That is, the Sharing AP may select only APs that want to participate in C-OFDMA transmission as Shared APs to participate in multi-AP transmission.
  • each AP configures and operates a BSS, and knows which AP has the capability to participate in the Multi-AP coordination set through Beacon frames or management frames transmitted from other APs. have. It is also possible to know which AP wants to participate in Multi-AP transmission.
  • the Sharing AP may be referred to as a Master AP, and the Shared AP may be referred to as a Slave AP.
  • AP 1 When AP 1 initiates Multi-AP coordination for C-OFDMA, AP 1 becomes a Master AP (or Sharing AP). For example, when AP 1 acquires TXOP, AP 1 may become a Sharing AP.
  • the sharing AP may determine the shared AP.
  • the sharing AP may determine the shared AP based on the capability information of S3910.
  • AP 1 serving as a Master AP (or Sharing AP) may select APs with C-OFDMA capability in the vicinity for Multi-AP coordination.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 may be selected as the Shared AP.
  • AP2 and AP 3 may respectively serve as Slave AP (or Shared AP) A and Slave AP (or Shared AP) B, respectively.
  • the Master AP may play a role of controlling C-OFDMA transmission by coordination of Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP may be an AP capable of participating in C-OFDMA transmission under the control of the Master AP.
  • the shared AP may receive a request signal (S4020).
  • the sharing AP and the shared AP may perform a negotiation procedure for multi-AP coordination.
  • a master AP may transmit a request signal for requesting available channel (AC) and buffer state (BS) information to shared APs.
  • the shared APs that have received a request signal from the sharing AP may transmit a response signal including their AC and BS information to the sharing AP.
  • the sharing AP After receiving the response (response) signal, the sharing AP can acquire AC and BS information of each shared AP after decoding the frame, and can transmit the multi-AP based on the AC and/or BS information of the shared AP. You can select a shared AP to be used, and a channel to be used when transmitting data.
  • the method of including AC and BS information in the response frame is as follows.
  • AC Available Channel
  • 16 channels in units of 20M may be signaled in a bit map method. For example, a first bit may indicate whether channel 1 is available, a second bit may indicate whether channel 2 is available, and an n-th bit may indicate whether channel n is available. Therefore, 16 bits can indicate whether each of the 16 20MHz channels is available.
  • the channel can be operated flexibly. However, if 1 bit of information is allocated to each channel, signaling overhead may increase.
  • Information on the available channels may include combinations of configurable channels as follows.
  • Set 17 is the number of remaining cases excluding set1 to set16, which was signaled using the channel combination field.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination decreases when signaling is performed with only a few sets among all sets according to the hardware's FFT support capability.
  • the number of bits required for the channel combination is 14 bits. (14827 case).
  • Information related to an available channel (AC) included in the capability information can be reduced by 2 bits, and thus an effect of reducing overhead can be obtained.
  • Buffer Status (BS) Information on the current buffer status of each SAP may be as follows.
  • SAP can use the BSR field to transmit information on the access category and the amount of traffic for SAP traffic.
  • SAP can also transmit information on access categories with high priority and their traffic volume. That is, the response signal may include information on an access category and traffic amount for SAP traffic, an access category with a high priority, and information on the traffic amount.
  • the SAP may simultaneously configure an element including both AC and BS information, and may transmit a response frame including the element to the MAP.
  • the MAP can select an SAP to be used in the Multi-AP technique based on the AC and BS information of SAP, and can select a channel to be used when transmitting data.
  • MAP After MAP acquires TXOP through idle channel, it transmits Request frame to Slave APs in duplicate mode.
  • an AP that has acquired the TXOP may become a Sharing AP (ie, a Master AP), and may transmit the same request frame to neighboring APs.
  • TA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Payload MAC address of Slave APs, request information necessary for resource allocation (e.g., available channel information (AC) or buffer status information (BS))
  • AC available channel information
  • BS buffer status information
  • Each Slave AP can transmit a Response frame to the Master AP using the resource allocated to it.
  • RA Master AP's MAC address (address)
  • Slave AP's buffer status information (e.g., BSR)
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • available channels available channels
  • BQR bandwidth query report
  • AP 1 may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3 after obtaining the TXOP.
