Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a wireless local area network are provided. The method includes receiving, by a responding station, from a requesting station, a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) feedback request frame to request the responding station to provide a MCS feedback, the MCS feedback request frame including a first MCS feedback sequence identifier identifying a MCS feedback request. The method also includes transmitting, by the responding station, to the requesting station, a MCS feedback frame as a response to the MCS feedback request frame, the MCS feedback frame including a MCS estimate and a second MCS feedback sequence identifier. An apparatus for performing the method is also provided.
Abstract:
A method for providing information of access point (AP) selection in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method including receiving from candidate APs the AP selection information including channel correlation information for other stations associated with the candidate APs; and selecting one AP from candidate APs according to the channel correlation information corresponding to the candidate APs. Accordingly, a gain of multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) can be increased, and an AP suitable for a terminal can be selected.
Abstract:
A method and station for receiving a data frame in a wireless local area network are provided. The method includes receiving, from a transmitter which has obtained a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a bandwidth, a first data unit of a plurality of data units during the TXOP, the TXOP indicating an interval of time when the transmitter has a right to exchange frame sequences; and after receiving the first data unit, further receiving, from the transmitter, a second data unit of the plurality of data units during the TXOP, wherein a transmit bandwidth of the second data unit is selected from available bandwidths, wherein the available bandwidths include a first available bandwidth which is same as a transmit bandwidth of the first data unit and a second available bandwidth which is narrower than the transmit bandwidth of the first data unit.
Abstract:
A method and device for transmitting a plurality of data units in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are discussed. The method includes obtaining by a station (STA) a transmission opportunity (TXOP), wherein the STA has a right to initiate frame exchange sequences during the TXOP; transmitting during the TXOP, a first data unit of the plurality of data units, wherein the first data unit comprises a signal field including information related to a bandwidth of the first data unit; selecting a bandwidth of a second data unit of the plurality of data units to be narrower than the bandwidth of the first data unit; and transmitting during the TXOP, the second data unit, wherein the second data unit comprises a signal field including information related to the bandwidth of the second data unit, wherein the first data unit is transmitted immediately before the second data unit.
Abstract:
A method, and a device, for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless local area network system are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a responding station, a sounding Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) from a requesting station; and transmitting, by the responding station, a CSI report to the requesting station, the CSI report including CSI report information in a form of angles representing a beamforming feedback matrix that is estimated by the responding station based on the sounding PPDU. If the sounding PPDU is received via a plurality of contiguous channels, the beamforming feedback matrix is estimated based on all of the plurality of contiguous channels. If the sounding PPDU is received via at least one of a plurality of non-contiguous channels, the beamforming feedback matrix is estimated based on only one of the plurality of non-contiguous channels.
Abstract:
A method for a wireless local area network, the method performed by a station includes receiving a beacon frame from an access point (AP), the beacon frame including a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element indicating that the AP has a buffered frame for the station; transmitting a power save (PS)-poll frame and at least one duplicated PS-poll frame to the AP on a first 20 MHz channel and at least one second 20 MHz channel, the PS poll frame being transmitted on the first 20 MHz channel, the at least one duplicated PS poll frame being transmitted on the at least one second 20 MHz channel; and receiving the buffered frame from the AP as a response of at least one of the PS poll frame and the at least one duplicated PS poll frame.
Abstract:
A method and device for receiving a data block in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a receiver. The method includes: receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitter over an operating channel, the PPDU including a signal field, a Very High Throughput-Signal-A (VHT-SIG-A) field, a Very High Throughput-Signal-B (VHT-SIG-B) field and a padded data block, generating a first data block by removing zero or more physical padding bits from the padded data block in a physical layer; and generating a second data block by removing zero or more Medium Access Control (MAC) padding bits from the first data block in a MAC layer.
Abstract:
A communication method based on identifying information assignment in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, performed by a station (STA), is provided. The method includes receiving an identifier assignment message from an access point (AP), wherein the identifier assignment message comprises identifying information for the STA, and TIM offset information for a time point at which at least one traffic indication map (TIM) element for the STA starts to be transmitted; receiving a first TIM element from the AP at a time point indicated by the TIM offset information; determining whether the first TIM element comprises the identifying information; and receiving a first data frame from the AP if the first TIM element contains the identifying information.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of accessing a channel in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first frame including configuration information on a channel allocated from a bandwidth including a primary channel, a secondary channel and an extension channel from an access point (AP), and transmitting a second frame to the AP by using the allocated channel. The configuration information includes an extension channel offset element field that sets the extension channel as the offset of the primary channel.
Abstract:
A method is provided for transmitting a data frame by a station in a wireless local area network. The station obtains a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a bandwidth, the TXOP indicating an interval of time during which the station has a right to initiate frame exchange sequences onto wireless medium. The station sets a transmit bandwidth parameter of a non-initial physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) of a plurality of PPDUs to be transmitted during the TXOP based on a transmit bandwidth parameter of a preceding PPDU of the plurality of PPDUs. The transmit bandwidth parameter of the non-initial PPDU is set to be same or narrower than the transmit bandwidth parameter of the preceding PPDU. A bandwidth indicated by the transmit bandwidth parameter of the non-initial PPDU or the preceding PPDU includes at least one of 20 MHz, 40 MHz and 80 MHz. The station transmits the non-initial PPDU during the TXOP.