Abstract:
Disclosed is a communication method using interference alignment in a wireless local area network (WLAN). An access point (AP) according to one embodiment may receive first channel information between a station associated with the AP and the AP and second channel information between the station and a neighboring AP to perform interference alignment in cooperation with the AP from the station, and perform interference alignment based on the first channel information and the second channel information.
Abstract:
Provided is slot use control apparatus and method, including an access point (AP) to control a slotted channel access of a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes generating a synchronization (synch) frame including an identification value indicating an STA allocated to a slot, and broadcasting the generated synch frame when a channel is in an idle state at a start point of the slot.
Abstract:
Provided is an iterative interference alignment (IA) method and apparatus for performing a downlink multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (DL MU-MIMO), including transmitting, to a user terminal, a transmission beamforming vector generated arbitrarily, receiving, from the user terminal, a reception beamforming vector calculated to minimize interference based on the transmission beamforming vector, and updating the transmission beamforming vector based on the reception beamforming vector, the iterative IA method may further include calculating a transmission beamforming vector space minimizing interference of an inter-basic service set based on the reception beamforming vector, calculating a transmission beamforming matrix minimizing interference of an intra-basic service set, based on the reception beamforming vector, and updating the transmission beamforming vector based on the transmission beamforming matrix and the transmission beamforming vector space.
Abstract:
Provided are channel sounding and scheduling methods for interference alignment in a wireless LAN. The sounding method includes transmitting a RTS frame, the RTS frame including an OIA candidate AP list that includes identification information of a plurality of access points, transmitting a CTS-pole frame for triggering transmission of a CTS frame to a second access point which is a first access point in the OIA candidate AP list, and receiving a CTS frame which is a response to the CTS-pole frame from the second access point. Therefore, communication performance of the wireless LAN can be improved.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for direct communication between stations. The method for direct communication between stations may include: receiving scheduling information on a frequency selective transmission (FST) from an access point; setting up a link for communication with another station based on the scheduling information; and communicating with the other station using the link.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus and method for transmitting a group frame, and a user terminal and method for receiving a group frame are provided. The communication apparatus may transmit a group frame to each of a plurality of user terminals. The group frame may be generated by grouping, in a physical layer, frames that are respectively transmitted to the plurality of user terminals.
Abstract:
An operation method of a repeater relaying wireless communications between a base station and at least one terminal in a communication system may include: transmitting, to the base station, a first capability report including information on beam-related capability supported by the repeater; transmitting, to the base station, a first request signal for requesting to perform first configuration for coverage extension of the repeater; receiving, from the base station, information on the first configuration configured based on the first capability report and the first request signal; and relaying the wireless communications between the base station and the at least one terminal based on one or more beams formed based on the received first configuration.
Abstract:
An operation method of a first device may comprise: receiving, from a second device, first configuration information signaled for CLI-related procedures; receiving, from the second device, second configuration information signaled for operating a multiplexing operation of the first device; in response to recognizing, with respect to a first resource, a collision between first DL-UL configuration information indicated by the first configuration information and second DL-UL configuration information indicated by the second configuration information, comparing priorities of the first DL-UL configuration information and the second DL-UL configuration information; and determining a DL-UL configuration applied to the first resource based on the compared priorities.
Abstract:
An operation method of a first device may comprise: identifying a first MT CC operating in a multiplexing mode among one or more MT CCs formed by an IAB-MT constituting the first device; determining first beam preference information for the first MT CC; transmitting, to a second device which is an upper node of the first device, the first beam preference information; and performing beam-based communications with the second device based on the first beam preference information.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving data. A method in which a transmitting terminal transmits data to a receiving terminal in a MIMO system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating a data field containing the data; generating a signal field containing information on the data field; generating a data frame containing the data field and the signal field; and transmitting the data frame to the receiving terminal. According to the present invention, an end of the frame being transmitted is accurately notified to the receiving terminal in a communication system in which the frame is transmitted using MIMO, thereby decoding the frame in a more efficient manner at the receiving terminal.