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- the present disclosure relates to base stations, terminals, and communication methods.
- IEEE 802.11be a standard for next-generation wireless local area networks (LANs), which is the successor to IEEE 802.11ax (hereinafter also referred to as “11ax”). , also called “11be”) are under consideration.
- IEEE 802.11ax is also called High Efficiency (HE) and IEEE 802.11be is also called Extreme High Throughput (EHT).
- HE High Efficiency
- EHT Extreme High Throughput
- a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure contributes to providing a base station and a communication method that can appropriately set the format of a control signal that controls uplink transmission.
- a base station includes, in a field common to a plurality of terminals, information about a version of a wireless communication standard and subfields with different settings according to the version, an uplink transmission control signal and a transmission circuit for transmitting the control signal.
- a diagram showing an example of a Trigger frame Diagram showing an example of the Common Info field A diagram showing an example of the User Info field A diagram showing an example of the Special User Info field Diagram showing an example of Trigger type Block diagram showing a configuration example of part of an access point (AP) Block diagram showing a configuration example of part of a terminal Block diagram showing an AP configuration example Diagram showing an example of Trigger type according to Embodiment 1 Block diagram showing a configuration example of a terminal Sequence diagram showing an example of AP and terminal operations
- a diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 Diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to Embodiment 1 Diagram showing an example of Trigger type according to
- an access point (AP: Access Point, also called a “base station") transmits a control signal (hereinafter referred to as a "trigger frame") that instructs transmission of an uplink signal (for example, an uplink OFDMA signal). ) to multiple terminals accommodated by the AP (STA: Station, or also called “non-AP STA").
- AP Access Point
- base station transmits a control signal (hereinafter referred to as a "trigger frame”) that instructs transmission of an uplink signal (for example, an uplink OFDMA signal).
- STA Station, or also called “non-AP STA”).
- Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a Trigger Frame.
- the Trigger frame is a field (for example, "Common Info field") containing information common to a plurality of OFDMA-multiplexed terminals, and a User It contains a field called Info List (see, for example, Non-Patent Documents 1, 2 and 3).
- the User Info field may include, for example, one or more fields containing terminal-specific (or unique) information (eg, "User Info field").
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the Common Info field (eg Common Info field format and EHT variant) considered in 11be (eg EHT).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of User Info field (for example, User Info field format and EHT variant) considered in 11be (EHT) (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 3).
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a Special User Info field including information for terminals (hereinafter referred to as “EHT terminals”) compatible with 11be (for example, EHT) (for example, Non-Patent Document 3 ).
- EHT terminals information for terminals
- the "Trigger Type" subfield in the Common Info field shown in Fig. 2 is a subfield that indicates the type of Trigger frame (for example, the type of signal that the AP causes the terminal to transmit).
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of types defined as Trigger Type in 11ax (see Non-Patent Document 2, for example).
- the "Trigger Dependent Common Info" subfield in the Common Info field shown in FIG. 2 may contain information dependent on the Trigger type (for example, common information).
- the application of uplink beamforming to uplink response signals to Trigger frames from EHT terminals is under consideration (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 4).
- a Trigger type for prompting the terminal to transmit a Null Data Packet (NDP) for Sounding for example, in order for the AP to acquire the precoding information used by each terminal, a Trigger type for prompting the terminal to transmit a Null Data Packet (NDP) for Sounding, or an uplink response
- NDP Null Data Packet
- the uplink response signal is also called, for example, EHT trigger-based physical layer protocol data unit (EHT TB PPDU) or HE TB PPDU.
- EHT TB PPDU EHT trigger-based physical layer protocol data unit
- HE TB PPDU HE TB PPDU
- EHT + EHT or a further future version
- Trigger type for example, the above-described NDP for Sounding transmission or cooperative communication control
- Fig. 5 Any of the Reserved areas (8 to 15) of the Trigger type subfield value in the Common Info field shown in .
- Trigger type subfield value 8
- Trigger type subfield value 9
- Trigger type setting for the Trigger type subfield value is not limited to these examples.
- EHT the method of adding a new Trigger type for HE has not been sufficiently considered.
- format setting of Trigger frame for example, at least one of Common Info field and User Info field
- field (or subfield) setting there is room for consideration.
- the Trigger type indicated using the Reserved area (8 to 15) of the Trigger type subfield value in the Common Info field defined in HE is an unsupported Trigger type.
- an unsupported Trigger type for example, a Trigger type value corresponding to a Reserved area
- the HE terminal performs an operation to stop receiving the Trigger frame. good.
- the HE terminal stops receiving Trigger frames, and the EHT terminal , Trigger frame reception processing. For example, after receiving the Trigger frame, the EHT terminal may transmit an EHT TB PPDU (TB PPDU in a format compatible with EHT) to the AP as a response signal.
- EHT TB PPDU TB PPDU in a format compatible with EHT
- the Trigger frame includes control information for HE terminals (for example, control information for HE TB PPDU transmission). Therefore, as described above, when a new Trigger type for EHT terminals is indicated, some subfield information including control information for HE terminals (for example, for HE TB PPDU transmission) is It can be useless information for the EHT terminal that receives the Trigger frame.
- control information for HE terminals include the "UL Space Time Block Coding (STBC)" subfield, "UL Spatial Reuse” subfield, and "Doppler” subfield in the Common Info field shown in FIG. These subfields contain information for HE terminals, and can be subfields (reserved areas) that do not need to be received by EHT terminals that respond to EHT TB PPDUs (see Non-Patent Documents 1 and 3, for example).
- STBC Space Time Block Coding
- a radio communication system may include, for example, AP 100 shown in FIG. 6 and terminal 200 shown in FIG. Two or more APs 100 and terminals 200 may each exist in the wireless communication system.
- the AP 100 may transmit a Trigger frame instructing uplink OFDMA transmission to the terminal 200 .
- the terminal 200 may receive the Trigger frame and transmit an uplink OFDMA signal to the AP 100 using the resource indicated by the received Trigger frame.
- the AP 100 may be, for example, an AP that supports EHT and has backward compatibility with HE (for example, an AP that also supports HE).
- the terminal 200 may be either an HE terminal or an EHT terminal, for example.
- the AP 100 transmits one trigger frame to a plurality of terminals 200 with different versions of a wireless communication standard such as a wireless LAN standard (for example, either HE or EHT), and outputs an uplink OFDMA signal from each terminal 200.
- a wireless communication standard such as a wireless LAN standard (for example, either HE or EHT)
- the AP 100 may, for example, separate the uplink signal of the resource allocated to each terminal 200 from the received signal and decode it.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of part of the AP 100 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a control unit for example, corresponding to a control circuit
- a control signal for uplink transmission (eg, trigger frame) is generated, including the A transmitter (for example, corresponding to a transmitter circuit) transmits a control signal.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of part of the terminal 200 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a receiving unit for example, corresponding to a receiving circuit stores information about the version of the wireless communication standard and settings according to the version in a field common to multiple terminals (for example, Common Info field).
