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- the present disclosure relates to a method and device for transmitting and receiving a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system.
- PPDU physical protocol data unit
- WLAN wireless local area network
- Wi-Fi wireless LAN
- VHT Very High-Throughput
- HE High Efficiency
- EHT Extremely High Throughput
- technologies for MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) and multi-access point (AP) coordination that support increased bandwidth, efficient utilization of multiple bands, and increased spatial streams are being studied, and in particular, various technologies are being studied to support low latency or real-time traffic.
- new technologies are being discussed to support ultra-high reliability (UHR), including improvements or extensions of EHT technologies.
- the technical problem of the present disclosure is to provide a method and device for transmitting and receiving a PPDU of a wideband (e.g., 480 MHz bandwidth).
- a wideband e.g., 480 MHz bandwidth
- a method performed by a first station (STA) in a wireless LAN system may include: generating a PPDU (physical protocol data unit) of 480 MHz bandwidth; and transmitting the PPDU to a second STA.
- the PPDU may be configured with three 160 MHz bandwidths, and based on non-OFDMA (non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) transmission being set for all of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths, the PPDU may be set to non-OFDMA transmission.
- a method performed by a second station (STA) in a wireless LAN system may include: receiving a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) of 480 MHz bandwidth from a first STA; and processing the PPDU.
- the PPDU may be configured with three 160 MHz bandwidths, and based on non-OFDMA (non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) transmission being configured for all of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths, the PPDU may be configured with non-OFDMA transmission.
- throughput can be improved by transmitting and receiving PPDUs of a wide bandwidth (e.g., 480 MHz bandwidth).
- a wide bandwidth e.g., 480 MHz bandwidth
- FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a wireless communication device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an exemplary structure of a wireless LAN system to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a link setup process to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a backoff process to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a CSMA/CA-based frame transmission operation to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- FIG. 6 is a drawing for explaining an example of a frame structure used in a wireless LAN system to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating examples of PPDUs defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- Figure 8 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on a 20 MHz band.
- Figure 9 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on a 40 MHz band.
- Figure 10 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on the 80 MHz band.
- RUs resource units
- FIG. 11 illustrates the operation of a transmitting device for a PPDU transmission and reception method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 12 illustrates the operation of a receiving device for a PPDU transmission and reception method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- first in one embodiment
- second component in another embodiment
- first component in another embodiment may be referred to as a first component in another embodiment
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to various wireless communication systems.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless LAN system.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless LAN based on IEEE 802.11a/g/n/ac/ax/be standards.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless LAN based on a newly proposed IEEE 802.11bn (or UHR) standard.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless LAN based on a next-generation standard after IEEE 802.11bn.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a cellular wireless communication system.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied to a cellular wireless communication system based on a Long Term Evolution (LTE) series technology of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and a New Radio (5G NR) series technology.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 5G NR New Radio
- FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a wireless communication device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the first device (100) and the second device (200) illustrated in FIG. 1 may be replaced with various terms such as a terminal, a wireless device, a Wireless Transmit Receive Unit (WTRU), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), a Mobile Subscriber Unit (MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), a Wireless terminal (WT), or simply a user.
- WTRU Wireless Transmit Receive Unit
- UE User Equipment
- MS Mobile Station
- UT a Mobile Subscriber Station
- MSS Mobile Subscriber Unit
- SS Subscriber Station
- AMS Advanced Mobile Station
- WT Wireless terminal
- first device (100) and the second device (200) may be replaced with various terms such as an Access Point (AP), a Base Station (BS), a fixed station, a Node B, a base transceiver system (BTS), a network, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system, an RSU (road side unit), a repeater, a router, a relay, a gateway, etc.
- AP Access Point
- BS Base Station
- BTS base transceiver system
- AI Artificial Intelligence
- RSU road side unit
- repeater a router, a relay, a gateway, etc.
- the devices (100, 200) illustrated in FIG. 1 may also be referred to as stations (STAs).
- STAs stations
- the devices (100, 200) illustrated in FIG. 1 may be referred to by various terms such as a transmitting device, a receiving device, a transmitting STA, and a receiving STA.
- the STAs (110, 200) may perform an AP (access point) role or a non-AP role. That is, the STAs (110, 200) in the present disclosure may perform functions of an AP and/or a non-AP.
- the STAs (110, 200) When the STAs (110, 200) perform an AP function, they may simply be referred to as APs, and when the STAs (110, 200) perform a non-AP function, they may simply be referred to as STAs.
- the APs in the present disclosure may also be indicated as AP STAs.
- the first device (100) and the second device (200) can transmit and receive wireless signals through various wireless LAN technologies (e.g., IEEE 802.11 series).
- the first device (100) and the second device (200) can include interfaces for a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical layer (PHY) that follow the regulations of the IEEE 802.11 standard.
- MAC medium access control
- PHY physical layer
- the first device (100) and the second device (200) may additionally support various communication standards (for example, standards of 3GPP LTE series, 5G NR series, etc.) other than wireless LAN technology.
- the device of the present disclosure may be implemented as various devices such as a mobile phone, a vehicle, a personal computer, an Augmented Reality (AR) device, and a Virtual Reality (VR) device.
- the STA of the present specification may support various communication services such as a voice call, a video call, a data communication, autonomous driving, MTC (Machine-Type Communication), M2M (Machine-to-Machine), D2D (Device-to-Device), and IoT (Internet-of-Things).
- a first device (100) includes one or more processors (102) and one or more memories (104), and may additionally include one or more transceivers (106) and/or one or more antennas (108).
- the processor (102) controls the memories (104) and/or the transceivers (106), and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.
- the processor (102) may process information in the memory (104) to generate first information/signal, and then transmit a wireless signal including the first information/signal via the transceiver (106).
- the processor (102) may receive a wireless signal including second information/signal via the transceiver (106), and then store information obtained from signal processing of the second information/signal in the memory (104).
- the memory (104) may be connected to the processor (102) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (102). For example, the memory (104) may perform some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (102), or may store software codes including instructions for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operation flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.
- the processor (102) and the memory (104) may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement a wireless LAN technology (e.g., IEEE 802.11 series).
- the transceiver (106) may be connected to the processor (102) and may transmit and/or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas (108).
- the transceiver (106) may include a transmitter and/or a receiver.
- the transceiver (106) may be used interchangeably with an RF (Radio Frequency) unit.
- a device may also mean a communication modem/circuit/chip.
- the second device (200) includes one or more processors (202), one or more memories (204), and may additionally include one or more transceivers (206) and/or one or more antennas (208).
- the processor (202) may be configured to control the memories (204) and/or the transceivers (206), and implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure.
- the processor (202) may process information in the memory (204) to generate third information/signals, and then transmit a wireless signal including the third information/signals via the transceivers (206).
- the processor (202) may receive a wireless signal including fourth information/signals via the transceivers (206), and then store information obtained from signal processing of the fourth information/signals in the memory (204).
- the memory (204) may be connected to the processor (202) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (202). For example, the memory (204) may perform some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (202), or may store software codes including instructions for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.
- the processor (202) and the memory (204) may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement a wireless LAN technology (e.g., IEEE 802.11 series).
- the transceiver (206) may be connected to the processor (202) and may transmit and/or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas (208).
- the transceiver (206) may include a transmitter and/or a receiver.
- the transceiver (206) may be used interchangeably with an RF unit.
- a device may also mean a communication modem/circuit/chip.
- one or more protocol layers may be implemented by one or more processors (102, 202).
- one or more processors (102, 202) may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC).
- One or more processors (102, 202) may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Units (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.
- PDUs Protocol Data Units
- SDUs Service Data Units
- One or more processors (102, 202) may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.
- One or more processors (102, 202) can generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data or information according to the functions, procedures, suggestions and/or methodologies disclosed in this disclosure, and provide the signals to one or more transceivers (106, 206).
- One or more processors (102, 202) can receive signals (e.g., baseband signals) from one or more transceivers (106, 206) and obtain PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure.
- signals e.g., baseband signals
- the one or more processors (102, 202) may be referred to as a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, or a microcomputer.
- the one or more processors (102, 202) may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.
- ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- DSPs Digital Signal Processors
- DSPDs Digital Signal Processing Devices
- PLDs Programmable Logic Devices
- FPGAs Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software, and the firmware or software may be implemented to include modules, procedures, functions, etc.
- the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software configured to perform one or more of the following: included in one or more processors (102, 202), or stored in one or more memories (104, 204) and driven by one or more of the processors (102, 202).
- the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of codes, instructions and/or sets of instructions.
- One or more memories (104, 204) may be coupled to one or more processors (102, 202) and may store various forms of data, signals, messages, information, programs, codes, instructions, and/or commands.
- the one or more memories (104, 204) may be comprised of ROM, RAM, EPROM, flash memory, hard drives, registers, cache memory, computer readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof.
- the one or more memories (104, 204) may be located internally and/or externally to the one or more processors (102, 202). Additionally, the one or more memories (104, 204) may be coupled to the one or more processors (102, 202) via various technologies, such as wired or wireless connections.
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) can transmit user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc., as mentioned in the methods and/or flowcharts of the present disclosure, to one or more other devices.
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) can receive user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc., as mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or flowcharts of the present disclosure, from one or more other devices.
- one or more transceivers (106, 206) can be coupled to one or more processors (102, 202) and can transmit and receive wireless signals.
- one or more processors (102, 202) can control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to transmit user data, control information, or wireless signals to one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more processors (102, 202) may control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to receive user data, control information, or wireless signals from one or more other devices.
- one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be coupled to one or more antennas (108, 208), and one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, and the like, as referred to in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this disclosure, via one or more antennas (108, 208).
- one or more antennas may be multiple physical antennas or multiple logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports).
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) may convert received user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc.
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) may convert processed user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc. from baseband signals to RF band signals using one or more processors (102, 202).
- one or more transceivers (106, 206) may include an (analog) oscillator and/or filter.
- one of the STAs (100, 200) may perform the intended operation of an AP, and the other of the STAs (100, 200) may perform the intended operation of a non-AP STA.
- the transceivers (106, 206) of FIG. 1 may perform transmission and reception operations of signals (e.g., packets or PPDUs (Physical layer Protocol Data Units) according to IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be/bn, etc.).
- signals e.g., packets or PPDUs (Physical layer Protocol Data Units) according to IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be/bn, etc.
- operations of various STAs generating transmission and reception signals or performing data processing or calculations in advance for transmission and reception signals may be performed in the processors (102, 202) of FIG. 1.
- an example of an operation for generating a transmit/receive signal or performing data processing or calculation in advance for a transmit/receive signal may include 1) an operation for determining/acquiring/configuring/computing/decoding/encoding bit information of a field (SIG (signal), STF (short training field), LTF (long training field), Data, etc.) included in a PPDU, 2) an operation for determining/configuring/acquiring time resources or frequency resources (e.g., subcarrier resources) used for the fields (SIG, STF, LTF, Data, etc.) included in a PPDU, 3) an operation for determining/configuring/acquiring specific sequences (e.g., pilot sequences, STF/LTF sequences, extra sequences applied to SIG) used for the fields (SIG, STF, LTF, Data, etc.) included in a PPDU, 4) a power control operation and/or a power saving operation applied to an STA, 5) an operation related to determining/acquiring/con
- various information e.g., information related to fields/subfields/control fields/parameters/power, etc.
- various information e.g., information related to fields/subfields/control fields/parameters/power, etc.
- various STAs for determining/acquiring/configuring/computing/decoding/encoding transmission/reception signals can be stored in the memory (104, 204) of FIG. 1.
- downlink means a link for communication from an AP STA to a non-AP STA, and downlink PPDU/packet/signal, etc. can be transmitted and received through the downlink.
- a transmitter may be part of an AP STA, and a receiver may be part of a non-AP STA.
- Uplink (UL) means a link for communication from a non-AP STA to an AP STA, and uplink PPDU/packet/signal, etc. can be transmitted and received through the uplink.
- a transmitter may be part of a non-AP STA, and a receiver may be part of an AP STA.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an exemplary structure of a wireless LAN system to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- a wireless LAN supporting transparent STA mobility to a higher layer can be provided through the interaction of multiple components.