  • AP 1 acquires TXOP, it may become a Sharing AP (ie, Master AP), and may transmit a request frame to AP 2 and AP 3.
  • the APs (AP2, AP3) receiving the request frame may acquire information that AP 2 is Slave AP A and that AP 3 is Slave AP B.
  • the MAP may request information on BSS 2 to which AP 2 belongs and information on BSS3 to which AP 3 belongs through the Request frame.
  • AP 2 and AP 3 Upon receiving the request frame transmitted by AP 1 (MAP), AP 2 and AP 3 learn that they are Slave AP A and Slave AP B, and can transmit a response frame including the information requested by AP 1 to AP 1. have.
  • the Master AP may request the following BSS information of the Slave AP from the Slave AP, and may receive the requested information from the Slave AP. That is, the Master AP may transmit a signal requesting the following information, and the Slave AP may transmit a response signal including the following information.
  • the Master AP can participate in Multi-AP transmission with priority to Slave APs with a large amount of buffer.
  • Identifier association identifier (AID) & basic service set (BSS) color
  • AID association identifier
  • BSS basic service set
  • the Master AP can know which STAs participate in C-OFDMA transmission through the ID information of the STAs.
  • the MAP may prevent duplication of STAs belonging to different Slave APs by using the AIDs and BSS colors of STAs.
  • Channel quality indication (CQI) information for each RU between the Slave AP and STAs (eg, the STA corresponding to B.)
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable RU to the STAs to receive data to the SAPs.
  • the Master AP may allocate an RU of the most suitable size for the Slave AP to transmit data to the STA in consideration of the amount of data to be transmitted to the STA.
  • the Slave AP may determine the state of its own channels and transmit a response signal including information related to an idle channel and a clear channel assessment (CCA) result to the Master AP.
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • the Master AP can allocate the most suitable channel (ie, a channel with a good CCA result) to each Slave AP in consideration of the state of available channels of all Slave APs.
  • the Slave AP can transmit a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • a response signal including only a few channels with good channel status (eg, channels with good CCA results) to the Master AP among the available channels in E. have.
  • the shared AP may transmit a response signal to the sharing AP (S4030).
  • the shared AP may be allocated resources for multi-AP transmission from the shared AP (S4040). For example, the sharing AP may allocate resources to the shared AP based on the procedures of FIGS. 35 to 38.
  • steps S3940 and S3950 may be omitted.
  • steps S3940 and S3950 may be omitted.
  • other steps may be added, and the order of the steps may be different. Some of the above steps may have their own technical meaning.
  • the technical features of the present specification described above can be applied to various devices and methods.
  • the technical features of the present specification described above may be performed/supported through the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and/or 19.
  • the technical features of the present specification described above may be applied only to a part of FIGS. 1 and/or 19.
  • the technical features of the present specification described above may be implemented based on the processing chips 114 and 124 of FIG. 1, or implemented based on the processors 111 and 121 and the memories 112 and 122 of FIG. 1. , May be implemented based on the processor 610 and the memory 620 of FIG. 19.
  • the apparatus of the present specification includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor receives a signal including capability information from a shared AP. and; Determining a shared AP to participate in multi-AP transmission based on the capability information; And transmits a request signal to the shared AP, the request signal is transmitted in a broadcasting method, and a payload of the request signal may be set to include address information of the shared AP. .
  • the CRM proposed by the present specification is an instruction based on being executed by at least one processor of a sharing AP (Access Point) of a wireless local area network (LAN) system ( A computer readable medium including an instruction), the method comprising: receiving a signal including capability information from a shared AP; Determining a shared AP to participate in multi-AP transmission based on the capability information; And transmitting a request signal to the shared AP, wherein the request signal is transmitted in a broadcasting method, and a payload of the request signal includes address information of the shared AP. Instructions for performing an operation to be performed can be stored.
  • At least one processor related to the CRM of the present specification may be the processors 111 and 121 or the processing chips 114 and 124 of FIG. 1, or the processor 610 of FIG. 19. Meanwhile, the CRM of the present specification may be the memories 112 and 122 of FIG. 1, the memory 620 of FIG. 19, or a separate external memory/storage medium/disk.
  • Machine learning refers to the field of studying methodologies to define and solve various problems dealt with in the field of artificial intelligence do.