- receive an uplink transmission control signal eg, Trigger frame
- the control unit determines the setting based on the version information.
- the AP 100 generates a Trigger frame for instructing the terminal 200 to transmit an uplink signal such as a data signal or an NDP signal, and transmits the Trigger frame to the terminal 200 .
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the AP100.
- AP 100 shown in FIG. 8 includes, for example, a scheduling unit 101, a User Info generation unit 102, a Trigger type setting unit 103, a Common Info generation unit 104, a Trigger frame generation unit 105, an error correction coding unit 106, Modulation section 107 , radio transmission/reception section 108 , demodulation section 109 , error correction decoding section 110 , and terminal information acquisition section 111 may be provided.
- the scheduling unit 101, the User Info generation unit 102, the Trigger type setting unit 103, the Common Info generation unit 104, the Trigger frame generation unit 105, and the terminal information acquisition unit 111 are an access control unit (for example, Medium may be included in the Access Control (MAC) processor).
- MAC Access Control
- the scheduling unit 101, User Info generation unit 102, Trigger type setting unit 103, Common Info generation unit 104, Trigger frame generation unit 105, Error correction coding unit 106, Modulation unit 107, Demodulation unit 109, Error At least one of the correction decoding unit 110 and the terminal information acquisition unit 111 may be included in the control unit shown in FIG. 6, for example. 8 may be included in the transmitter shown in FIG. 6, for example.
- the scheduling section 101 may schedule the terminal 200, for example.
- the scheduling unit 101 is included in the terminal information input from the terminal information acquisition unit 111, the version supported by the terminal 200 (for example, HE or EHT), or based on control information such as band-specific radio quality information Trigger type corresponding to the type of the uplink response signal and information on the radio resource of the uplink response signal may be determined.
- the information on the radio resource of the uplink response signal may include, for example, the allocated band, modulation and coding scheme (MCS), and target reception level.
- Scheduling section 101 outputs information about the determined Trigger type and radio resource information of each terminal 200 to User Info generating section 102 and Common Info generating section 104, for example.
- the User Info generation unit 102 may generate, for example, control information included in an individual User Info field for the terminal 200 (or STA).
- the User Info generation unit 102 generates, for example, information about User Info fields for individual terminals 200 based on a prescribed format, and generates information about User Info Lists including User Info fields for each of a plurality of terminals 200. you can
- the User Info generation unit 102 may output information on the User Info List to the Trigger frame generation unit 105, for example.
- Trigger type setting section 103 sets, for example, association between Trigger type corresponding to the type of uplink response signal and information indicating Trigger type in Trigger frame (for example, Trigger type subfield value), and sets Trigger May hold information about type.
- Trigger type setting section 103 may output information about the set Trigger type to Common Info generating section 104 .
- the association between the Trigger type and the information indicating the Trigger type in the Trigger frame may be, for example, information in table format (for example, called "Trigger type table") or information in a format different from the table format.
- the Common Info generation unit 104 may generate control information included in a Common Info field common to a plurality of terminals 200, for example.
- Common Info generating section 104 for example, based on information on the Trigger type instruction input from scheduling section 101 and information on Trigger type input from Trigger type setting section 103 (for example, Trigger type table), Trigger You may generate information of type subfield.
- the Trigger type indicated in the Trigger type subfield is the version (also called "generation") of the wireless LAN standard (in other words, the communication standard), such as HE support or EHT support. may be uniquely associated with information about (eg, called version information).
- the Common Info generation unit 104 generates a Common Info field including the Trigger type subfield, for example, based on a format (for example, field settings) according to version information associated with the Trigger type, and Information may be output to the trigger frame generation unit 105 .
- the Common Info generation unit 104 may generate a Common Info field based on the format shown in FIG. 2 when instructing an HE-compatible (EHT terminal may also be compatible) Trigger type. Further, for example, when the Common Info generation unit 104 indicates a Trigger type that supports EHT (for example, HE terminals do not support), subfields that can be received by EHT terminals (for example, some subfields of the format shown in FIG. 2 ) may be set differently than for HE support to generate the Common Info field. A setting example of the Common Info field will be described later.
- setting of the field within the Trigger frame may be replaced with other terms such as “definition” and "interpretation”.
- Trigger frame generation unit 105 generates Common Info field information input from Common Info generation unit 104, User Info List input from User Info generation unit 102 (for example, a plurality of User Info field) may generate a Trigger frame containing the information.
- the Trigger frame may include, for example, at least one of MAC header, Padding, and FCS (frame check sequence) in addition to Common Info field and User Info List.
- Trigger frame generation section 105 may output the generated trigger frame to error correction coding section 106, for example.
- error correction coding section 106 performs error correction coding on the transmission data signal including the trigger frame input from trigger frame generation section 105 and outputs the coded signal to modulation section 107 .
- the modulation section 107 performs modulation processing on the signal input from the error correction encoding section 106 and outputs the modulated signal to the radio transmission/reception section 108 .
- AP 100 maps the modulated signal to a prescribed frequency resource, and performs an inverse fast Fourier transform.
- An OFDM signal may be formed by performing (IFFT: Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) processing, converting to a time waveform, and adding a cyclic prefix (CP: Cyclic Prefix).
- Radio transmitting/receiving section 108 performs radio transmission processing such as D/A conversion and up-conversion to a carrier frequency on the modulated signal input from modulating section 107, and transmits the signal after radio transmission processing to an antenna. to the terminal 200 via the Further, the radio transmitting/receiving unit 108, for example, receives a signal transmitted from the terminal 200 via an antenna, and performs radio reception processing such as down-conversion to baseband and A/D conversion on the received signal. and outputs the signal after radio reception processing to demodulation section 109 .
- radio transmission processing such as D/A conversion and up-conversion to a carrier frequency on the modulated signal input from modulating section 107
- the radio transmitting/receiving unit 108 for example, receives a signal transmitted from the terminal 200 via an antenna, and performs radio reception processing such as down-conversion to baseband and A/D conversion on the received signal. and outputs the signal after radio reception processing to demodulation section 109 .
- the demodulation section 109 performs demodulation processing on the signal input from the radio transmission/reception section 108 and outputs the demodulated signal to the error correction decoding section 110 .
- the signal input to demodulation section 109 is an OFDM signal
- AP 100 for example, demodulation section 109 may perform CP removal processing and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing.
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- the error correction decoding section 110 decodes the signal input from the demodulation section 109 to obtain the received data signal from the terminal 200 . For example, when the terminal information described above is included in the received data after decoding, error correction decoding section 110 outputs decoded data including the terminal information to terminal information acquiring section 111 .
- Terminal information acquisition section 111 for example, from the decoded data input from error correction decoding section 110, terminal information (for example, version information of terminal 200, and individual radio quality information for the specified band may be included. ) and output the acquired terminal information to the scheduling section 101 .
- terminal information means, for example, information about the terminal 200, and may be read as "capability information”.