- a BSS Basic Service Set
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example in which two BSSs (BSS1 and BSS2) exist and two STAs are included as members of each BSS (STA1 and STA2 are included in BSS1, and STA3 and STA4 are included in BSS2).
- An ellipse representing a BSS in FIG. 2 can also be understood as representing a coverage area in which STAs included in the corresponding BSS maintain communication. This area can be referred to as a BSA (Basic Service Area). If an STA moves out of the BSA, it cannot directly communicate with other STAs within the corresponding BSA.
- BSA Basic Service Area
- an IBSS can have a minimal form consisting of only two STAs.
- BSS1 consisting of only STA1 and STA2
- BSS2 consisting of only STA3 and STA4
- This configuration is possible when STAs can communicate directly without an AP.
- a LAN can be configured when needed rather than being planned in advance, and this can be called an ad-hoc network.
- an IBSS does not include an AP, there is no centralized management entity that performs management functions. That is, in an IBSS, STAs are managed in a distributed manner. In IBSS, all STAs can be mobile STAs, and access to distributed systems (DS) is not permitted, forming a self-contained network.
- DS distributed systems
- the membership of an STA in a BSS can be dynamically changed by the STA turning on or off, the STA entering or leaving the BSS area, etc.
- an STA can join the BSS using a synchronization process.
- an STA In order to access all services of the BSS infrastructure, an STA must be associated with a BSS. This association can be dynamically established and may include the use of a Distribution System Service (DSS).
- DSS Distribution System Service
- the direct STA-to-STA distance may be limited by the PHY performance. In some cases, this distance limitation may be sufficient, but in some cases, communication between STAs over longer distances may be required.
- a distributed system may be configured.
- DS refers to a structure in which BSSs are interconnected.
- a BSS may exist as an extended component of a network composed of multiple BSSs, as shown in FIG. 2.
- DS is a logical concept and can be specified by the characteristics of a distributed system medium (DSM).
- DSM distributed system medium
- WM wireless medium
- DSM distributed system medium
- Each logical medium is used for a different purpose and is used by different components. These media are neither limited to being the same nor limited to being different.
- the flexibility of a wireless LAN structure can be explained in that multiple media are logically different.
- a wireless LAN structure can be implemented in various ways, and each wireless LAN structure can be independently specified by the physical characteristics of each implementation example.
- a DS can support mobile devices by providing seamless integration of multiple BSSs and providing logical services necessary to handle addresses to destinations.
- a DS can further include a component called a portal that acts as a bridge for connecting wireless LANs to other networks (e.g., IEEE 802.X).
- An AP is an entity that enables access to a DS through a WM for associated non-AP STAs, and also has the functionality of an STA. Data movement between a BSS and a DS can be performed through an AP.
- STA2 and STA3 illustrated in FIG. 2 have the functionality of an STA, and provide a function that allows associated non-AP STAs (STA1 and STA4) to access the DS.
- all APs are basically STAs, all APs are addressable entities.
- the address used by an AP for communication on a WM and the address used by an AP for communication on a DSM need not necessarily be the same.
- a BSS consisting of an AP and one or more STAs can be called an infrastructure BSS.
- Data transmitted from one of the STA(s) associated with an AP to the STA address of that AP is always received on an uncontrolled port and can be processed by an IEEE 802.1X port access entity.
- the transmitted data (or frame) can be forwarded to the DS.
- an Extended Service Set may be established to provide wider coverage.
- An ESS is a network of arbitrary size and complexity consisting of DSs and BSSs.
- An ESS may correspond to a set of BSSs connected to a DS. However, an ESS does not include a DS.
- An ESS network is characterized by being seen as an IBSS in the LLC (Logical Link Control) layer. STAs included in an ESS can communicate with each other, and mobile STAs can move from one BSS to another BSS (within the same ESS) transparently to the LLC.
- APs included in an ESS may have the same SSID (service set identification). The SSID is distinct from the BSSID, which is an identifier of the BSS.
- the BSSs can be partially overlapped, which is a common configuration used to provide continuous coverage; the BSSs can also be physically unconnected, and logically there is no limit to the distance between the BSSs; the BSSs can also be physically co-located, which can be used to provide redundancy; and one (or more) IBSS or ESS networks can physically co-exist in the same space as one (or more) ESS networks.
- This can correspond to ESS network configurations where ad-hoc networks operate at locations where ESS networks exist, where physically overlapping wireless networks are configured by different organizations, or where two or more different access and security policies are required at the same location.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a link setup process to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- the link setup process may also be referred to as a session initiation process or a session setup process.
- the discovery, authentication, association, and security setup processes of the link setup process may be collectively referred to as the association process.
- the STA may perform a network discovery operation.
- the network discovery operation may include a scanning operation of the STA. That is, in order for the STA to access the network, it must find a network that it can participate in. The STA must identify a compatible network before participating in the wireless network, and the process of identifying a network existing in a specific area is called scanning.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a network discovery operation including an active scanning process as an example.
- active scanning an STA performing scanning transmits a probe request frame to search for APs in the vicinity while moving between channels and waits for a response.
- a responder transmits a probe response frame to the STA that transmitted the probe request frame as a response to the probe request frame.
- the responder may be an STA that last transmitted a beacon frame in the BSS of the channel being scanned.
- the AP transmits a beacon frame, so the AP becomes the responder, and in the IBSS, the STAs within the IBSS take turns transmitting beacon frames, so the responder is not fixed.
- an STA that transmits a probe request frame on channel 1 and receives a probe response frame on channel 1 can store BSS-related information included in the received probe response frame and move to the next channel (e.g., channel 2) to perform scanning (i.e., transmitting and receiving probe requests/responses on channel 2) in the same manner.
- the next channel e.g., channel 2
- scanning i.e., transmitting and receiving probe requests/responses on channel 2
- the scanning operation can also be performed in a passive scanning manner.
- passive scanning an STA performing scanning moves through channels and waits for a beacon frame.
- a beacon frame is one of the management frames defined in IEEE 802.11, and is periodically transmitted to notify the existence of a wireless network and to enable an STA performing scanning to find a wireless network and participate in the wireless network.
- an AP In a BSS, an AP periodically transmits a beacon frame, and in an IBSS, STAs in the IBSS take turns transmitting beacon frames.
- an STA performing scanning receives a beacon frame, it stores information about the BSS included in the beacon frame and moves to another channel, recording beacon frame information on each channel.
- An STA receiving a beacon frame stores information related to the BSS included in the received beacon frame, moves to the next channel, and performs scanning on the next channel in the same manner. Comparing active scanning and passive scanning, active scanning has the advantage of lower delay and power consumption than passive scanning.
- step S320 After the STA discovers the network, an authentication process may be performed in step S320.
- This authentication process may be referred to as a first authentication process to clearly distinguish it from the security setup operation of step S340 described below.
- the authentication process includes the STA sending an authentication request frame to the AP, and the AP sending an authentication response frame to the STA in response.
- the authentication frame used for the authentication request/response corresponds to a management frame.
- the authentication frame may include information such as an authentication algorithm number, an authentication transaction sequence number, a status code, a challenge text, a Robust Security Network (RSN), a Finite Cyclic Group, etc. These are just some examples of information that may be included in an authentication request/response frame, and may be replaced by other information or include additional information.
- RSN Robust Security Network
- the STA may transmit an authentication request frame to the AP.
- the AP may determine whether to allow authentication for the STA based on information included in the received authentication request frame.
- the AP may provide the result of the authentication processing to the STA through an authentication response frame.
- an association process may be performed in step S330.
- the association process includes a process in which the STA transmits an association request frame to the AP, and in response, the AP transmits an association response frame to the STA.
- the association request frame may include information about various capabilities, a beacon listen interval, a service set identifier (SSID), supported rates, supported channels, RSN, mobility domains, supported operating classes, a Traffic Indication Map Broadcast request, interworking service capabilities, etc.
- the association response frame may include information about various capabilities, a status code, an Association ID (AID), supported rates, an Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) parameter set, a Received Channel Power Indicator (RCPI), a Received Signal to Noise Indicator (RSNI), a mobility domain, a timeout interval (e.g., association comeback time), overlapping BSS scan parameters, a TIM broadcast response, a Quality of Service (QoS) map, etc.
- AID Association ID
- EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access
- RCPI Received Channel Power Indicator
- RSNI Received Signal to Noise Indicator
- timeout interval e.g., association comeback time
- overlapping BSS scan parameters e.g., TIM broadcast response
- a security setup process may be performed in step S340.
- the security setup process of step S340 may be referred to as an authentication process through a Robust Security Network Association (RSNA) request/response
- the authentication process of step S320 may be referred to as a first authentication process
- the security setup process of step S340 may be referred to simply as an authentication process.
- RSNA Robust Security Network Association
- the security setup process of step S340 may include a process of performing private key setup, for example, through 4-way handshaking via an Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN (EAPOL) frame. Additionally, the security setup process may be performed according to a security method not defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
- EAPOL Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a backoff process to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- the basic access mechanism of MAC is the CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) mechanism.
- the CSMA/CA mechanism is also called the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) of IEEE 802.11 MAC, and basically adopts the "listen before talk" access mechanism.
- DCF Distributed Coordination Function
- the AP and/or STA may perform a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) to sense the wireless channel or medium for a predetermined time period (e.g., a DCF Inter-Frame Space (DIFS)) before starting transmission. If the sensing result determines that the medium is in an idle state, the AP and/or STA may start transmitting frames through the medium.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- DIFS DCF Inter-Frame Space
- the AP and/or STA may not start its own transmission, but may wait for a delay period (e.g., a random backoff period) for medium access and then attempt to transmit frames.
- a delay period e.g., a random backoff period
- the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol provides a Hybrid Coordination Function (HCF).
- the HCF is based on the DCF and the Point Coordination Function (PCF).
- the PCF is a polling-based synchronous access method in which all receiving APs and/or STAs periodically poll to receive data frames.
- the HCF has EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access) and HCCA (HCF Controlled Channel Access).
- EDCA is a contention-based access method in which a provider provides data frames to multiple users, and HCCA uses a non-contention-based channel access method using a polling mechanism.
- the HCF includes a medium access mechanism for improving the QoS (Quality of Service) of a wireless LAN, and can transmit QoS data in both a contention period (CP) and a contention-free period (CFP).
- QoS Quality of Service
- a random backoff period When an occupied/busy medium changes to an idle state, multiple STAs may attempt to transmit data (or frames). As a measure to minimize collisions, each STA may select a random backoff count, wait for the corresponding slot time, and then attempt to transmit.
- the random backoff count has a pseudo-random integer value and may be determined as one of the values in the range of 0 to CW.
- CW is a contention window parameter value.
- the CW parameter is initially given CWmin, but may take a double value in case of transmission failure (e.g., when an ACK for a transmitted frame is not received).
- the STA continues to monitor the medium while counting down the backoff slots according to the determined backoff count value. If the medium is monitored as occupied, the countdown stops and waits, and when the medium becomes idle, the remaining countdown is resumed.
- STA3 when a packet to be transmitted reaches the MAC of STA3, STA3 can check that the medium is idle for DIFS and transmit the frame right away. The remaining STAs monitor whether the medium is occupied/busy and wait. In the meantime, data to be transmitted may also occur in each of STA1, STA2, and STA5, and each STA can perform a countdown of the backoff slot according to a random backoff count value selected by each STA after waiting for DIFS when the medium is monitored as idle. Assume that STA2 selects the smallest backoff count value and STA1 selects the largest backoff count value.
- this example shows a case where the remaining backoff time of STA5 is shorter than the remaining backoff time of STA1 when STA2 finishes the backoff count and starts frame transmission.
- STA1 and STA5 briefly stop the countdown and wait while STA2 occupies the medium.
- STA1 and STA5 resume the stopped backoff count after waiting for DIFS. That is, they can start frame transmission after counting down the remaining backoff slots by the remaining backoff time. Since STA5's remaining backoff time is shorter than STA1's, STA5 starts frame transmission. While STA2 occupies the medium, STA4 may also have data to transmit.