  • Machine learning is also defined as an algorithm that improves the performance of a task through continuous experience.
  • An artificial neural network is a model used in machine learning, and may refer to an overall model with problem-solving capability, which is composed of artificial neurons (nodes) that form a network by combining synapses.
  • the artificial neural network may be defined by a connection pattern between neurons of different layers, a learning process for updating model parameters, and an activation function for generating an output value.
  • the artificial neural network may include an input layer, an output layer, and optionally one or more hidden layers. Each layer includes one or more neurons, and the artificial neural network may include neurons and synapses connecting neurons. In an artificial neural network, each neuron can output a function of an activation function for input signals, weights, and biases input through synapses.
  • Model parameters refer to parameters determined through learning, and include weights of synaptic connections and biases of neurons.
  • hyperparameters refer to parameters that must be set before learning in a machine learning algorithm, and include a learning rate, iteration count, mini-batch size, and initialization function.
  • the purpose of learning artificial neural networks can be seen as determining model parameters that minimize the loss function.
  • the loss function can be used as an index to determine an optimal model parameter in the learning process of the artificial neural network.
  • Machine learning can be classified into supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning according to the learning method.
  • Supervised learning refers to a method of training an artificial neural network when a label for training data is given, and a label indicates the correct answer (or result value) that the artificial neural network should infer when training data is input to the artificial neural network. It can mean.
  • Unsupervised learning may refer to a method of training an artificial neural network in a state where a label for training data is not given.
  • Reinforcement learning may mean a learning method in which an agent defined in a certain environment learns to select an action or action sequence that maximizes the cumulative reward in each state.
  • machine learning implemented as a deep neural network (DNN) including a plurality of hidden layers is sometimes referred to as deep learning (deep learning), and deep learning is a part of machine learning.
  • DNN deep neural network
  • machine learning is used in the sense including deep learning.
  • a robot may refer to a machine that automatically processes or operates a task given by its own capabilities.
  • a robot having a function of recognizing the environment and performing an operation by self-determining may be referred to as an intelligent robot.
  • Robots can be classified into industrial, medical, household, military, etc. depending on the purpose or field of use.
  • the robot may be provided with a driving unit including an actuator or a motor to perform various physical operations such as moving a robot joint.
  • the movable robot includes a wheel, a brake, a propeller, etc. in a driving unit, and can travel on the ground or fly in the air through the driving unit.
  • the extended reality collectively refers to Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR).
  • VR technology provides only CG images of real world objects or backgrounds
  • AR technology provides virtually created CG images on top of real object images
  • MR technology is a computer that mixes and combines virtual objects in the real world. It is a graphic technology.
  • MR technology is similar to AR technology in that it shows real and virtual objects together.
  • virtual objects are used in a form that complements real objects
  • MR technology virtual objects and real objects are used with equal characteristics.
  • XR technology can be applied to HMD (Head-Mount Display), HUD (Head-Up Display), mobile phones, tablet PCs, laptops, desktops, TVs, digital signage, etc., and devices applied with XR technology are XR devices. It can be called as.
  • HMD Head-Mount Display
  • HUD Head-Up Display
  • mobile phones tablet PCs, laptops, desktops, TVs, digital signage, etc.
  • devices applied with XR technology are XR devices. It can be called as.
  • the claims set forth herein may be combined in a variety of ways.
  • the technical features of the method claims of the present specification may be combined to be implemented as a device, and the technical features of the device claims of the present specification may be combined to be implemented by a method.
  • the technical characteristics of the method claim of the present specification and the technical characteristics of the device claim may be combined to be implemented as a device, and the technical characteristics of the method claim of the present specification and the technical characteristics of the device claim may be combined to be implemented by a method.

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Selon l'invention, dans un système de réseau local sans fil, un point d'accès de partage (AP) peut recevoir un signal comprenant des informations de capacité provenant d'un AP partagé. L'AP de partage peut déterminer qu'un AP partagé participe à une transmission multi-AP sur la base des informations de capacité. L'AP de partage peut transmettre un signal de demande à l'AP partagé. Le signal de demande peut être transmis dans un procédé de diffusion. La charge utile du signal de demande peut comprendre des informations d'adresse de l'AP partagé.
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