- the terminal 200 receives, for example, from the AP 100 a trigger frame that instructs transmission of an uplink signal such as a data signal or an NDP signal, and transmits an uplink response signal to the trigger frame to the AP 100 .
- a trigger frame that instructs transmission of an uplink signal such as a data signal or an NDP signal
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the terminal 200.
- Terminal 200 shown in FIG. 10 includes, for example, a radio transmission/reception unit 201, a demodulation unit 202, an error correction decoding unit 203, a Trigger type setting unit 204, a Common Info acquisition unit 205, a User Info acquisition unit 206, a format A determination unit 207 , a data generation unit 208 , an error correction coding unit 209 and a modulation unit 210 may be provided.
- the Trigger type setting unit 204, the Common Info acquisition unit 205, the User Info acquisition unit 206, the format determination unit 207, and the data generation unit 208 are included in the access control unit (eg, MAC processing unit). good.
- demodulator 202 error correction decoder 203, trigger type setting unit 204, common info acquisition unit 205, user info acquisition unit 206, format determination unit 207, data generation unit 208, error correction coding unit 209 , and the modulation unit 210 may be included in the control unit shown in FIG. 7, for example.
- 10 may be included in the receiver shown in FIG. 7, for example.
- the radio transmitting/receiving section 201 receives a received signal through an antenna, performs radio receiving processing such as down-conversion and A/D conversion on the received signal, and outputs the signal after the radio receiving processing to the demodulating section 202 . Also, radio transmitting/receiving section 201 performs, for example, radio transmission processing such as up-conversion and D/A conversion on the signal input from modulating section 210, and transmits the signal after radio transmission processing from an antenna.
- the demodulation section 202 performs demodulation processing on the received data input from the radio transmission/reception section 201 and outputs the demodulated signal to the error correction decoding section 203 .
- the signal input to demodulation section 202 is an OFDM signal
- terminal 200 may perform CP removal processing and FFT processing, for example.
- the error correction decoding section 203 may, for example, decode the demodulated signal input from the demodulation section 202 and output the decoded signal as a received data signal. Also, the error correction decoding section 203 outputs, for example, the Trigger frame of the received data signal to the Common Info acquiring section 205 and the User Info acquiring section 206 .
- the Trigger type setting unit 204 may perform the same operation as the Trigger type setting unit 103 of the AP 100, for example.
- the Trigger type setting section 204 may output information on predefined Trigger types (for example, a Trigger type table) to the Common Info obtaining section 205 .
- Common Info acquisition section 205 for example, based on information (for example, Trigger type table) input from Trigger type setting section 204, information corresponding to Common Info field from Trigger frame input from error correction decoding section 203 may be extracted to acquire terminal common information on the generation of uplink signals.
- the terminal common information may include, for example, the type of uplink response signal (for example, data) and the time length of the uplink signal.
- the terminal 200 is an HE terminal and the Trigger type subfield value included in the Trigger type subfield is a value that is not supported by the HE terminal, the terminal 200 is a version that does not support HE (or a version that does not support EHT). version) and stop the receiving process.
- the terminal 200 determines that the version is HE compatible, and has a prescribed format for the HE terminal (for example, The Common Info field may be received and processed based on the format shown in ).
- an HE terminal that supports the Trigger type table shown in Figure 5 will stop reception processing if it receives a Trigger type subfield value of 8 or more, and if it receives a Trigger type subfield value of 7 or less: may perform reception processing of the Common Info field.
- the terminal 200 sets the format of the Trigger frame (for example, Common Info field) according to the Trigger type indicated by the Trigger type subfield, similarly to the operation of the AP 100.
- the terminal 200 may perform Common Info field reception processing based on the format definition shown in FIG.
- the terminal 200 based on the format shown in FIG. Receive processing of the Common Info field may be performed.
- the Special User Info field may be included in the User Info List.
- the Common Info acquisition unit 205 may output the extracted common terminal information to the User Info acquisition unit 206.
- the User Info acquisition unit 206 may, for example, extract information corresponding to the User Info field from the Trigger frame input from the error correction decoding unit 203, and acquire terminal-specific information related to uplink signal generation. For example, the User Info acquisition unit 206 extracts a User info List (for example, multiple User Info fields and Special User Info fields) from the Trigger frame input from the error correction decoding unit 203, and inputs from the Common Info acquisition unit 205. User info field reception processing may be performed based on terminal common information (including Trigger type, for example). For example, when the user info acquisition unit 206 determines that there is an allocation instruction addressed to the terminal 200, it may acquire information about the trigger type or data generation from the user info field. User Info acquisition section 206 may output terminal individual information and terminal common information to format determination section 207, data generation section 208, error correction coding section 209, and modulation section 210, for example.
- a User info List for example, multiple User Info fields and Special User Info fields
- User info field reception processing may be performed based on terminal common
- the User Info acquisition unit 206 may, for example, perform processing for receiving the User info field based on the HE terminal format. Also, if the terminal 200 is an EHT terminal, the User Info acquisition unit 206 may perform a process of receiving the User info field based on the EHT terminal format, for example.
- the format determination unit 207 for example, based on the information input from the User Info acquisition unit 206 (including, for example, Trigger type), the format of the uplink response signal (for example, the format corresponding to EHT TB PPDU or HE TB PPDU) may be determined.
- Format determination section 207 may output information on the determined format (eg, TB PPDU format) to data generation section 208 .
- the data generation unit 208 for example, based on the information on the TB PPDU format input from the format determination unit 207, the terminal common information input from the User Info acquisition unit 206, and the terminal individual information, It generates a data signal and outputs the data signal to error correction coding section 209 .
- Error correction coding section 209 performs error correction coding on the data signal input from data generation section 208 based on information (for example, terminal common information and terminal individual information) input from User Info acquisition section 206, for example. , and outputs the encoded signal to the modulation section 210 .
- Modulation section 210 modulates the signal input from error correction encoding section 209, and wirelessly transmits and receives the modulated signal based on information (for example, terminal common information and terminal individual information) input from User Info acquisition section 206. Output to the unit 201 .
- the modulated signal is an OFDM signal
- terminal 200 for example, modulating section 210) may form an OFDM signal by performing IFFT processing after mapping the modulated signal to frequency resources and adding a CP. .
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the AP 100 and the terminal 200 according to this embodiment.
- the AP 100 generates, for example, at least one Trigger frame for the terminal 200 (S101).
- the AP 100 includes, in the Common Info field, version information corresponding to the terminal 200 (for example, one of HE and EHT versions), and a subfield with different settings according to the version corresponding to the terminal 200.
- Trigger frame may be generated.
- AP 100 may determine a format different from the Common Info field format defined in HE.
- AP 100 may change the format of Common Info field defined in HE.
- the AP 100 may generate the Trigger type including the version information.
- the AP 100 transmits the generated Trigger frame to the terminal 200, and the terminal 200 receives the Trigger frame from the AP 100 (S102).
- the Trigger frame may include, for example, a Trigger type subfield value associated with version information and a subfield with different settings depending on the version.