- Fig. 4 shows a case where the remaining backoff time of STA5 coincidentally matches the random backoff count value of STA4, and in this case, a collision may occur between STA4 and STA5. If a collision occurs, neither STA4 nor STA5 will receive an ACK, resulting in a failure in data transmission. In this case, STA4 and STA5 can select a random backoff count value and perform a countdown after doubling the CW value.
- STA1 waits while the medium is occupied by transmissions from STA4 and STA5, and when the medium becomes idle, it waits for DIFS, and then starts transmitting frames after the remaining backoff time has elapsed.
- a data frame is a frame used for transmitting data forwarded to a higher layer, and can be transmitted after a backoff performed after DIFS elapses from when the medium becomes idle.
- a management frame is a frame used for exchanging management information that is not forwarded to a higher layer, and is transmitted after a backoff performed after an IFS such as DIFS or PIFS (Point coordination function IFS) elapses.
- Subtype frames of the management frame include a beacon, an association request/response, a re-association request/response, a probe request/response, and an authentication request/response.
- a control frame is a frame used to control access to the medium.
- the subtype frames of the control frame include RTS (Request-To-Send), CTS (Clear-To-Send), ACK (Acknowledgment), PS-Poll (Power Save-Poll), Block ACK (BlockAck), Block ACK Request (BlockACKReq), NDP notification (null data packet announcement), and Trigger. If the control frame is not a response frame to the previous frame, it is transmitted after the backoff performed after the DIFS (DIFS), and if it is a response frame to the previous frame, it is transmitted without the backoff performed after the SIFS (short IFS).
- DIFS DIFS
- SIFS short IFS
- a QoS (Quality of Service) STA can transmit a frame after a backoff performed after the AIFS (arbitration IFS) for the access category (AC) to which the frame belongs, i.e., AIFS[i] (where i is a value determined by the AC), has elapsed.
- AIFS aromatic IFS
- the frames for which AIFS[i] can be used can be data frames, management frames, and also control frames that are not response frames.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a CSMA/CA-based frame transmission operation to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- the CSMA/CA mechanism includes virtual carrier sensing in addition to physical carrier sensing in which an STA directly senses the medium.
- Virtual carrier sensing is intended to complement problems that may occur in medium access, such as the hidden node problem.
- the MAC of the STA may utilize a Network Allocation Vector (NAV).
- NAV Network Allocation Vector
- the NAV is a value that indicates to other STAs the remaining time until the medium becomes available, by an STA that is currently using or has the right to use the medium. Therefore, the value set as NAV corresponds to the period during which the medium is scheduled to be used by the STA transmitting the corresponding frame, and the STA that receives the NAV value is prohibited from accessing the medium during the corresponding period.
- the NAV may be set based on the value of the "duration" field of the MAC header of the frame.
- STA1 wants to transmit data to STA2, and STA3 is in a position to overhear part or all of the frames transmitted and received between STA1 and STA2.
- a mechanism using RTS/CTS frames may be applied.
- STA3 may determine that the carrier sensing result of the medium is idle. That is, STA1 may correspond to a hidden node to STA3.
- STA2 may transmitting, STA3 may determine that the carrier sensing result of the medium is idle. That is, STA2 may correspond to a hidden node to STA3.
- STAs outside the transmission range of either STA1 or STA2, or STAs outside the carrier sensing range for transmission from STA1 or STA3 may not attempt to occupy the channel during data transmission and reception between STA1 and STA2.
- STA1 can determine whether a channel is occupied through carrier sensing.
- STA1 can determine a channel occupied idle state based on energy magnitude or signal correlation detected in the channel.
- STA1 can determine a channel occupied state using a network allocation vector (NAV) timer.
- NAV network allocation vector
- STA1 can transmit an RTS frame to STA2 after performing a backoff if the channel is idle during DIFS. If STA2 receives the RTS frame, it can transmit a CTS frame, which is a response to the RTS frame, to STA1 after SIFS.
- STA3 can set a NAV timer for the subsequently transmitted frame transmission period (e.g., SIFS + CTS frame + SIFS + data frame + SIFS + ACK frame) using the duration information included in the RTS frame.
- STA3 can set a NAV timer for the subsequently transmitted frame transmission period (e.g., SIFS + data frame + SIFS + ACK frame) using the duration information included in the CTS frame.
- STA3 can overhear one or more of the RTS or CTS frames from one or more of STA1 or STA2, it can set a NAV accordingly.
- STA3 can update the NAV timer using the duration information contained in the new frame if it receives a new frame before the NAV timer expires. STA3 does not attempt to access the channel until the NAV timer expires.
- STA1 receives a CTS frame from STA2, it can transmit a data frame to STA2 after SIFS from the time when reception of the CTS frame is completed. If STA2 successfully receives the data frame, it can transmit an ACK frame in response to the data frame to STA1 after SIFS.
- STA3 can determine whether the channel is in use through carrier sensing if the NAV timer expires. If STA3 determines that the channel is not in use by other terminals during DIFS from the expiration of the NAV timer, it can attempt channel access after a contention window (CW) following a random backoff has elapsed.
- CW contention window
- FIG. 6 is a drawing for explaining an example of a frame structure used in a wireless LAN system to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- the PHY layer can prepare an MPDU (MAC PDU) to be transmitted by an instruction or primitive (meaning a set of instructions or parameters) from the MAC layer. For example, when a command requesting the start of transmission of the PHY layer is received from the MAC layer, the PHY layer can switch to transmission mode and transmit the information (e.g., data) provided from the MAC layer in the form of a frame. In addition, when the PHY layer detects a valid preamble of the received frame, it monitors the header of the preamble and sends a command to the MAC layer notifying the start of reception of the PHY layer.
- MPDU MPDU
- an instruction or primitive meaning a set of instructions or parameters
- PPDU PHY layer Protocol Data Unit
- a basic PPDU may include a Short Training Field (STF), a Long Training Field (LTF), a SIGNAL (SIG) field, and a Data field.
- STF Short Training Field
- LTF Long Training Field
- SIG SIGNAL
- PPDU format may consist of only a Legacy-STF (L-STF), a Legacy-LTF (L-LTF), a Legacy-SIG (Legacy-SIG) field, and a Data field.
- RL-SIG RL-SIG
- U-SIG non-legacy SIG field
- non-legacy STF non-legacy LTF
- xx-SIG xx-SIG
- xx-LTF e.g., xx represents HT, VHT, HE, EHT, etc.
- STF is a signal for signal detection, AGC (Automatic Gain Control), diversity selection, precise time synchronization, etc.
- LTF is a signal for channel estimation, frequency error estimation, etc. STF and LTF can be said to be signals for OFDM physical layer synchronization and channel estimation.
- the SIG field may include various information related to PPDU transmission and reception.
- the L-SIG field may consist of 24 bits and may include a 4-bit Rate field, a 1-bit Reserved bit, a 12-bit Length field, a 1-bit Parity field, and a 6-bit Tail field.
- the RATE field may include information about a modulation and coding rate of data.
- the 12-bit Length field may include information about the length or time duration of the PPDU.
- the value of the 12-bit Length field may be determined based on the type of the PPDU. For example, for a non-HT, HT, VHT, or EHT PPDU, the value of the Length field may be determined as a multiple of 3.
- the value of the Length field can be determined as a multiple of 3 + 1 or a multiple of 3 + 2.
- the data field may include a SERVICE field, a Physical layer Service Data Unit (PSDU), a PPDU TAIL bit, and, if necessary, padding bits.
- PSDU Physical layer Service Data Unit
- PPDU TAIL bit may be used to return the encoder to the 0 state.
- padding bit may be used to adjust the length of the data field to a predetermined unit.
- MAC PDU is defined according to various MAC frame formats, and the basic MAC frame consists of a MAC header, frame body, and FCS (Frame Check Sequence).
- MAC frame consists of MAC PDU and can be transmitted/received through PSDU of the data part of PPDU format.
- the MAC header includes a Frame Control field, a Duration/ID field, an Address field, etc.
- the Frame Control field may include control information required for frame transmission/reception.
- the Duration/ID field may be set to a time for transmitting the corresponding frame, etc.
- the Address subfields may indicate a receiver address, a transmitter address, a destination address, and a source address of the frame, and some Address subfields may be omitted. For specific details of each subfield of the MAC header, including the Sequence Control, QoS Control, and HT Control subfields, refer to the IEEE 802.11 standard document.
- Null-Data PPDU (NDP) format refers to a PPDU format that does not include a data field. That is, NDP refers to a frame format that includes a PPDU preamble (i.e., L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG fields, and additionally, non-legacy SIG, non-legacy STF, non-legacy LTF if present) in a general PPDU format, and does not include the remaining part (i.e., data field).
- a PPDU preamble i.e., L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG fields, and additionally, non-legacy SIG, non-legacy STF, non-legacy LTF if present
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating examples of PPDUs defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- the basic PPDU format (IEEE 802.11a/g) includes L-LTF, L-STF, L-SIG, and Data fields.
- the basic PPDU format can also be called a non-HT PPDU format (Fig. 7(a)).
- the HT PPDU format (IEEE 802.11n) additionally includes HT-SIG, HT-STF, and HT-LFT(s) fields in the basic PPDU format.
- the HT PPDU format illustrated in Fig. 7(b) may be referred to as an HT-mixed format.
- an HT-greenfield format PPDU may be defined, which corresponds to a format that does not include L-STF, L-LTF, and L-SIG, and consists of HT-GF-STF, HT-LTF1, HT-SIG, one or more HT-LTF, and Data fields (not illustrated).
- VHT PPDU format includes VHT SIG-A, VHT-STF, VHT-LTF, and VHT-SIG-B fields in addition to the basic PPDU format (Fig. 7(c)).
- HE PPDU format (IEEE 802.11ax) additionally includes RL-SIG (Repeated L-SIG), HE-SIG-A, HE-SIG-B, HE-STF, HE-LTF(s), and PE (Packet Extension) fields in the basic PPDU format (Fig. 7(d)).
- RL-SIG Repeated L-SIG
- HE-SIG-A HE-SIG-B
- HE-STF HE-LTF(s)
- PE Packet Extension
- some fields may be excluded or their lengths may vary.
- the HE-SIG-B field is included in a HE PPDU format for multi-users (MUs), and the HE PPDU format for single users (SUs) does not include the HE-SIG-B.
- a HE trigger-based (TB) PPDU format does not include the HE-SIG-B, and the length of the HE-STF field may vary to 8us.
- a HE ER (Extended Range) SU PPDU format does not include the HE-SIG-B field, and the length of the HE-SIG-A field may vary to 16us.
- RL-SIG can be configured identically to L-SIG. The receiving STA can know that the received PPDU is a HE PPDU or an EHT PPDU, described later, based on the presence of RL-SIG.
- the EHT PPDU format may include the EHT MU (multi-user) PPDU of Fig. 7(e) and the EHT TB (trigger-based) PPDU of Fig. 7(f).
- the EHT PPDU format is similar to the HE PPDU format in that it includes an RL-SIG following an L-SIG, but it may include a U (universal)-SIG, an EHT-SIG, an EHT-STF, and an EHT-LTF following the RL-SIG.
- the EHT MU PPDU in Fig. 7(e) corresponds to a PPDU that carries one or more data (or PSDU) for one or more users. That is, the EHT MU PPDU can be used for both SU transmission and MU transmission.
- the EHT MU PPDU can correspond to a PPDU for one receiving STA or multiple receiving STAs.
- the EHT TB PPDU of Fig. 7(f) omits EHT-SIG compared to the EHT MU PPDU.
- An STA that has received a trigger for UL MU transmission e.g., a trigger frame or TRS (triggered response scheduling)
- TRS triggered response scheduling
- the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, RL-SIG, U-SIG (Universal SIGNAL), and EHT-SIG fields can be encoded and modulated and mapped based on a predetermined subcarrier frequency interval (e.g., 312.5 kHz) so that even legacy STAs can attempt to demodulate and decode them. These can be referred to as pre-EHT modulated fields.
- a predetermined subcarrier frequency interval e.g., 312.5 kHz
- the EHT-STF, EHT-LTF, Data, and PE fields can be encoded and modulated and mapped based on a predetermined subcarrier frequency interval (e.g., 78.125 kHz) so that they can be demodulated and decoded by an STA that successfully decodes a non-legacy SIG (e.g., U-SIG and/or EHT-SIG) and obtains the information included in the corresponding fields.
