Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a backoff method and apparatus in slotted channel access in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system are disclosed. A method for performing channel access by a station (STA) in a WLAN system includes: receiving restricted access window (RAW) configuration information for the STA from an access point (AP); performing a backoff procedure using a second backoff function state for channel access within the RAW; and performing a backoff procedure using a first backoff function state at an end of the RAW. The STA maintains a plurality of backoff function states including the first backoff function state used outside the RAW and the second backoff function state used within the RAW.
Abstract:
A method of processing a multicast frame in a wireless local area network system. The method includes transmitting a request message for requesting a Directed Multicast Service (DMS) in which at least one multicast frame is transmitted as at least one unicast frame by an Access Point (AP), receiving a response message from the AP in response to the request message, and receiving the at least one multicast frame from the AP, the at least one multicast frame being transmitted as the at least one unicast frame. The request message includes a DMS descriptor list field comprising a Transmission Class (TCLAS) element field and a Transmission Specification (TSPEC) element field. The TCLAS element field includes a requested multicast group address for the DMS. The TSPEC element field defines Quality of Service (QoS) expectations information for the DMS.
Abstract:
A method for retransmitting a multicast frame in a wireless network and for determining whether a received multicast frame is a duplicated frame. In determining whether the received multicast frame is the same duplicated frame as a previously received multicast frame, a receiver address value and a sequence number of the multicast frame may be used. When fragmentation of a multicast frame is allowed, the value of a fragment number of the multicast frame may be also used, and if it includes a traffic ID, the value of the traffic ID can be also used for determining whether or not the multicast frame is a duplicated frame. If a multicast frame is transmitted in a wireless mesh network, it is determined whether or not the multicast frame is a duplicated one by using a mesh source address, a mesh destination address, and a sequence number.