- the terminal 200 generates an uplink response signal, for example, based on the received Trigger frame (S103).
- Terminal 200 sets the subfield in the Common Info field included in the Trigger frame, for example, based on the version information associated with the Trigger type subfield value included in the Trigger frame (for example, either version of HE or EHT). can be judged. For example, if the version supported by terminal 200 is EHT, terminal 200 may determine a format different from the Common Info field format defined in HE. In other words, for example, the terminal 200 may change the interpretation of at least one subfield of the Common Info field defined in HE when the corresponding version of the terminal 200 is EHT.
- the terminal 200 transmits the generated uplink response signal to the AP 100 (S104).
- the AP 100 receives an uplink response signal for the Trigger frame, for example, based on the Trigger type of the Trigger frame (for example, version information associated with the Trigger type).
- the version information may be signaled by, for example, the value of Trigger type subfield (Trigger type subfield value).
- Trigger type subfield value the value of Trigger type subfield
- the version information may be associated with the Trigger type of the Trigger frame.
- the AP 100 and terminal 200 may set the Trigger type table shown in FIG.
- the Trigger type subfield value is less than or equal to 7 (eg, threshold) (0 to 7), the associated version is HE, and if the Trigger type subfield value is greater than 7 (eg, 8 to 9), the associated version is EHT.
- the AP 100 may determine the format (eg, field settings) of the Common Info field based on version information associated with the Trigger type, for example.
- the AP 100 when the AP 100 indicates an HE-compatible Trigger type, it may determine the format of the Common Info field shown in FIG.
- the AP 100 may determine a setting format that differs from the setting of some subfields of the Common Info field format shown in FIG. For example, information related to control information for EHT terminals may be set in some subfields. The AP 100 may set some subfields differently for HE support and EHT support.
- Some subfields may be, for example, subfields not referenced by EHT terminals, or subfields related to control information for HE terminals.
- the EHT-compatible Common Info field format may be a format in which the interpretation of subfields not referenced by EHT terminals in the Common Info field defined in HE is changed to information for EHT terminals.
- Subfields not referenced by EHT terminals may include, for example, at least one of UL STBC subfield, UL Spatial Reuse subfield, and Doppler subfield.
- Second Trigger dependent Common Info field Trigger dependent Common Info 2
- the AP 100 may set some subfields to subfields dependent on the Trigger type (for example, the second Trigger dependent Common Info field).
- the Trigger type for example, the second Trigger dependent Common Info field.
- Figures 12 and 13 are diagrams showing an example of the Common Info field that is applied when the Trigger type is EHT compatible (in other words, not HE compatible).
- the UL Spatial Reuse subfield (subfield corresponding to B37 to B52) is Trigger dependent Common Info 2
- the UL STBC subfield (the field corresponding to B26) and the Doppler subfield (the subfield corresponding to B53) are changed to Trigger dependent Common Info 2.
- AP 100 and terminal 200 can use 16 bits as the second Trigger dependent Common Info field. There is an advantage that the amount of information can be increased.
- the UL Spatial Reuse subfield may contain information for Spatial Reuse for HE terminals with Overlapped BSS (OBSS), so it is assumed that the UL Spatial Reuse subfield cannot be used for Trigger dependent Common Info 2.
- OBSS Overlapped BSS
- 2 bits of UL STBC subfield and Doppler subfield may be used as the second Trigger dependent Common Info field. This has the advantage of increasing the amount of information that can be notified to EHT terminals without affecting the Spatial Reuse of OBSS HE terminals.
- the Trigger Dependent Common Info subfield or the User Info field after the Common Info field differs in at least one of the field size and the bit position of each information depending on the Trigger type. obtain. For example, after determining the Trigger type, the terminal 200 identifies (or determines or determines) the bit positions of the Trigger Dependent Common Info field and the User Info field, and performs reception processing.
- the Common Info field which can be set to the second Trigger dependent Common Info field, such as UL STBC subfield, UL Spatial Reuse subfield or Doppler subfield, shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, is Trigger type dependent in size or bit position. may be a subfield that is sent without
- the setting (or definition) of the subfield may differ depending on the version information.
- AP 100 and terminal 200 replace some information based on Trigger type (or version information) out of information in which bit positions are defined independently of Trigger type (or version information) good.
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 when applying Trigger dependent Common Info 2 in the case of EHT support, the terminal 200, for example, Trigger dependent Common Info that is also included in the case of HE support, and Trigger dependent Common Info that is set in the case of EHT support Both subfields of 2 may be combined and used as common information that depends on the Trigger type. As a result, the amount of information that can be notified to the terminal 200 (in other words, the amount of notification) can be increased by the common information that depends on the trigger type without increasing the overhead.
- Trigger types with a Trigger dependent Common Info subfield of size 0, such as Beamforming Report Poll (BFRP), Multi-User Block ACK Request (MU-BAR), Multi-User Request to Send (MU-RTS), Buffer Status Report Poll (BSRP), Bandwidth Query Report Poll (BQRP), NDP Feedback report Poll (NFRP).
- BFRP Beamforming Report Poll
- MU-BAR Multi-User Block ACK Request
- MU-RTS Multi-User Request to Send
- BSRP Buffer Status Report Poll
- BQRP Bandwidth Query Report Poll
- NFRP NDP Feedback report Poll
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 for EHT terminals for example, a subfield whose size and bit position do not change
- the EHT terminal It is possible to send information to
- the bit position of the subfield (for example, Trigger dependent Common Info 2) that is read when EHT is supported may differ depending on the Trigger type. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when the Trigger Type subfield value is 8, Trigger dependent Common Info 2 is set to B37-B39 among the UL Spatial Reuse subfields that the EHT terminal does not need to receive, and B40- A Reserved area may be set in B52. Also, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the Trigger Type subfield value is 9, Trigger dependent Common Info 2 is set to B37-B41 among the UL Spatial Reuse subfields that the EHT terminal does not need to receive, A Reserved area may be set in B42-B52.
- Tigger dependent Common Info 2 is set for some bits and the reserved area is set for other bits, so that the reserved area can be secured. Improves scalability for future versions.
- FIGS. 14 and 15 are examples, and at least one of the bit position and size may differ from FIGS. 14 and 15. Also, in FIGS. 14 and 15, the case where the UL Spatial Reuse subfield is set to two areas, the Trigger Dependent Common Info 2 and the Reserved area, is described, but the area to be set is not limited to two, and three or more area.
- the EHT-supported Trigger type is an NDP for Sounding (for example, a Trigger type that indicates a response signal that does not generate data)
- at least one definition may differ from the HE definition.
- the UL STBC subfield, LDPC Extra Symbol Segment subfield, Pre-FEC Padding Factor subfield, PE Disambiguity subfield, UL Spatial Reuse subfield, and Doppler subfield shown in FIG. 2 are set to Trigger Dependent Common Info 2.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example; The subfield in which Trigger Dependent Common Info 2 is set is not limited to the example shown in FIG.