- a predetermined subcarrier frequency interval e.g., 78.125 kHz
- a non-legacy SIG e.g., U-SIG and/or EHT-SIG
- EHT modulated fields e.g., U-SIG and/or EHT-SIG
- the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, RL-SIG, HE-SIG-A, and HE-SIG-B fields may be referred to as pre-HE modulation fields, and the HE-STF, HE-LTF, Data, and PE fields may be referred to as HE modulation fields.
- the L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, and VHT-SIG-A fields may be referred to as pre-VHT modulation fields
- the VHT STF, VHT-LTF, VHT-SIG-B, and Data fields may be referred to as VHT modulation fields.
- the U-SIG included in the EHT PPDU format of Fig. 7 can be configured based on, for example, two symbols (e.g., two consecutive OFDM symbols).
- Each symbol (e.g., OFDM symbol) for the U-SIG can have a duration of 4us, and the U-SIG can have a total duration of 8us.
- Each symbol of the U-SIG can be used to transmit 26 bits of information.
- each symbol of the U-SIG can be transmitted and received based on 52 data tones and 4 pilot tones.
- U-SIG can be configured in 20MHz units. For example, when an 80MHz PPDU is configured, the same U-SIG can be replicated in 20MHz units. That is, four identical U-SIGs can be included in an 80MHz PPDU. When the bandwidth exceeds 80MHz, for example, for a 160MHz PPDU, the U-SIG of the first 80MHz unit and the U-SIG of the second 80MHz unit can be different.
- a uncoded bits can be transmitted, and a first symbol of U-SIG (e.g., U-SIG-1 symbol) can transmit the first X bits of information out of the total A bits of information, and a second symbol of U-SIG (e.g., U-SIG-2 symbol) can transmit the remaining Y bits of information out of the total A bits of information.
- the A bits of information e.g., 52 uncoded bits
- the tail field can be used to terminate the trellis of the convolutional decoder and can be set to 0, for example.
- the A bit information transmitted by U-SIG can be divided into version-independent bits and version-dependent bits.
- U-SIG may be included in a new PPDU format (e.g., UHR PPDU format) not shown in FIG. 7, and in the format of the U-SIG field included in the EHT PPDU format and the format of the U-SIG field included in the UHR PPDU format, the version-independent bits may be the same, and some or all of the version-dependent bits may be different.
- the size of the version-independent bits of U-SIG can be fixed or variable.
- the version-independent bits can be assigned only to U-SIG-1 symbols, or to both U-SIG-1 symbols and U-SIG-2 symbols.
- the version-independent bits and the version-dependent bits can be called by various names, such as the first control bit and the second control bit.
- the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include a 3-bit PHY version identifier, which may indicate the PHY version (e.g., EHT, UHR, etc.) of the transmitted and received PPDU.
- the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include a 1-bit UL/DL flag field. The first value of the 1-bit UL/DL flag field relates to UL communication, and the second value of the UL/DL flag field relates to DL communication.
- the version-independent bits of U-SIG may include information about the length of a TXOP (transmission opportunity) and information about a BSS color ID.
- the version-dependent bits of the U-SIG may contain information that directly or indirectly indicates the type of the PPDU (e.g., SU PPDU, MU PPDU, TB PPDU, etc.).
- the U-SIG may further include information about bandwidth, information about an MCS technique applied to a non-legacy SIG (e.g., EHT-SIG or UHR-SIG, etc.), information indicating whether a dual carrier modulation (DCM) technique (e.g., a technique for achieving an effect similar to frequency diversity by reusing the same signal on two subcarriers) is applied to the non-legacy SIG, information about the number of symbols used for the non-legacy SIG, information about whether the non-legacy SIG is generated over the entire band, etc.
- DCM dual carrier modulation
- Some of the information required for PPDU transmission and reception may be included in the U-SIG and/or the non-legacy SIG (e.g., EHT-SIG or UHR-SIG, etc.).
- information about the type of the non-legacy LTF/STF e.g., EHT-LTF/EHT-STF or UHR-LTF/UHR-STF, etc.
- information about the length of the non-legacy LTF and the cyclic prefix (CP) length e.g., EHT-LTF/EHT-STF or UHR-LTF/UHR-STF, etc.
- information about the length of the non-legacy LTF and the cyclic prefix (CP) length e.g., information about the guard interval (GI) applied to the non-legacy LTF
- information about the preamble puncturing applicable to the PPDU e.g., information about the resource unit (RU) allocation, etc.
- RU resource unit
- Preamble puncturing may mean transmission of a PPDU in which no signal is present in one or more frequency units within the bandwidth of the PPDU.
- the size of the frequency unit (or the resolution of the preamble puncturing) may be defined as 20 MHz, 40 MHz, etc.
- preamble puncturing may be applied to a PPDU bandwidth greater than a predetermined size.
- non-legacy SIGs such as HE-SIG-B, EHT-SIG, etc. may include control information for the receiving STA.
- the non-legacy SIG may be transmitted through at least one symbol, and one symbol may have a length of 4 us.
- Information about the number of symbols used for EHT-SIG may be included in a previous SIG (e.g., HE-SIG-A, U-SIG, etc.).
- Non-legacy SIGs such as HE-SIG-B, EHT-SIG, etc.
- HE-SIG-B may contain common fields and user-specific fields. Common fields and user-specific fields may be coded separately.
- the common field may be omitted.
- the common field may be omitted, and multiple STAs may receive a PPDU (e.g., a data field of a PPDU) over the same frequency band.
- a PPDU e.g., a data field of a PPDU
- multiple users may receive a PPDU (e.g., a data field of a PPDU) over different frequency bands.
- the number of user-specific fields can be determined based on the number of users.
- One user block field can include at most two user fields.
- Each user field can be associated with an MU-MIMO allocation or associated with a non-MU-MIMO allocation.
- the common field may include CRC bits and Tail bits, the length of the CRC bits may be determined as 4 bits, the length of the Tail bits may be determined as 6 bits and may be set to 000000.
- the common field may include RU allocation information.
- the RU allocation information may include information about the location of RUs to which multiple users (i.e., multiple receiving STAs) are allocated.
- An RU may include multiple subcarriers (or tones). An RU may be used when transmitting signals to multiple STAs based on the OFDMA technique. An RU may also be defined when transmitting signals to one STA. Resources may be allocated in RU units for non-legacy STFs, non-legacy LTFs, and Data fields.
- an applicable size of RU can be defined.
- the RU may be defined identically or differently for the applicable PPDU format (e.g., HE PPDU, EHT PPDU, UHR PPDU, etc.).
- the RU arrangements of HE PPDU and EHT PPDU may be different.
- the applicable RU size, RU number, RU position, DC (direct current) subcarrier position and number, null subcarrier position and number, guard subcarrier position and number, etc. for each PPDU bandwidth can be referred to as a tone plan.
- a tone plan for a wide bandwidth can be defined in the form of multiple repetitions of a tone plan for a low bandwidth.
- RUs of different sizes can be defined, such as 26-tone RU, 52-tone RU, 106-tone RU, 242-tone RU, 484-tone RU, 996-tone RU, 2 ⁇ 996-tone RU, 3 ⁇ 996-tone RU, etc.
- a multiple RU is distinct from multiple individual RUs and corresponds to a group of subcarriers consisting of multiple RUs.
- one MRU can be defined as 52+26-tones, 106+26-tones, 484+242-tones, 996+484-tones, 996+484+242-tones, 2 ⁇ 996+484-tones, 3 ⁇ 996-tones, or 3 ⁇ 996+484-tones.
- multiple RUs constituting one MRU may or may not be consecutive in the frequency domain.
- the specific size of the RU may be reduced or expanded. Therefore, the specific size of each RU (i.e., the number of corresponding tones) in the present disclosure is not limited and is exemplary. In addition, within a given bandwidth (e.g., 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 MHz, ...) in the present disclosure, the number of RUs may vary depending on the RU size.
- each field in the PPDU formats of FIG. 7 are exemplary, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limited by the names.
- the examples of the present disclosure can be applied not only to the PPDU format exemplified in FIG. 7, but also to a new PPDU format in which some fields are excluded and/or some fields are added based on the PPDU formats of FIG. 7.
- FIGS. 8 to 10 are diagrams for explaining examples of resource units of a wireless LAN system to which the present disclosure can be applied.
- An RU may include multiple subcarriers (or tones). An RU may be used when transmitting a signal to multiple STAs based on an OFDMA technique. An RU may also be defined when transmitting a signal to one STA. An RU may be used for an STF, LTF, data field, etc. of a PPDU.
- RUs corresponding to different numbers of tones may be used to configure some fields of a 20 MHz, 40 MHz, or 80 MHz X-PPDU (X represents HE, EHT, etc.).
- X represents HE, EHT, etc.
- resources may be allocated in units of RUs illustrated for X-STF, X-LTF, and Data fields.
- Figure 8 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on a 20 MHz band.
- 26 units i.e., units corresponding to 26 tones
- Six tones may be used as a guard band in the leftmost band of the 20 MHz band, and five tones may be used as a guard band in the rightmost band of the 20 MHz band.
- seven DC tones may be inserted in the center band, i.e., the DC band, and 26 units corresponding to 13 tones may exist on the left and right sides of the DC band, respectively.
- 26 units, 52 units, and 106 units may be allocated to other bands. Each unit may be allocated for an STA or a user.
- RU layout of Fig. 9 is utilized not only in a situation for multiple users (MUs) but also in a situation for a single user (SU), in which case it is possible to use one 242-unit as shown at the bottom of Fig. 8. In this case, three DC tones can be inserted.
- RUs of various sizes i.e., 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, etc. are exemplified, but the specific sizes of these RUs may be reduced or expanded. Accordingly, the specific size of each RU (i.e., the number of corresponding tones) in the present disclosure is not limited and is exemplary. In addition, in the present disclosure, within a given bandwidth (e.g., 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 MHz, ...), the number of RUs may vary depending on the RU size. In the examples of FIG. 9 and/or FIG. 10 described below, the fact that the size and/or number of RUs may be changed is the same as the example of FIG. 8.
- Figure 9 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on a 40 MHz band.
- the example of FIG. 9 can also use 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, etc.
- five DC tones can be inserted at the center frequency, 12 tones can be used as a guard band in the leftmost band of the 40 MHz band, and 11 tones can be used as a guard band in the rightmost band of the 40 MHz band.
- 484-RU when used for a single user, 484-RU may be used.
- Figure 10 is a diagram showing an exemplary arrangement of resource units (RUs) used on the 80 MHz band.
- RUs resource units
- the example of FIG. 10 can also use 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, 996-RU, etc.
- the RU layout of HE PPDU and EHT PPDU can be different, and the example of FIG. 10 shows an example of the RU layout for 80 MHz EHT PPDU.
- 12 tones are used as a guard band in the leftmost band of the 80 MHz band, and 11 tones are used as a guard band in the rightmost band of the 80 MHz band, which is the same for HE PPDU and EHT PPDU.
- EHT PPDU Unlike HE PPDU where seven DC tones are inserted in the DC band and there is one 26-RU corresponding to 13 tones each on the left and right of the DC band, EHT PPDU has 23 DC tones inserted in the DC band and there is one 26-RU each on the left and right of the DC band. Unlike HE PPDU where there is one null subcarrier between 242-RUs other than the center band, EHT PPDU has five null subcarriers. In HE PPDU, one 484-RU does not contain any null subcarriers, but in EHT PPDU, one 484-RU contains five null subcarriers.
- 996-RU when used for a single user, 996-RU can be used, in which case the insertion of 5 DC tones is common in both HE PPDU and EHT PPDU.
- An EHT PPDU of 160 MHz or higher can be configured with multiple 80 MHz subblocks of FIG. 10.
- the RU layout for each 80 MHz subblock can be the same as the RU layout of the 80 MHz EHT PPDU of FIG. 10. If an 80 MHz subblock of a 160 MHz or 320 MHz EHT PPDU is not punctured and the entire 80 MHz subblock is used as part of an RU or MRU (Multiple RU), the 80 MHz subblock can use 996-RU of FIG. 10.
