Abstract:
A method is presented for a mobile station operating in a wireless communication system. The mobile station receives configuration information for power management from a base station. The configuration information informs the mobile station a first time period during which the mobile station monitors signals from the base station and a second time period during which the mobile station does not monitor signals from the base station. The mobile station applies the configuration information for power management to one or more primary carriers and one or more activated secondary carriers. The mobile station receives downlink data from the base station via the one or more primary carriers and the one or more activated secondary carriers during the first time period. The mobile station receives a specific Medium Access Control (MAC) message from the base station, wherein the mobile station stops the first time period when receiving the specific MAC message.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for scanning in a wireless LAN. The method may comprise the following steps: an STA determining identifier information of an AP to be included in a probe request frame as a wildcard SSID and a wildcard BSSID, based on a first MLME; the STA receiving from the AP a frame including information on the BSSID of the AP and the SSID of the AP before a probe delay time expires; the STA determining wither the AP is a target AP based on the BSSID and the SSID; the STA redetermining the identifier information of the AP to be included in the probe request frame based on the BSSID and the SSID, when the AP is the target AP; and the STA unicasting a probe request frame that is re-determined based on the BSSID and the SSID.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, a method and a device whereby a station (STA) performs link setup with an access point (AP) in a WLAN system are disclosed. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step in which an STA receives a first frame related to link setup from an AP in a wireless communication system; and a step in which a second frame related to association is transmitted to the AP, wherein the first frame is a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frame and the second frame may comprise timestamp request information in case an AP configuration change count (CCC) value the STA has and an AP CCC value included in the received first frame are determined to be the same.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an active scanning method and an active scanning device. The active scanning method in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: a second station (STA) receiving a first probe request frame which has been broadcast by a first STA; and the second STA broadcasting a second probe request frame. The second probe request frame may include a probe request frame detection field, and the probe request frame detection field may indicate that the second STA has received the first probe request frame. Accordingly, a probe response frame is broadcast to a plurality of STAs, thus simplifying a scanning procedure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for associating a station (STA) with an access point (AP). The method for associating a first AP with an STA in a wireless LAN includes the steps of: a first AP receiving an association request frame from the STA; the first AP requesting authentication information on the STA from a second AP with which the STA was previously associated; the first AP receiving authentication information on the STA from the second AP, wherein the first and second AP's are linked by a distribution system, the association request frame includes identification information on the second AP, and the authentication information on the STA can include at least one of a paired main key (PMK) and a recertification main session key (rMSK). Accordingly, fast association between the STA and the AP can be achieved by a simplified authentication procedure without repeating a full authentication procedure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, to a method and a device for updating system information in a wireless LAN system. The method for updating system information in a station (STA) of a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: allowing the STA to transmit, to an access point (AP), a probe request frame that includes a change sequence field which is set to a value of a change sequence field stored in the STA, if a value of a change sequence field received from the AP is different from the value of the change sequence field stored in the STA; and allowing the STA to receive, from the AP, a probe response frame which responds to the probe request frame that includes the change sequence field, wherein the probe request frame is a short probe request frame.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a wireless LAN. A method for a station (STA) accessing a channel may comprise: a step of the STA receiving an access distribution element through a passive scanning frame; the STA selecting an access random variable based on the access distribution element; a step of the STA determining a minimum value of a passive scanning-specific competition window based on the access random variable; and the STA accessing the channel based on a backoff time that is determined based on the passive scanning-specific competition window.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting backhaul link information. A method for acquiring backhaul link state information for a station (STA) may comprise the steps of: an STA transmitting, to an access point (AP), a generic advertisement service (GAS) request frame requesting a backhaul link state information of the AP; the STA receiving, as a response to the GAS request frame, a GAS response frame comprising backhaul link state information, wherein the GAS request frame is a frame transmitted by an STA, before an authentication or an association procedure and after a scanning procedure of the AP, to request availability-related information of a network to be accessed by the STA, and the backhaul link state information can comprise information regarding the load of a backhaul link linking network apparatuses other the AP and the STA.
Abstract:
A method for accessing an initial channel by a STA can comprise the steps of: the STA receiving, via a first band from a multiband AP, a scanning frame comprising a neighboring AP information element, wherein the neighboring AP information element comprises information for a second band which is an operating band for the neighboring AP; the STA determining whether accessing the neighboring AP is possible on the basis of information comprised in the neighboring AP information element regarding an access network type of the neighboring AP operating in the second band; if access to the neighboring AP is possible, the STA transmitting an association request frame to the neighboring AP via the second band, wherein the access network type can comprise information regarding an access permission type of a neighboring AP.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for setting up a high-speed link in a WLAN system. A method for a station (STA) setting up the high-speed link in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting to an access point (AP) a request frame including a generic advertisement service (GAS) configuration change query; and receiving from the AP a response frame including response information with respect to the GAS configuration change query, wherein the response information may include GAS step skipping information when AS information saved in the STA matches the GAS information saved in the AP.