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 includes, for example, the extension of the number of EHT-Long Training field (LTF) symbols of the response signal (TB PPDU) Information (eg number of streams) may be included.
- LTF EHT-Long Training field
- TB PPDU response signal
- Information eg number of streams
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 may include information about the EHT-LTF Tone mapping interval.
- EHT-LTF can be frequency-multiplexed between a plurality of APs 100 by Distributed-FDMA.
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 may include the EHT-LTF stream number used for reception by each terminal 200 in the Trigger dependent User Info of the User Info field, or information on the Tone position in the Tone mapping interval.
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 may include the following coordinated transmission type information.
- the terminal 200 can transmit, for example, information corresponding to the type of cooperative transmission as a response signal, and the AP 100 can improve the efficiency of cooperative communication control.
- ⁇ Coordinated Spatial Reuse ⁇ Coordinated Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access ⁇ Joint Transmissions ⁇ Coordinated beamforming
- the AP 100 and the terminal 200 determine that it is an EHT-compatible version, and replace the User Info field in HE with a field containing information for EHT (for example, AP Info field).
- EHT electronic book
- the AP Info field includes an instruction to send control information used for coordinated transmission from an AP that schedules coordinated transmission (for example, also called sharing AP) to an AP that participates in coordinated transmission (for example, also called shared AP).
- the format determining unit 207 may format the TB PPDU according to information indicated in at least one of the Common Info field and the User Info field (including, for example, the Special User Info subfield). may be determined.
- the format determination unit 207 may determine the format based on information regarding the presence or absence of the Special User Info subfield indicated in the Common Info field. For example, the format determining unit 207 may apply the EHT TB PPDU when instructed to have a Special User Info subfield, and may apply the HE TB PPDU when instructed to not have a Special User Info subfield.
- the format determining unit 207 may determine the format based on, for example, information on allocation of transmission bands for TB PPDUs. For example, format determining section 207 may apply EHT TB PPDU when allocation to Secondary 160 MHz is instructed.
- the format determination unit 207 may apply the EHT TB PPDU regardless of the information in the Common Info field and User Info field.
- the AP 100 generates a trigger frame in which the Common Info field includes information about the version of the wireless communication standard, such as HE or EHT, and subfields with different settings depending on the version. , to the terminal 200 . Also, the terminal 200 determines the setting of the subfield in the Common Info field of the Trigger frame, for example, based on the information about the version of the wireless communication standard such as HE or EHT included in the Trigger frame.
- the Common Info field includes information about the version of the wireless communication standard, such as HE or EHT, and subfields with different settings depending on the version.
- the format of the Trigger frame is appropriately set (or changed) according to the version. You can suppress the increase of Overhead in Trigger frames.
- one Trigger frame indicates an Aggregated-PPDU (A-PPDU) that frequency-multiplexes the uplink response signal (HE TB PPDU) of the HE terminal and the uplink response signal (EHT TB PPDU) of the EHT terminal. is considered (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 6).
- A-PPDU Aggregated-PPDU
- A-PPDU may be performed within the 320 MHz band.
- the AP can indicate A-PPDUs by allocating frequency bands based on formats recognized by HE terminals and EHT terminals using one Trigger frame.
- a HE terminal supporting a maximum bandwidth of 160MHz may be assigned Primary 160MHz
- an EHT terminal supporting a maximum bandwidth of 320MHz may be assigned Secondary 160MHz.
- the frequency bandwidth to which the A-PPDU is applied is not limited to 320 MHz, and may be another bandwidth.
- Embodiment 1 when a Trigger type that can be added in the EHT (a Trigger type not supported by the HE terminal) is indicated in the Trigger type subfield in the Common Info field, the HE terminal performs Trigger frame reception processing cancel. Therefore, if a Trigger type not supported by the HE terminal is indicated in the Trigger type subfield in the Common Info field, there is a possibility that A-PPDU cannot be indicated in one Trigger frame.
- A-PPDU is applied to response signals from HE terminals and EHT terminals in trigger frames that instruct new trigger frames for EHT terminals (in other words, trigger types not supported by HE).
- trigger frames that instruct new trigger frames for EHT terminals (in other words, trigger types not supported by HE).
- a configuration example of the AP 100 according to this embodiment may be the same as that shown in FIG.
- the operations of Trigger type setting section 103 and Common Info generating section 104 may be different from those in the first embodiment.
- Trigger type setting section 103 sets, for example, association between Trigger type corresponding to the type of uplink response signal and information indicating Trigger type in Trigger frame (for example, Trigger type subfield value), and sets Trigger Information about type (for example, information in table format) may be held.
- Trigger type setting section 103 includes, for example, a predefined Trigger type table for HE terminals (for example, FIG. 5) and a Trigger type table for EHT terminals different from that for HE terminals (for example, described later) and may be set.
- the Trigger type table for EHT terminals may include new Trigger types not supported by HE terminals.
- Trigger type setting section 103 outputs information about the set Trigger table to Common Info generating section 104, for example.
- Trigger type Generate a subfield and a subfield that indicates the Trigger type for the EHT terminal for example, called "Trigger type 2 subfield”
- Trigger type 2 subfield the Trigger type generator 104 may set information about the type of Trigger frame (for example, Trigger type subfield value) in the Common Info field of the Trigger frame using multiple subfields.
- the Trigger type subfield for HE terminals and the Trigger type 2 subfield for EHT terminals may be different.
- the Trigger type indicated in the Trigger type subfield may be the type associated with HE-compatible version information
- the Trigger type indicated in the Trigger type 2 subfield may be the type associated with EHT-compatible version information.
- the Common Info generation unit 104 generates a Common Info field including the Trigger type subfield and the Trigger type 2 subfield, and outputs the generated Common Info field to the Trigger frame generation unit 105.
- the processing of other components in the AP 100 may be the same as the processing in the first embodiment, for example.
- a configuration example of terminal 200 according to the present embodiment may be the same as in FIG.
- the operations of Trigger type setting section 204 and Common Info acquisition section 205 may be different from those in the first embodiment.
- Trigger type setting section 204 may output a Trigger type table for HE terminals to Common Info acquisition section 205 .
- Trigger type setting section 204 may output a Trigger type table for HE terminals and a Trigger type table for EHT terminals to Common Info acquiring section 205 .
- Common Info acquisition unit 205 extracts Common Info field information based on, for example, the Trigger frame input from error correction decoding unit 203 and the Trigger type table input from Trigger type setting unit 204, and outputs an uplink response.
- Acquire terminal common information for generating an uplink signal including the type of the signal (for example, including the type of data to be transmitted or the time length of the uplink signal).
- the Common Info acquisition unit 205 may identify the Trigger type from the Trigger type subfield of the Common Info field using the Trigger type table for HE terminals. Also, for example, when the terminal 200 is an EHT terminal, the Common Info acquisition unit 205 obtains the Trigger type from the Trigger type subfield and the Trigger type 2 subfield of the Common Info field using the Trigger type tables for the HE terminal and the EHT terminal, respectively. may be identified (examples are provided below).