- an MRU corresponds to a group of subcarriers (or tones) composed of multiple RUs, and the multiple RUs constituting an MRU may be RUs of the same size or of different sizes.
- a single MRU may be defined as 52+26-tones, 106+26-tones, 484+242-tones, 996+484-tones, 996+484+242-tones, 2 ⁇ 996+484-tones, 3 ⁇ 996-tones, or 3 ⁇ 996+484-tones.
- the multiple RUs constituting one MRU may correspond to RUs of small size (e.g., 26, 52, 106) or RUs of large size (e.g., 242, 484, 996, etc.). That is, a single MRU including a small size RU and a large size RU may not be set/defined. In addition, multiple RUs composing a single MRU may or may not be consecutive in the frequency domain.
- the 80 MHz subblock may use RU layouts other than the 996-tone RUs.
- an RU index can be assigned in order from low frequency to high frequency.
- a PPDU in the 160 MHz range or higher may consist of multiple 80 MHz frequency subblocks.
- the tone plan and RU allocation for each 80 MHz frequency subblock may be the same as the 80 MHz PPDU. If an 80 MHz frequency subblock of a 160 MHz or 320 MHz PPDU is not punctured and the entire 80 MHz frequency subblock is used as an RU or as a part of an RU/MRU, the 80 MHz frequency subblock may use the 996-tone RU as illustrated in FIG. 9.
- the 80 MHz frequency subblock may use a tone plan and RU allocation excluding the 996-tone RU as illustrated in FIG. 9.
- MRUs Multiple RUs
- the subcarrier indices of the MRU can be composed of the indices of the corresponding RUs that constitute the MRU.
- an MRU corresponds to a group of subcarriers (or tones) composed of multiple RUs, and the multiple RUs constituting an MRU may be RUs of the same size or of different sizes.
- a single MRU may be defined as 52+26-tones, 106+26-tones, 484+242-tones, 996+484-tones, 996+484+242-tones, 2 ⁇ 996+484-tones, 3 ⁇ 996-tones, or 3 ⁇ 996+484-tones.
- the multiple RUs constituting one MRU may correspond to RUs of small size (e.g., 26, 52, 106) or RUs of large size (e.g., 242, 484, 996, etc.). That is, a single MRU including a small size RU and a large size RU may not be set/defined. In addition, multiple RUs composing a single MRU may or may not be consecutive in the frequency domain.
- the RU of the present disclosure can be used for uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) communication.
- an STA e.g., an AP
- transmitting a trigger can allocate a first RU (e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.) to a first STA and a second RU (e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.) to a second STA through trigger information (e.g., a trigger frame or TRS (triggered response scheduling)).
- trigger information e.g., a trigger frame or TRS (triggered response scheduling)
- the first STA can transmit a first trigger-based (TB) PPDU based on the first RU
- the second STA can transmit a second TB PPDU based on the second RU.
- the first/second TB PPDUs can be transmitted to the AP in the same time interval.
- an STA e.g., an AP transmitting the DL MU PPDU may allocate a first RU (e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.) to a first STA and a second RU (e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.) to a second STA.
- a first RU e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.
- a second RU e.g., 26/52/106/242-RU, etc.
- a PPDU in the range of 160 MHz or more may consist of multiple 80 MHz frequency subblocks.
- the tone plan and RU allocation for each 80 MHz frequency subblock may be the same as that of the 80 MHz PPDU. If an 80 MHz frequency subblock of a 160 MHz or 320 MHz PPDU is not punctured and the entire 80 MHz frequency subblock is used as an RU or as a part of an RU or an MRU, the 80 MHz frequency subblock may use 996-tone RUs as in the example of FIG. 10.
- the 80 MHz frequency subblock may use the same tone plan and RU allocation as in the example of FIG. 10 (except for the 996-tone RU).
- the positions of RUs within a 160 MHz PPDU can be defined and fixed as shown in Table 1 below.
- Table 1 illustrates the data and pilot subcarrier indices of RUs in a 160 MHz PPDU.
- subcarrier index 0 corresponds to the DC tone.
- Negative subcarrier indices correspond to subcarriers having a lower frequency than the DC tone, and positive subcarrier indices correspond to subcarriers having a higher frequency than the DC tone.
- the DC subcarriers illustrated in Fig. 10 are subcarriers with zero energy and include the DC tone and the subcarrier indices adjacent to subcarrier index 0.
- Guard subcarriers are subcarriers with zero energy and are located at the edge of the OFDM symbol in the frequency domain.
- An STA can be assigned multiple RUs (MRUs).
- the subcarrier index of an MRU can be composed of the indices of the corresponding RUs as exemplified in Table 1 where the MRU is constructed.
- An MRU can be composed of a selected combination of multiple RUs, such as 26-tone RU, 52-tone RU, 106-tone RU, 242-tone RU, 484-tone RU, 996-tone RU, 2 ⁇ 996-tone RU. Tone indices of different RUs for different PPDU bandwidths can be defined.
- RUs that are equal to or larger than 242-tone RUs can be defined as large size RUs, and RUs that are smaller than 242-tone RUs can be defined as small size RUs.
- Small size RUs can only be combined with small size RUs to form small size MRUs.
- the small size MRUs defined for DL and UL OFDMA transmissions can be defined as follows: 52+26-tone MRU and 106+26-tone MRU.
- a 52+26-tone MRU can be obtained by a specific combination of a 52-tone RU and an adjacent 26-tone RU belonging to the same 20 MHz channel.
- the data subcarriers of the 52+26-tone MRU can be formed by a union of the data subcarriers of the 52-tone RU and the 26-tone RU constituting the 52+26-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of the 52+26-tone MRU can be formed by a union of the pilot subcarriers of the 52-tone RU and the 26-tone RU constituting the 52+26-tone MRU.
- a 106+26-tone MRU can be obtained by a specific combination of a 106-tone RU and an adjacent 26-tone RU belonging to the same 20 MHz channel.
- the data subcarriers of the 106+26-tone MRU can be configured by a union of the data subcarriers of the 106-tone RU and the 26-tone RU constituting the 106+26-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of the 106+26-tone MRU can be configured by a union of the pilot subcarriers of the 106-tone RU and the 26-tone RU constituting the 106+26-tone MRU.
- the locations of small size MRUs within a 160 MHz PPDU can be defined and fixed as shown in Table 2 below.
- Table 2 shows examples of indices of small size MRUs in OFDMA 160 MHz PPDU.
- Large size RUs can only be combined with large size RUs to form large size MRUs.
- the large size MRUs defined for DL and UL non-OFDMA transmissions can be defined as follows: 484+242-tone MRU, 996+484-tone MRU, 996+484+242-tone MRU, 2 ⁇ 996+484-tone MRU, 3 ⁇ 996-tone MRU, and 3 ⁇ 996+484-tone MRU.
- 996+484-tone MRU is defined when 40 MHz subchannel is punctured.
- 996+484-tone MRU can be obtained by combining 996-tone RU and 484-tone RU.
- the data subcarriers of 996+484-tone MRU can be composed of a union of data subcarriers of 996-tone RU and 484-tone RU that compose 996+484-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of 996+484-tone MRU can be composed of a union of pilot subcarriers of 996-tone RU and 484-tone RU that compose 996+484-tone MRU.
- 996+484+242-tone MRU is defined when 20 MHz subchannel is punctured.
- 996+484+242-tone MRU can be obtained by combining 996-tone RU, 484-tone RU, and 242-tone RU.
- the data subcarriers of 996+484+242-tone MRU can be composed of the union of data subcarriers of 996-tone RU, 484-tone RU, and 242-tone RU that compose 996+484+242-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of a 996+484+242-tone MRU can be formed by a union of the pilot subcarriers of the 996-tone RU, the 484-tone RU, and the 242-tone RU that constitute the 996+484+242-tone MRU.
- the larger size MRUs defined for DL and UL OFDMA transmissions can be: 484+242-tone MRU, 996+484-tone MRU, 2 ⁇ 996+484-tone MRU, 3 ⁇ 996-tone MRU, and 3 ⁇ 996+484-tone MRU.
- a 484+242-tone MRU can exist in an 80 MHz, 160 MHz or 320 MHz PPDU.
- a 484+242-tone MRU can be obtained by combining a 484-tone RU and a 242-tone RU within an 80 MHz frequency subblock.
- the data subcarriers of a 484+242-tone MRU can be composed of a union of the data subcarriers of the 484-tone RU and the 242-tone RU that constitute the 484+242-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of a 484+242-tone MRU can be composed of a union of the pilot subcarriers of the 484-tone RU and the 242-tone RU that constitute the 484+242-tone MRU.
- the 484+242-tone MRU defined for OFDMA 80 MHz PPDU can be applied to each 80 MHz frequency subblock of OFDMA 160 MHz and 320 MHz PPDUs.
- a 996+484-tone MRU can be present in an OFDMA 160 MHz or 320 MHz PPDU.
- a 996+484-tone MRU can be obtained by combining 996-tone RUs and 484-tone RUs within adjacent 80 MHz frequency subblocks of a 160 MHz channel.
- the data subcarriers of a 996+484-tone MRU can be formed by a union of the data subcarriers of the 996-tone RUs and 484-tone RUs that constitute the 996+484-tone MRU.
- the pilot subcarriers of a 996+484-tone MRU can be formed by a union of the pilot subcarriers of the 996-tone RUs and 484-tone RUs that constitute the 996+484-tone MRU.
- the four allowed 996+484-tone MRUs can be the same as for non-OFDMA 160 MHz PPDU.
- the 996+484-tone MRUs defined in OFDMA 160 MHz PPDU can be allowed in the primary 160 MHz channel and the secondary 160 MHz channel of OFDMA transmission within 320 MHz.
- the locations of large size MRUs within a 160 MHz PPDU can be defined and fixed as shown in Table 3 below.
- Table 3 shows examples of indices of large size MRUs in OFDMA 160 MHz PPDU.
- the U-SIG content is identical across both 20 MHz subchannels.
- the U-SIG content is identical across all non-punctured 20 MHz subchannels.
- the U-SIG content is identical across all non-punctured 20 MHz subchannels within each 80 MHz subblock, and may differ from the U-SIG content in other 80 MHz subblocks.
- the U-SIG-1 part of the U-SIG of an EHT MU PPDU may include a PHY version identifier (B0-B2), BW (B3-B5), UL/DL (B6), BSS color (B7-B12), and TXOP (B13-B19), and the U-SIG-2 part may include a PPDU type and compression mode (B0-B1), a validate (B2), punctured channel information (B3-B7), a validate (B8), an EHT-SIG MCS (B9-B10), a number of EHT-SIG symbols (B11-B15), a CRC (B16-B19), and a tail (B20-B25).
- 1 represents a non-punctured subchannel
- x represents a punctured subchannel.
- the puncturing granularity for 80 MHz and 160 MHz PPDU bandwidths can be 20 MHz
- the puncturing granularity for 320 MHz PPDU bandwidth can be 40 MHz.
- the U-SIG-1 part of the U-SIG of the EHT TB PPDU may include version identifier (B0-B2), BW (B3-B5), UL/DL (B6), BSS color (B7-B12), TXOP (B13-B19), and disregard (B20-B25), and the U-SIG-2 part may include PPDU type and compression mode (B0-B1), validate (B2), spatial reuse 1 (B3-B6), spatial reuse 2 (B7-B10), disregard (B11-B15), CRC (B16-B19), and tail (B20-B25).
- the U-SIG field of the EHT MU PPDU includes 5-bit punctured channel information, but the EHT TB PPDU does not include punctured channel information. This is because the EHT TB PPDU is assumed to be configured according to resource allocation indicated by a trigger frame or TRS (triggered response scheduling) control information, and therefore there is no need for the STA to inform the AP of the resource information of the EHT TB PPDU.
- TRS triggered response scheduling
- the STA may not respond with a HE TB PPDU. For example, if a non-AP STA has one or more subfields of a common information field included in the trigger frame or a user field addressed to or selected by the non-AP STA that are not recognized, not supported, or have unsatisfied values, the non-AP STA may choose not to respond to the trigger frame.
- the non-AP STA may choose not to respond to the TRS control subfield if a non-AP STA has a TRS control subfield included in a frame addressed to the non-AP STA that is not recognized, not supported, or have unsatisfied values by the non-AP STA.
- the EHT-SIG field of a 20 MHz EHT MU PPDU contains one EHT-SIG content channel.
- the EHT-SIG field of an EHT MU PPDU of 40 MHz or 80 MHz contains two EHT-SIG content channels.
- the EHT-SIG field of an EHT MU PPDU of 160 MHz or higher contains two EHT-SIG content channels per 80 MHz frequency subblock.
- the bandwidth of an EHT MU PPDU for OFDMA transmission is wider than 80 MHz, the EHT-SIG content channels per 80 MHz frequency subblock may carry different information.
- Each EHT-SIG content channel may consist of common fields and user-specific fields.
- Common fields are spatial reuse (B0-B3), guard interval (GI)+LTF size (B4-B5), number of EHT-LTF symbols (B6-B8), LDPC extra symbol segment (B9), pre-FEC padding factor (B10-B11), PE disambiguity (B12), disregard (B13-B16), N (where N is an integer greater than 0) RU allocation-A (B17-B16+9N), CRC (B17+9N-B20+9N), tail (B21+9N-B26+9N), M (where M is an integer greater than 0) RU allocation-B (RU allocation-A)(B27+9N-B26+9N+9M), CRC(B27+9N+9M-B30+9N+9M), tail(B31+9N+9M-B36+9N+9M).
- the common field of the EHT-SIG content channel may include information about RU allocation, such as RU allocation to be used in the EHT modulation field of the PPDU, RUs allocated to MU-MIMO, number of users in MU-MIMO allocation, etc.
- the common field may consist of one common encoding block, and the common encoding block may include one or two RU Allocation-A subfields.
- the bandwidth is 160 MHz
- the common field may consist of two common encoding blocks, and the first common encoding block may include two RU Allocation-A subfields, and the second common encoding block may include two RU Allocation-B subfields.
- the common field may consist of two common encoding blocks, and the first common encoding block may include two RU Allocation-A subfields, and the second common encoding block may include six RU Allocation-B subfields.
- the common field of the EHT-SIG content channel may not include the RU Allocation subfield.
- Each RU Allocation-A subfield of an EHT-SIG content channel corresponding to a 20 MHz frequency subchannel may indicate RU or MRU allocation, including the size of the RU(s)/MRU(s) and their arrangement in the frequency domain.
- Each RU Allocation-A subfield may also indicate information necessary to calculate the number of users allocated to each of the RU(s)/MRU(s).
- Each RU Allocation-B subfield of an EHT-SIG content channel corresponding to a 20 MHz frequency subchannel may indicate RU or MRU allocation, including the size of the RU(s)/MRU(s) and their arrangement in the frequency domain.
- Each RU Allocation-B subfield may also indicate information necessary to calculate the number of users allocated to each of the RU(s)/MRU(s).
- Both the RU Allocation-A subfield and the RU Allocation-B subfield may be referred to as RU Allocation subfields located in different common encoding blocks.
- the RU Allocation subfield per 80 MHz frequency subblock can convey consistent RU or MRU size and placement information for the entire PPDU.
- a multiple RU (MRU: multiple RU) scheme has been defined, which combines multiple resource units (RUs) and allocates them to a specific STA.
- RU resource units
- a bandwidth of 480 MHz which is larger than the bandwidth supported by the current wireless LAN system, may be defined to improve throughput. Accordingly, the present disclosure proposes a new RU/MRU (and/or a method of allocating the same) that can be used at 480 MHz.
- the 802.11be standard defines RU/MRU used in non-OFDMA/OFDMA transmission.
- RU/MRU limited to each bandwidth (e.g., 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz, 320 MHz) is defined considering the preamble puncturing situation.
- a wide bandwidth (for example, a bandwidth of 480 MHz) may be defined to improve throughput, and various RU/MRUs may be defined in such a situation to efficiently use the channel.
- a new RU/MRU may be defined considering preamble puncturing in a non-OFDMA transmission situation, and in addition to the RU/MRU defined in 802.11be, an additional RU/MRU newly defined in a non-OFDMA transmission situation may also be defined.
- a wideband PPDU is mainly described as a PPDU having a bandwidth of 480 MHz; however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the method proposed in the present disclosure can be equally applied to a wideband PPDU composed of a plurality of 160 MHz bandwidths (which can be referred to as 160 MHz frequency subblocks and 160 MHz subchannels).
- RU/MRU may be omitted in some descriptions and only the size of RU/MRU may be indicated.
- a 480 MHz channel can consider a situation where three 160 MHz channels are combined, and since it is extremely rare for a non-AP STA's capability to exceed 160 MHz, a situation where a non-AP STA is allocated to each 160 MHz channel and transmits can be considered through the use of subchannel selective transmission (SST) when actually operating a 480 MHz channel.
- the SST operation can mean an operation in which a non-AP STA associated with an AP performs transmission and reception operations on one or more channels designated as operating channel(s) enabled for the BSS by the AP.
- the application of operations such as preamble puncturing can utilize the same pattern applied previously for each 160 MHz.
- the preamble puncturing pattern of 480 MHz can also be defined by considering the relevant situation (i.e., considering whether to apply preamble puncturing for each 160 MHz).
- An MRU generated at 480 MHz can be defined by a combination of MRUs defined at 160 MHz.
- the MRU for 480 MHz non-OFDMA transmission is:
- 996, 484, 242 represent the size of RU or MRU.
- [] represents a 160 MHz channel. That is, [a] represents 'a' RU/MRU within the 160 MHz channel.
- [2x996] represents the case where two 996 RU/MRUs are allocated within the 160 MHz channel (i.e., for example, [2x996] represents 2 ⁇ 996-tone MRU, and [996+484+242] represents 996+484+242-tone MRU).
- [2x996]+[996+484+242]+[996+484] could mean including all cases in ascending frequency order: [2x996]+[996+484+242]+[996+484], [2x996]+[996+484]+[996+484+242], [996+484+242]+[2x996]+[996+484], [996+484+242]+[996+484]+[2x996], [996+484]+[2x996]+[996+484+242], [996+484]+[2x996]+[996+484+242], [996+484]+[996+484]+[2x996]+[996+484+242], [996+484]+[996+484]+[996+484+242]+[2x996].
- each 160 MHz channel can have various shapes depending on the preamble puncturing pattern.
- [996+484+242] within one 160 MHz channel can have various shapes depending on the combination of the positions of 996 RU/MRU, 484 RU/MRU, and 242 RU/MRU within the 160 MHz channel.
- this disclosure proposes various cases for MRU in 480 MHz non-OFDMA transmission as above, in actual non-OFDMA transmission, the channel including primary 20 MHz cannot be punctured, and the RU/MRU may be excluded from the transmission.
- RU/MRU defined in existing wireless LAN systems can be applied as is.
- combinations may be possible only within specific channels as defined previously.
- small size MRU i.e., 52+26-tone MRU, 106+26-tone MRU
- 484+242-tone MRU can be defined only within an 80 MHz channel
- 996+484-tone MRU can be defined only within a 160 MHz channel.
- 2x996-tone MRU can also be defined only within a 160 MHz channel.
- the above non-OFDMA MRU can be additionally defined and used in OFDMA transmission, in which case [2x996]+[2x996]+[2x996] can be excluded.
- 480 MHz can be defined as a new bandwidth, in which case the following methods can be applied when transmitting 480 MHz MU PPDU.
- the configuration of 480 MHz can be a combination of three 160 MHz channels. In this situation, if all the transmissions in each of the 160 MHz channels are non-OFDMA (i.e., all the non-OFDMA transmissions for each of the three 160 MHz channels), the 480 MHz MU PPDU can be set/indicated as non-OFDMA type. On the other hand, if at least one of the 160 MHz channels is OFDMA transmission, the 480 MHz MU PPDU can be set/indicated as OFDMA type.
- the PPDU transmitted on the 480 MHz channel can be transmitted as a non-OFDMA type.
- the RU corresponding to the first 160 MHz may be allocated to STA1 and transmitted as a single user (SU)
- the RU corresponding to the second 160 MHz e.g., the 160 MHz of the second frequency in order of frequency ascending
- the RU corresponding to the third 160 MHz e.g., the 160 MHz of the third frequency in order of frequency ascending
- a PPDU transmitted on a 480 MHz channel composed of the three 160 MHz channels may be set/indicated as non-OFDMA.
- the RU corresponding to the first 160 MHz may be allocated to STA1 and transmitted in SU
- the RU corresponding to the second 160 MHz may be allocated to STA2 and transmitted in SU
- the RU corresponding to the third 160 MHz may be allocated to STA3 and STA4 and transmitted in MU MIMO.
- the PPDU transmitted in the 480 MHz channel composed of the three 160 MHz channels may be set/indicated as non-OFDMA.
- the PPDU transmitted in the entire 480 MHz bandwidth can be set/indicated as non-OFDMA.
- a PPDU transmitted on the 480 MHz channel may be transmitted in the OFDMA type.
- an RU corresponding to the first 160 MHz (e.g., the 160 MHz of the lowest frequency in order of frequency ascending) may be allocated to STA1 and SU-transmitted
- an RU corresponding to the second 160 MHz (e.g., the 160 MHz of the second frequency in order of frequency ascending) may be allocated to STA2 and SU-transmitted
- an RU corresponding to the lower 80 MHz of the third 160 MHz (e.g., the 160 MHz of the third frequency in order of frequency ascending) may be allocated to STA3 and SU-transmitted
- an RU corresponding to the higher 80 MHz of the third 160 MHz may be allocated to STA4 and SU-transmitted, then this corresponds to OFDMA transmission from the perspective of the third 160 MHz.
- a PPDU transmitted on a 480 MHz channel composed of the three 160 MHz channels may be set/indicated as OFDMA.
- a 480 MHz PPDU can be structured as follows:
- a 480 MHz PPDU may consist of at least one of an L-STF, an L-LTF, an L-SIG field, an RL-SIG field, a U-SIG field, a UHR-SIG field, a UHR-STF, a UHR-LTF, a data field, and a packet extension.
- the U-SIG field and the UHR SIG field of the 480 MHz PPDU may be reused (i.e., the same fields are used) as the U-SIG and EHT-SIG fields of 802.11be.
- the U-SIG field and/or the UHR SIG field of the 480 MHz PPDU may be defined by changing or adding some subfields within the U-SIG field and/or the EHT-SIG field.
- the 480 MHz PPDU may indicate i) whether the 480 MHz PPDU is of OFDMA type or Non-OFDMA type and/or ii) the bandwidth of the 480 MHz PPDU.
- the U-SIG field may indicate an OFDMA or Non-OFDMA type for the 480 MHz PPDU, and/or may indicate 480 MHz as the bandwidth.
- the 480 MHz PPDU may include a UHR SIG field that includes information for interpreting the 480 MHz PPDU.
- the UHR SIG field may be composed of a common field (i.e., a field carrying common information for multiple users) and a user specific field (i.e., a field carrying individual information for each user).
- the content composition of the UHR SIG field may vary depending on the OFDMA/Non-OFDMA type of the 480 MHz PPDU.
- the STF/LTF type e.g., UHR-STF/UHR-LTF type
- the number of LTF symbols for a 480 MHz PPDU can be the same across the entire bandwidth. That is, the STF/LTF type and the number of LTF symbols can be the same for all three 160 MHz channels constituting 480 MHz.
- a sequence defined over a 480 MHz channel bandwidth can be used as the STF/LTF (e.g., UHR-STF/UHR-LTF) sequence of a 480 MHz PPDU.
- STF/LTF e.g., UHR-STF/UHR-LTF
- a sequence defined over a 160 MHz channel bandwidth for each of three 160 MHz channels constituting 480 MHz can be used as the STF/LTF sequence of a 480 MHz PPDU.
- 80/40/20 MHz sequences can also be used depending on whether puncturing is applied to a specific 160 MHz channel.
- the data fields for the 480 MHz PPDU can be aligned across the entire bandwidth by using packet extensions, etc. That is, the ends of the PPDU can be aligned across all three 160 MHz channels that make up 480 MHz.