- the processing of other components in the terminal 200 may be the same as the processing in the first embodiment, for example.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a Trigger type table for EHT terminals included in a subfield different from the Trigger type subfield for HE terminals.
- the AP 100 and the terminal 200 set the Trigger type subfield value for the HE terminal (the terminal 200 whose version corresponds to HE) to the Trigger type subfield (for example, FIG. 5) in multiple subfields related to the Trigger type in the Trigger frame. and set the Trigger type subfield value for the EHT terminal (the terminal 200 whose version corresponds to EHT) using both the Trigger type subfield (eg, FIG. 5) and the Trigger type 2 subfield (eg, FIG. 17) You can
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing another example of the Trigger type table for EHT terminals.
- the AP 100 and the terminal 200 set the Trigger type subfield value for the HE terminal using the Trigger type subfield (for example, FIG. 5) in a plurality of subfields related to the Trigger type in the Trigger frame, and set the Trigger type subfield value for the EHT terminal.
- the type subfield value may be set using the Trigger type 2 subfield (eg, Figure 17).
- the AP 100 can, for example, specify different Trigger types for HE terminals and EHT terminals. Therefore, it is possible to individually set trigger types with high frequency of use in each of the HE terminal and the EHT terminal, so that the system performance can be improved.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the Common Info field according to this embodiment.
- the Trigger type 2 subfield for EHT terminals may be set, for example, in the Reserved area within the Common Info field (eg, FIG. 2) defined in HE.
- the fields (subfields) corresponding to B56 to B59 are subfields with different settings depending on the version of the wireless communication standard (for example, HE or EHT). .
- the size of the Trigger Dependent Common Info subfield and Trigger Dependent User Info subfield for EHT terminals may match the size for HE terminals. This allows EHT to maintain backward compatibility.
- the HE terminal may identify the Trigger type based on the Trigger type subfield (eg, B0 to B3) shown in FIG. Note that the HE terminal does not need to receive the Trigger Type 2 subfield because it interprets the Trigger Type 2 subfield shown in FIG. 19 as a Reserved area.
- the Trigger type subfield eg, B0 to B3
- the EHT terminal receives the Trigger type 2 subfield (eg, B56 to B59) shown in FIG.
- the AP 100 can separately instruct the HE terminal to use a Trigger type different from that of the EHT terminal.
- the HE terminal need not stop receiving Trigger frames based on the Trigger type for the HE terminal, even if the Trigger type for the EHT terminal is not supported by the HE terminal. Therefore, for example, both the EHT terminal and the HE terminal generate uplink response signals, making it possible to apply A-PPDU.
- the AP 100 allows a plurality of terminals including an HE terminal and an EHT terminal in one trigger frame that indicates a new trigger frame for the EHT terminal (in other words, a trigger type not supported by HE). 200 can indicate A-PPDU.
- control information related to A-PPDU may be indicated to each terminal 200, for example, in any field (for example, User Info field may be used) within the Trigger frame.
- the Trigger type 2 subfield for EHT terminals is, for example, included in the Subfield (eg, Reserved area) that is transmitted regardless of the Trigger type in the Common Info field. Therefore, since the bit position for extracting the Trigger type for the EHT terminal does not change regardless of the Trigger type, reception processing in the terminal 200 can be simplified.
- the new Trigger type for HE is not limited to the Trigger type newly added for EHT.
- the versions of wireless communication standards are not limited to HE and EHT, but may be other versions.
- one aspect of the present disclosure may be similarly applied to new Trigger types added in further future versions of EHT (eg, called EHT+).
- EHT+ new Trigger types added in further future versions of EHT
- the operation of the EHT terminal in the above-described embodiment may be replaced with the operation of an EHT+ compatible terminal (for example, an EHT+ terminal).
- the AP 100 and the terminal 200 format the Common Info field according to whether the Trigger type is EHT+ compatible (Trigger type newly supported in EHT+), EHT compatible, or HE compatible. May be different (eg, change the meaning of some Subfields).
- Common Info field format is not limited to the case where two types are set between EHT+ support and EHT support or HE support, and three types are set between EHT+ support, EHT support, and HE support. may be used, or four or more types may be used.
- NDP for Sounding which is a Trigger type that supports EHT
- HE for example, FIG. 3
- the subfield for example, B25
- the EHT-LTF stream number the "Number of Spatial Streams" subfield
- the subfield set according to the version information in the User Info field is not limited to the EHT-LTF stream number, and may be other information.
- some subfields of the format of the Special User Info field may be set according to the version information associated with the Trigger type. For example, if an EHT-compatible Trigger type is specified in the Trigger frame, and if the Trigger type is HE-compatible (for example, FIG. 4), the subfield (for example, B37 to B39), which is a Reserved area, as shown in FIG. , a second Trigger dependent Common Info field (Trigger dependent Common Info 2) may be set.
- Trigger dependent Common Info 2 Trigger dependent Common Info 2
- subfield set according to the version information in the Special User Info field is not limited to the second Trigger Dependent Common Info field, and other fields may be set. Also, the subfield set according to the version information in the Special User Info field may be at least 1 bit of the Reserved area (for example, B37 to B39) for HE support.
- the Trigger type set after EHT a type that prompts data transmission with uplink beamforming may be included.
- the User Info field may include beamforming information applied to the terminal 200 .
- information about any type notified by the Trigger frame is associated with version information, and according to the information about the type, at least one format of Common Info field, User Info field, and Special User Info field is may be set.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of HE-compatible User Info field used when the Trigger type is NFRP (a type that instructs the terminal 200 to transmit an NDP feedback report).
- the "Feedback Type" subfield shown in FIG. 22 includes information on the type of feedback to multiple terminals 200 indicated by the Starting AID.
- HE for example, one type of Feedback Type, Resource request (resource allocation request), is supported.
- Resource request resource allocation request
- the HE terminal may hold data to be transmitted, and may feed back NDP to the AP 100 as a response signal when requesting resource allocation.
- EHT or EHT+ may support new Feedback Types.
- Acknowledgment information about whether or not data has been correctly decoded
- the format of the User Info field may be set according to the EHT compatible version.
- the EHT terminal may perform reception processing based on the User Info field format corresponding to the EHT-compatible version that differs from the HE-compatible format. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, in the User Info field corresponding to the EHT-compatible version, even if part of the Reserved area in HE is set (for example, changed) to the TID subfield (identifier representing the type of traffic) good. Thereby, the AP 100 can feed back the Acknowledgment information of the traffic type indicated by the TID to the EHT terminal. Also, when the HE terminal receives Acknowledgment as the Feedback Type, it may stop the reception process.
- the AP 100 may individually indicate the Feedback Type using different subfields for EHT terminals and HE terminals. For example, as shown in FIG. 25, part of the Reserved area in HE may be set (eg, changed) to the Feedback Type subfield (eg, Feedback Type 2 subfield) for EHT terminals and the TID subfield.