- the 480 MHz MU PPDU can be set/indicated as non-OFDMA type.
- non-AP STAs assume that the channels are pre-allocated for each 160 MHz channel due to SST, etc.
- the PPDU e.g., U-SIG field and UHR SIG field in the PPDU
- the PPDU can be configured as follows.
- U-SIG field is included in 480 MHz PPDU, information such as puncturing pattern, SU/MU MIMO type, etc. can be indicated by U-SIG field like 802.11be.
- the 480 MHz PPDU can indicate information of the corresponding 160 MHz channel for each 160 MHz.
- the value (i.e., content) of the U-SIG field for each 160 MHz can indicate information of the corresponding 160 MHz channel. That is, the value (i.e., content) of the U-SIG field in the 160 MHz channel can be the same, but the value (i.e., content) of the U-SIG field can be different for each 160 MHz channel.
- the punctured channel information subfield in each 160 MHz channel can be individually set (e.g., set to a different value) to indicate a puncturing pattern applied to each 160 MHz channel.
- the punctured channel information subfield may indicate one of the puncturing patterns defined in the 160 MHz bandwidth as in the example of Table 4, but if more than 80 MHz is punctured, it may also indicate the puncturing pattern defined in the 80/40/20 MHz bandwidth.
- a 2-bit subfield may be defined (e.g., in the U-SIG field), and punctured pattern bandwidth information may be indicated by the corresponding subfield.
- Information such as spatial reuse, LTF related information, LDPC extra symbol segment, padding, number of users, etc. can be indicated by 480 MHz PPDU. If UHR SIG field is included in 480 MHz PPDU, information such as spatial reuse, LTF related information, LDPC extra symbol segment, padding, number of users, etc. can be indicated in common field of the UHR SIG field similar to 802.11be.
- the 480 MHz PPDU can indicate information of the corresponding 160 MHz channel for each 160 MHz.
- the value (i.e., content) of the UHR SIG field can indicate information of the corresponding 160 MHz channel. That is, the value (i.e., content) of the UHR SIG field in the 160 MHz channel can be the same, but the value (i.e., content) of the UHR SIG field can be different for each 160 MHz channel.
- information about the LTF type and GI (guard interval), and the number of LTF symbols can be the same for all 160 MHz channels.
- the number of LTF symbols can be set identically to match the 160 MHz channel that requires the largest number of LTF symbols among each 160 MHz channel.
- the RU allocation subfield within the UHR SIG field may not be included.
- each STA can be indicated by the 480 MHz PPDU. That is, information transmitted to the STA assigned to the corresponding 160 MHz channel can be indicated on each 160 MHz channel.
- the user-specific fields within the UHR SIG field may consist of a user subfield, CRC, tail, etc. similar to 802.11be.
- individual (e.g., different) user subfields may be configured for each 160 MHz channel.
- the 480 MHz MU PPDU may be set/indicated as OFDMA type.
- non-AP STAs may not be allocated channels in advance by SST, etc., but a channel switching issue may occur when receiving the PPDU.
- the PPDU e.g., U-SIG field and UHR SIG field in the PPDU
- the PPDU may be configured as follows.
- - Information such as a puncturing pattern can be indicated by the 480 MHz PPDU. If the U-SIG field is included in the 480 MHz PPDU, information such as a puncturing pattern can be indicated by the U-SIG field, like 802.11be.
- the 480 MHz PPDU can be configured with different field values (i.e., contents) for each 80 MHz.
- a puncturing pattern can be indicated for each 80 MHz unit.
- the punctured channel information subfield can be individually set for each 80 MHz unit to indicate a puncturing pattern applied in each 80 MHz bandwidth.
- Information such as spatial reuse, LTF related information, LDPC extra symbol segment, padding, and RU allocation can be indicated by 480 MHz PPDU. If UHR SIG field is included in 480 MHz PPDU, information such as spatial reuse, LTF related information, LDPC extra symbol segment, padding, and RU allocation can be indicated in the common field of the UHR SIG field similar to 802.11be.
- each STA can be indicated by the 480 MHz PPDU. If the UHR SIG field is included in the 480 MHz PPDU, the user-specific fields in the UHR SIG field can be composed of a user subfield, CRC, tail, etc. similar to 802.11be.
- the UHR SIG field may be divided into two content channels (i.e., content channel 1 and content channel 2).
- information about odd-numbered 20 MHz channels from 20 MHz of the lower frequency can be included in content channel 1, and content channel 1 can be transmitted equally on all odd-numbered 20 MHz channels.
- information about even-numbered 20 MHz channels i.e., even-numbered 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for 480 MHz
- content channel 2 can be transmitted equally on all even-numbered 20 MHz channels.
- the UHR SIG field may be divided into two content channels (i.e., content channel 1 and content channel 2) within each 160 MHz channel.
- information about odd 20 MHz channels i.e., odd 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the first 160 MHz
- content channel 1 may be transmitted equally in all odd 20 MHz channels of the first 160 MHz.
- information about even 20 MHz channels i.e., even 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the first 160 MHz
- content channel 2 may be transmitted equally in all even 20 MHz channels of the first 160 MHz.
- odd 20 MHz channels i.e., odd 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the second 160 MHz
- 20 MHz of the second 160 MHz e.g., 160 MHz of the second frequency in ascending order of frequency
- content channel 3 may be transmitted equally in all odd 20 MHz channels of the second 160 MHz.
- even 20 MHz channels i.e., even 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the second 160 MHz
- content channel 4 may be transmitted equally in all even 20 MHz channels of the second 160 MHz.
- information about odd 20 MHz channels i.e., odd 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the third 160 MHz
- 20 MHz of the lower frequency in the third 160 MHz e.g., 160 MHz of the third frequency in ascending order of frequency
- content channel 5 may be transmitted equally in all odd 20 MHz channels of the third 160 MHz.
- information about even 20 MHz channels i.e., even 20 MHz channels when 20 MHz are arranged in ascending order from the lowest frequency for the third 160 MHz
- content channel 6 may be transmitted equally in all even 20 MHz channels of the third 160 MHz.
- the above-described operation can be applied only in the situation where SST is applied, or in the situation where non-AP STAs are allocated to one of the 160 MHz channels, or in the situation where they are allocated to specific 20/40/80/160 MHz channels.
- FIG. 11 illustrates the operation of a transmitting device for a PPDU transmission and reception method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 11 illustrates the operation of a transmitter based on the proposed methods.
- the example in Fig. 11 is provided for convenience of explanation and does not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Some of the step(s) illustrated in Fig. 11 may be omitted depending on the situation and/or setting.
- the transmitting device generates a PPDU of a 480 MHz band (i.e., a 480 MHz PPDU) (S1101).
- the transmitting device of the PPDU may be an AP or a non-AP STA
- the receiving device of the PPDU may be an AP or a non-AP STA.
- the transmitting device may be referred to as a first STA
- the receiving device may be referred to as a second STA.
- a PPDU of 480 MHz bandwidth is exemplified for convenience of explanation, but the same can be applied to a wideband PPDU composed of multiple 160 MHz frequency bandwidths (i.e., frequency subblocks).
- the PPDU may be composed of a legacy part, a SIG part (e.g., U-SIG, UHR-SIG, etc.), an STF part (e.g., UHR-STF), an LTF part (e.g., UHR-LTF), and a data part.
- a SIG part e.g., U-SIG, UHR-SIG, etc.
- an STF part e.g., UHR-STF
- an LTF part e.g., UHR-LTF
- All or part of any part may be divided into multiple sub-parts/sub-fields.
- Each field (and its sub-fields) may be transmitted in units of 4us * N (N is an integer).
- a guard interval may be included.
- the subfields of the signal part may be placed before the STF part, and the remaining subfields of the SIG part may be placed after the STF part.
- the above-described legacy part may include at least one of a conventional L-STF (Non-HT Short Training Field), L-LTF (Non-HT Long Training Field), and L-SIG (Non-HT Signal Field).
- L-STF Non-HT Short Training Field
- L-LTF Non-HT Long Training Field
- L-SIG Non-HT Signal Field
- the above-mentioned SIG-part may include various control information for the transmitted PPDU.
- it may include the STF-part, the LTF-part, and control information for decoding data.
- the above-described STF portion may contain an STF sequence.
- the above-described LTF portion may include a training field (i.e., an LTF sequence) for channel estimation.
- a training field i.e., an LTF sequence
- the data-portion described above may include user data and may include packets for upper layers.
- a plurality of PSDUs described above may be included in the data-portion.
- the transmitting device can configure/generate a PPDU based on the acquired control information.
- the step of configuring/generating the PPDU may include a step of configuring/generating each field of the PPDU. That is, step S1101 may include a step of configuring one or more fields including control information regarding a Tone Plan. For example, step S1101 may include a step of configuring a signal field (x-SIG field) including control information regarding a Tone Plan.
- it may include a step of configuring a field including control information indicating a size/position of an RU (e.g., an N bitmap) and/or a step of configuring a field including an identifier (e.g., an AID) of an STA receiving the RU.
- control information indicating a size/position of an RU (e.g., an N bitmap)
- a step of configuring a field including an identifier (e.g., an AID) of an STA receiving the RU e.g., an AID
- step S1101 may include a step of generating an STF/LTF sequence to be transmitted via a specific RU.
- the STF/LTF sequence may be generated based on a preset STF generation sequence/LTF generation sequence.
- step S1101 may include a step of generating a data field (i.e., including multiple PSDUs) to be transmitted via a specific RU.
- a data field i.e., including multiple PSDUs
- a wideband PPDU may be composed of multiple 160 MHz bandwidths (which may be referred to as 160 MHz frequency subblocks, 160 MHz subchannels).
- the 480 MHz bandwidth PPDU may be composed of three 160 MHz bandwidths (which may be referred to as 160 MHz frequency subblocks, 160 MHz subchannels).
- the MRU within the PPDU of the above 480 MHz bandwidth may be composed of a combination of one or more RUs and/or MRUs for each of the three 160 MHz bandwidths.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be set/indicated as non-OFDMA transmission.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be set/indicated as OFDMA transmission.
- the STF (short training field) type, the LTF (long training field) type, and the number of LTF symbols for the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths of the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may all be the same.
- the STF sequence and LTF sequence defined over the 480 MHz bandwidth may be used, or for each of the above three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths, the STF sequence and LTF sequence defined over the 160 MHz bandwidth may be used.
- ends of the PPDU for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths of the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be identically aligned across the entire 480 MHz.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth when the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth is set/indicated as non-OFDMA transmission, the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth includes a field carrying information for interpreting the PPDU, and the contents of the field are set identically within each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths and can be set individually for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths.
- a puncturing pattern may be individually indicated for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths by the field.
- the field may be a U-SIG field.
- the field may include a common field and a user-specific field, and the common field may not include an RU allocation subfield, and the user-specific field may indicate information about a user (i.e., STA) to which each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths is allocated.
- the field may be a UHR SIG field.
- the PPDU when the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth is set/indicated as OFDMA transmission, the PPDU includes a field carrying information for interpreting the PPDU, and the field may be configured as a first content channel and a second content channel for the 480 MHz bandwidth or as a first content channel and a second content channel for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths.
- the transmitting device i.e., the first STA transmits a PPDU to the receiving device (i.e., the second STA) (S1102).
- the transmitting device i.e., the first STA
- the transmitting device may perform at least one of operations, such as cyclic shift diversity (CSD), spatial mapping, inverse discrete fourier transform (IDFT)/inverse fast fourier transform (IFFT) operation, and guard interval (GI) insertion, for the S1102 operation.
- CSD cyclic shift diversity
- IDFT inverse discrete fourier transform
- IFFT inverse fast fourier transform
- GI guard interval
- the method described in the example of FIG. 11 may be performed by the first device (100) of FIG. 1.
- one or more processors (102) of the first device (100) of FIG. 1 may be configured to generate a PPDU and transmit the PPDU via the transceiver(s) (106).
- one or more memories (104) of the first device (100) may store commands for performing the method described in the example of FIG. 11 or the examples described above when executed by one or more processors (202).