- the AP 100 can individually instruct the HE terminal and the EHT terminal about the Feedback Type using one Trigger frame. For example, the AP 100 may instruct the HE terminal to issue a Resource request and the EHT terminal to issue an Acknowledgment using one Trigger frame.
- the Feedback type for EHT terminals is not limited to Acknowledgment, and may be information about other types. Also, the information set in the case of Feedback type for EHT terminals is not limited to TID, and other information may be used.
- EHT+ was used to describe the new version of EHT, it is not limited to this and other terms may be used.
- the transmission access method of the uplink response signal for the trigger frame is not limited to OFDMA, and may be another method.
- An embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied, for example, to IEEE 802.11bd (NGV (Next Generation V2X)), which is the next-generation standard of IEEE 802.11p, which is an in-vehicle standard.
- NVG Next Generation V2X
- Each functional block used in the description of the above embodiments is partially or wholly realized as an LSI, which is an integrated circuit, and each process described in the above embodiments is partially or wholly implemented as It may be controlled by one LSI or a combination of LSIs.
- An LSI may be composed of individual chips, or may be composed of one chip so as to include some or all of the functional blocks.
- the LSI may have data inputs and outputs.
- LSIs are also called ICs, system LSIs, super LSIs, and ultra LSIs depending on the degree of integration.
- the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized with a dedicated circuit, a general-purpose processor, or a dedicated processor. Further, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that can be programmed after the LSI is manufactured, or a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connections and settings of the circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connections and settings of the circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- the present disclosure may be implemented as digital or analog processing.
- a communication device may include a radio transceiver and processing/control circuitry.
- a wireless transceiver may include a receiver section and a transmitter section, or functions thereof.
- a wireless transceiver (transmitter, receiver) may include an RF (Radio Frequency) module and one or more antennas.
- RF modules may include amplifiers, RF modulators/demodulators, or the like.
- Non-limiting examples of communication devices include telephones (mobile phones, smart phones, etc.), tablets, personal computers (PCs) (laptops, desktops, notebooks, etc.), cameras (digital still/video cameras, etc.).
- digital players digital audio/video players, etc.
- wearable devices wearable cameras, smartwatches, tracking devices, etc.
- game consoles digital book readers
- telehealth and telemedicine (remote health care/medicine prescription) devices vehicles or mobile vehicles with communication capabilities (automobiles, planes, ships, etc.), and combinations of the various devices described above.
- Communication equipment is not limited to portable or movable equipment, but any type of equipment, device or system that is non-portable or fixed, e.g. smart home devices (household appliances, lighting equipment, smart meters or measuring instruments, control panels, etc.), vending machines, and any other "Things" that can exist on the IoT (Internet of Things) network.
- smart home devices household appliances, lighting equipment, smart meters or measuring instruments, control panels, etc.
- vending machines and any other "Things” that can exist on the IoT (Internet of Things) network.
- Communication includes data communication by cellular system, wireless LAN system, communication satellite system, etc., as well as data communication by a combination of these.
- Communication apparatus also includes devices such as controllers and sensors that are connected or coupled to communication devices that perform the communication functions described in this disclosure. Examples include controllers and sensors that generate control and data signals used by communication devices to perform the communication functions of the communication device.
- Communication equipment also includes infrastructure equipment, such as base stations, access points, and any other equipment, device, or system that communicates with or controls the various equipment, not limited to those listed above. .
- a base station includes, in a field common to a plurality of terminals, information about a version of a wireless communication standard and subfields with different settings according to the version, an uplink transmission control signal and a transmission circuit for transmitting the control signal.
- the information about the version is associated with the type of the control signal.
- the version if the value for the type is less than or equal to the threshold, the version is High Efficiency (HE), and if the value is greater than the threshold, the version is Extreme High Throughput (EHT).
- HE High Efficiency
- EHT Extreme High Throughput
- An embodiment of the present disclosure further comprises a receiving circuit that receives a response signal to the control signal based on the version associated with the type.
- control circuit configures, in the common field, the setting of at least part of a subfield different from a first subfield depending on the type of the control signal, according to the version. make different.
- the some subfields are at least one of UL Space Time Block Coding (STBC) subfield, UL Spatial Reuse subfield, Doppler subfield, and Reserved subfield.
- STBC Space Time Block Coding
- the control circuit when the version is Extreme High Throughput (EHT), the control circuit sets the partial subfield to the type-dependent second subfield.
- EHT Extreme High Throughput
- the transmission circuit transmits the type-dependent information using both the first subfield and the second subfield.
- control circuit sets information about the type of the control signal in the common field using a plurality of subfields.
- control circuit uses a first subfield to set, in the plurality of subfields, information about the type for a terminal whose version corresponds to High Efficiency (HE), and
- the second subfield is used to set information about the type for terminals whose version corresponds to Extreme High Throughput (EHT).
- HE High Efficiency
- EHT Extreme High Throughput
- the second subfield is set to a Reserved area within the control signal when the version is HE.
- control circuit uses both the first subfield and the second subfield to set the information about the type for terminals whose version corresponds to EHT.
- a terminal includes, in a field common to a plurality of terminals, information about a version of a wireless communication standard and subfields with different settings according to the version, and an uplink transmission control signal.
- a receiving circuit for receiving and a control circuit for determining the setting based on the information about the version.
- a base station includes, in a field common to a plurality of terminals, information about a version of a wireless communication standard and subfields with different settings according to the version. A transmission control signal is generated and the control signal is transmitted.
- a terminal includes, in a field common to a plurality of terminals, information related to a version of a wireless communication standard and subfields with different settings according to the version. and determines the setting based on the information about the version.
- An embodiment of the present disclosure is useful for wireless communication systems.
- APs 101 scheduling unit 102 user info generation unit 103, 204 trigger type setting unit 104 common info generation unit 105 trigger frame generation unit 106, 209 error correction coding unit 107, 210 modulation unit 108, 201 radio transmission/reception unit 109, 202 demodulation unit 110 , 203 error correction decoding unit 111 terminal information acquisition unit 200 terminal 205 Common Info acquisition unit 206 User Info acquisition unit 207 format determination unit 208 data generation unit
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例えば、HEにおいて定義されるCommon Info field内のTrigger type subfield valueのReserved領域(8~15)を用いて指示されるTrigger typeは、HEに対応する端末(例えば、「HE端末」と呼ぶ)にとっては未サポートのTrigger typeである。例えば、HEの仕様では、HE端末は、未サポートのTrigger type(例えば、Reserved領域に対応するTrigger typeの値)をAPから指示される場合、当該Trigger frameの受信処理を中止する動作を行ってよい。
本実施の形態に係る無線通信システムは、例えば、図6に示すAP100、及び、図7に示す端末200を備えてよい。AP100及び端末200は、それぞれ、無線通信システムにおいて2つ以上存在してもよい。AP100は、例えば、端末200に対して、上りOFDMA送信を指示するTrigger frameを送信してよい。端末200は、Trigger frameを受信し、受信したTrigger frameによって指示されるリソースを用いて上りOFDMA信号をAP100へ送信してよい。
AP100は、例えば、端末200に対して、データ信号又はNDP信号といった上り信号の送信を指示するTrigger frameを生成し、Trigger frameを端末200へ送信する。
端末200は、例えば、AP100から、データ信号又はNDP信号といった上り信号の送信を指示するTrigger frameを受信し、Trigger frameに対する上り応答信号をAP100へ送信する。
次に、本実施の形態に係るAP100及び端末200の動作例について説明する。
以下、AP100にけるCommon Info fieldの情報を生成する例について説明する。例えば、AP100におけるバージョン情報に応じたCommon Info fieldに適用するEHT フォーマットの決定方法の例について説明する。
バージョン情報は、例えば、Trigger type subfieldの値(Trigger type subfield value)によって通知されてよい。換言すると、バージョン情報は、Trigger frameの種別(Trigger type)に関連付けられてよい。
AP100は、例えば、Trigger typeと関連付けられたバージョン情報に基づいて、Common Info fieldのフォーマット(例えば、フィールド設定)を決定してよい。
例えば、EHT対応(又は、HE未対応)のTrigger typeがSounding用NDPの場合、Trigger dependent Common Info 2には、例えば、応答信号(TB PPDU)のEHT-Long Training field(LTF)シンボル数の拡張情報(例えば、ストリーム数)が含まれてよい。Trigger Dependent Common Info 2の通知によるシンボル数の増加によって、チャネル推定精度を向上できる。
・Coordinated Spatial Reuse
・Coordinated Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
・Joint Transmissions
・Coordinated Beamforming
端末200のフォーマット決定部207におけるバージョン情報に応じたTB PPDUフォーマット(例えば、EHT TB PPDU及びHE TB PPDUの何れかのフォーマット)の決定方法について説明する。
例えば、EHTでは、HE端末の上り応答信号(HE TB PPDU)とEHT端末の上り応答信号(EHT TB PPDU)とを周波数多重させるAggregated-PPDU(A-PPDU)を1つのTrigger frameによって指示することが検討される(例えば、非特許文献6を参照)。
本実施の形態に係るAP100の構成例は、図8と同様でよい。例えば、本実施の形態に係るAP100において、Trigger type設定部103及びCommon Info生成部104の動作が実施の形態1と異なってよい。
本実施の形態に係る端末200の構成例は、図10と同様でよい。例えば、本実施の形態に係る端末200において、Trigger type設定部204及びCommon Info取得部205の動作が実施の形態1と異なってよい。
図17は、HE端末向けのTrigger type subfieldとは異なるsubfieldに含まれるEHT端末向けのTrigger typeテーブルの一例を示す図である。
図19は、本実施の形態に係るCommon Info fieldの一例を示す図である。
(1)上述した各実施の形態において、HEに対する新しいTrigger typeは、EHTにおいて新たに追加されるTrigger typeに限定されない。換言すると、無線通信規格のバージョンは、HE及びEHTに限定されず、他のバージョンでもよい。例えば、EHTの更なる将来のバージョン(例えば、EHT+と呼ぶ)において追加される新しいTrigger typeに対しても本開示の位一態様を同様に適用してもよい。その場合、上述した実施の形態におけるEHT端末の動作を、EHT+に対応する端末(例えば、EHT+端末)の動作に置き換えてもよい。
101 スケジューリング部
102 User Info生成部
103,204 Trigger type設定部
104 Common Info生成部
105 Trigger frame生成部
106,209 誤り訂正符号化部
107,210 変調部
108,201 無線送受信部
109,202 復調部
110,203 誤り訂正復号部
111 端末情報取得部
200 端末
205 Common Info取得部
206 User Info取得部
207 フォーマット決定部
208 データ生成部
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- 複数端末に共通のフィールドに、無線通信規格のバージョンに関する情報と、前記バージョンに応じて設定を異ならせたサブフィールドとを含む、上り送信の制御信号を生成する制御回路と、
前記制御信号を送信する送信回路と、
を具備する基地局。 - 前記バージョンに関する情報は、前記制御信号の種別に関連付けられる、
請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 前記種別に関する値が閾値以下の場合、前記バージョンはHigh Efficiency(HE)であり、前記値が前記閾値より大きい場合、前記バージョンはExtreme High Throughput(EHT)である、
請求項2に記載の基地局。 - 前記種別に関連付けられる前記バージョンに基づいて、前記制御信号に対する応答信号を受信する受信回路、をさらに具備する、
請求項2に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御回路は、前記共通のフィールドにおいて、前記制御信号の種別に依存する第1のサブフィールドと異なるサブフィールドの少なくとも一部の前記設定を、前記バージョンに応じて異ならせる、
請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 前記一部のサブフィールドは、UL Space Time Block Coding(STBC) subfield、UL Spatial Reuse subfield、Doppler subfield、及び、Reserved subfieldの少なくとも一つである、
請求項5に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御回路は、前記バージョンがExtreme High Throughput(EHT)の場合、前記一部のサブフィールドを、前記種別に依存する第2のサブフィールドに設定する、
請求項5に記載の基地局。 - 前記送信回路は、前記第1のサブフィールド及び前記第2のサブフィールドの両方を用いて、前記種別に依存する情報を送信する、
請求項7に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御回路は、前記共通のフィールドにおいて、前記制御信号の種別に関する情報を、複数のサブフィールドを用いて設定する、
請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御回路は、前記複数のサブフィールドにおいて、前記バージョンがHigh Efficiency(HE)に対応する端末に対する前記種別に関する情報を第1のサブフィールドを用いて設定し、前記バージョンがExtreme High Throughput(EHT)に対応する端末に対する前記種別に関する情報を第2のサブフィールドを用いて設定する、
請求項9に記載の基地局。 - 前記第2のサブフィールドは、前記バージョンがHEの場合の前記制御信号内のReserved領域に設定される、
請求項10に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御回路は、前記バージョンがEHTに対応する端末に対する前記種別に関する情報を、前記第1のサブフィールド及び前記第2のサブフィールドの両方を用いて設定する、
請求項10に記載の基地局。 - 複数端末に共通のフィールドに、無線通信規格のバージョンに関する情報と、前記バージョンに応じて設定を異ならせたサブフィールドとを含む、上り送信の制御信号を受信する受信回路と、
前記バージョンに関する情報に基づいて、前記設定を判断する制御回路と、
を具備する端末。 - 基地局は、
複数端末に共通のフィールドに、無線通信規格のバージョンに関する情報と、前記バージョンに応じて設定を異ならせたサブフィールドとを含む、上り送信の制御信号を生成し、
前記制御信号を送信する、
通信方法。 - 端末は、
複数端末に共通のフィールドに、無線通信規格のバージョンに関する情報と、前記バージョンに応じて設定を異ならせたサブフィールドとを含む、上り送信の制御信号を受信し、
前記バージョンに関する情報に基づいて、前記設定を判断する、
通信方法。
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