- FIG. 12 illustrates the operation of a receiving device for a PPDU transmission and reception method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 12 illustrates the operation of a receiving device based on the previously proposed methods.
- the example in Fig. 12 is provided for convenience of explanation and does not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Some of the step(s) illustrated in Fig. 12 may be omitted depending on the situation and/or setting.
- the receiving device receives a PPDU of a 480 MHz band (i.e., a 480 MHz PPDU) (S1201).
- a PPDU of a 480 MHz band i.e., a 480 MHz PPDU
- the transmitting device of the PPDU may be an AP or a non-AP STA
- the receiving device of the PPDU may be an AP or a non-AP STA.
- the transmitting device may be referred to as a first STA
- the receiving device may be referred to as a second STA.
- a PPDU of 480 MHz bandwidth is exemplified for convenience of explanation, but the same can be applied to a wideband PPDU composed of multiple 160 MHz frequency bandwidths (i.e., frequency subblocks).
- the PPDU may be composed of a legacy part, a SIG part (e.g., U-SIG, UHR-SIG, etc.), an STF part (e.g., UHR-STF), an LTF part (e.g., UHR-LTF), and a data part.
- a SIG part e.g., U-SIG, UHR-SIG, etc.
- an STF part e.g., UHR-STF
- an LTF part e.g., UHR-LTF
- All or part of any part may be divided into multiple sub-parts/sub-fields.
- Each field (and its sub-fields) may be transmitted in units of 4us * N (N is an integer).
- a guard interval may be included.
- the subfields of the signal part may be placed before the STF part, and the remaining subfields of the SIG part may be placed after the STF part.
- the above-described legacy part may include at least one of a conventional L-STF (Non-HT Short Training Field), L-LTF (Non-HT Long Training Field), and L-SIG (Non-HT Signal Field).
- L-STF Non-HT Short Training Field
- L-LTF Non-HT Long Training Field
- L-SIG Non-HT Signal Field
- the above-mentioned SIG-part may include various control information for the transmitted PPDU.
- it may include the STF-part, the LTF-part, and control information for decoding data.
- the above-described STF portion may contain an STF sequence.
- the above-described LTF portion may include a training field (i.e., an LTF sequence) for channel estimation.
- a training field i.e., an LTF sequence
- the data-portion described above may include user data and may include packets for upper layers.
- a plurality of PSDUs described above may be included in the data-portion.
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device can receive all or part of the PPDU through step S1201.
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device can perform an operation of restoring the result of the CSD, Spatial Mapping, IDFT/IFFT operation, and GI insertion operation applied by the transmitting device (e.g., applied in step S1102 above).
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- can obtain control information related to the Tone Plan i.e., RU
- the receiving device can decode the x-SIG field of the PPDU based on the Legacy STF/LTF, and obtain information included in the x-SIG field.
- information about various Tone Plans (i.e., RUs) proposed in the present disclosure can be included in the x-SIG field, and the receiving STA can obtain information about the Tone Plans (i.e., RUs) through the x-SIG field.
- Information about various Tone Plans (i.e., RUs) can be included in the x-SIG, and the receiving STA can obtain information about the Tone Plans (i.e., RUs) through the x-SIG.
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- the receiving device i.e., the second STA
- a processing operation to forward the decoded data (i.e., including multiple PSDUs) to a higher layer (e.g., a MAC layer).
- generation of a signal is instructed from the higher layer to the PHY layer in response to the data forwarded to the higher layer, a subsequent operation may be performed.
- a wideband PPDU may be composed of multiple 160 MHz bandwidths (which may be referred to as 160 MHz frequency subblocks, 160 MHz subchannels).
- the 480 MHz bandwidth PPDU may be composed of three 160 MHz bandwidths (which may be referred to as 160 MHz frequency subblocks, 160 MHz subchannels).
- the MRU within the PPDU of the above 480 MHz bandwidth may be composed of a combination of one or more RUs and/or MRUs for each of the three 160 MHz bandwidths.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be set/indicated as non-OFDMA transmission.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be set/indicated as OFDMA transmission.
- the STF (short training field) type, the LTF (long training field) type, and the number of LTF symbols for the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths of the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may all be the same.
- the STF sequence and LTF sequence defined over the 480 MHz bandwidth may be used, or for each of the above three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths, the STF sequence and LTF sequence defined over the 160 MHz bandwidth may be used.
- ends of the PPDU for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths of the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth may be identically aligned across the entire 480 MHz.
- the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth when the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth is set/indicated as non-OFDMA transmission, the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth includes a field carrying information for interpreting the PPDU, and the contents of the field are set identically within each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths and can be set individually for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths.
- a puncturing pattern may be individually indicated for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths by the field.
- the field may be a U-SIG field.
- the field may include a common field and a user-specific field, and the common field may not include an RU allocation subfield, and the user-specific field may indicate information about a user (i.e., STA) to which each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths is allocated.
- the field may be a UHR SIG field.
- the PPDU when the PPDU of the 480 MHz bandwidth is set/indicated as OFDMA transmission, the PPDU includes a field carrying information for interpreting the PPDU, and the field may be configured as a first content channel and a second content channel for the 480 MHz bandwidth or as a first content channel and a second content channel for each of the three 160 MHz frequency bandwidths.
- the method described in the example of FIG. 12 may be performed by the second device (200) of FIG. 1.
- one or more processors (202) of the second device (200) of FIG. 1 may be configured to receive a PPDU via the transceiver(s) (206) and process the PPDU.
- one or more memories (204) of the second device (200) may store commands for performing the method described in the example of FIG. 12 or the examples described above when executed by one or more processors (202).
- the transmission bandwidth of PPDU is supported only up to 320 MHz, but unlike this, PPDU according to the examples of the present disclosure can be configured to support transmission of 480 MHz bandwidth. Accordingly, throughput can be improved through transmission and reception of PPDU of 480 MHz bandwidth. Accordingly, the effect of increasing wireless communication efficiency can be achieved.
- the scope of the present disclosure includes software or machine-executable instructions (e.g., an operating system, an application, firmware, a program, etc.) that cause operations according to various embodiments to be executed on a device or a computer, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having such software or instructions stored thereon and executable on the device or computer.
- Instructions that can be used to program a processing system to perform the features described in the present disclosure can be stored on/in a storage medium or a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product including such a storage medium can be used to implement the features described in the present disclosure.
- the storage medium can include, but is not limited to, high-speed random access memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM, or other random access solid state memory devices, and can include non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state storage devices.
- the memory optionally includes one or more storage devices remotely located from the processor(s).
- the memory or alternatively the non-volatile memory device(s) within the memory comprises a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
- the features described in this disclosure may be incorporated into software and/or firmware stored on any one of the machine readable media to control the hardware of the processing system and to allow the processing system to interact with other mechanisms that utilize results according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
- Such software or firmware may include, but is not limited to, application code, device drivers, operating systems, and execution environments/containers.
- the method proposed in this disclosure has been described with a focus on examples applied to IEEE 802.11-based systems, but can be applied to various wireless LANs or wireless communication systems in addition to IEEE 802.11-based systems.
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- 무선랜 시스템에서 제1 스테이션(STA: station)에 의해서 수행되는 방법에 있어서, 상기 방법은:480 MHz 대역폭의 PPDU(physical protocol data unit)를 생성하는 단계; 및상기 PPDU를 제2 STA에게 전송하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 PPDU는 3개의 160 MHz 대역폭으로 구성되고,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 모두 비-OFDMA(non-OFDMA: non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) 전송이 설정됨에 기반하여, 상기 PPDU는 non-OFDMA 전송으로 설정되는, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 PPDU 내 다중 자원 유닛(MRU: multiple resource unit)은 상기 3개의 160 MHz 대역폭 각각에 대한 하나 이상의 RU 및/또는 MRU의 조합으로 구성되는, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 STF(short training field) 타입, LTF(long training field) 타입, 및 LTF 심볼의 수는 모두 동일한, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 PPDU에 대해 480 MHz 대역폭에 걸쳐 정의된 STF 시퀀스 및 LTF 시퀀스가 사용되거나 또는 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각에 대해 160 MHz 대역폭에 걸쳐 정의된 STF 시퀀스 및 LTF 시퀀스가 사용되는, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각에 대한 PPDU의 끝은 전체 480 MHz에서 동일하게 정렬되는, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 PPDU는 상기 PPDU를 해석하기 위한 정보를 나르는 필드를 포함하고,상기 필드의 콘텐츠는 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각 내에서는 동일하게 설정되며 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각에 대해 개별적으로 설정되는, 방법.
- 제6항에 있어서,상기 필드에 의해 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각에 대해 개별적으로 펑처링 패턴(puncturing pattern)이 지시되는, 방법.
- 제6항에 있어서,상기 필드는 공통 필드 및 사용자 특정 필드를 포함하고,상기 공통 필드는 RU 할당(RU allocation) 서브필드를 포함하지 않으며,상기 사용자 특정 필드는 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각이 할당된 사용자에 대한 정보를 지시하는, 방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 중 적어도 하나의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 OFDMA 전송이 설정됨에 기반하여, 상기 PPDU는 OFDMA 전송으로 설정되는, 방법.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 PPDU는 상기 PPDU를 해석하기 위한 정보를 나르는 필드를 포함하고,상기 필드는 상기 480 MHz 대역폭에 대해 제1 콘텐츠 채널 및 제2 콘텐츠 채널로 구성되거나 또는 상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭 각각에 대해 제1 콘텐츠 채널 및 제2 콘텐츠 채널로 구성되는, 방법.
- 무선랜 시스템에서의 제1 스테이션(STA: station) 장치에 있어서, 상기 장치는:하나 이상의 송수신기; 및상기 하나 이상의 송수신기와 연결된 하나 이상의 프로세서를 포함하고,상기 하나 이상의 프로세서는:480 MHz 대역폭의 PPDU(physical protocol data unit)를 생성하고, 및상기 PPDU를 제2 STA에게 전송하도록 설정되고,상기 PPDU는 3개의 160 MHz 대역폭으로 구성되고,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 모두 비-OFDMA(non-OFDMA: non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) 전송이 설정됨에 기반하여, 상기 PPDU는 non-OFDMA 전송으로 설정되는, 장치.
- 무선랜 시스템에서 제2 스테이션(STA: station)에 의해서 수행되는 방법에 있어서, 상기 방법은:제1 STA으로부터 480 MHz 대역폭의 PPDU(physical protocol data unit)를 수신하는 단계; 및상기 PPDU를 처리하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 PPDU는 3개의 160 MHz 대역폭으로 구성되고,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 모두 비-OFDMA(non-OFDMA: non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) 전송이 설정됨에 기반하여, 상기 PPDU는 non-OFDMA 전송으로 설정되는, 방법.
- 무선랜 시스템에서의 제2 스테이션(STA: station) 장치에 있어서, 상기 장치는:하나 이상의 송수신기; 및상기 하나 이상의 송수신기와 연결된 하나 이상의 프로세서를 포함하고,상기 하나 이상의 프로세서는:제1 STA으로부터 480 MHz 대역폭의 PPDU(physical protocol data unit)를 수신하고; 및상기 PPDU를 처리하도록 설정되고,상기 PPDU는 3개의 160 MHz 대역폭으로 구성되고,상기 3개의 160 MHz 주파수 대역폭에 대해 모두 비-OFDMA(non-OFDMA: non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access) 전송이 설정됨에 기반하여, 상기 PPDU는 non-OFDMA 전송으로 설정되는, 장치.
- 무선랜 시스템에서 스테이션(STA: station)을 제어하도록 설정되는 프로세싱 장치에 있어서, 상기 프로세싱 장치는:하나 이상의 프로세서; 및상기 하나 이상의 프로세서에 동작 가능하게 연결되고, 상기 하나 이상의 프로세서에 의해 실행됨에 기반하여, 제1항 내지 제10항 중의 어느 하나의 항에 따른 방법을 수행하는 명령들을 저장하는 하나 이상의 컴퓨터 메모리를 포함하는, 프로세싱 장치.
- 하나 이상의 명령을 저장하는 하나 이상의 비-일시적(non-transitory) 컴퓨터 판독가능 매체로서,상기 하나 이상의 명령은 하나 이상의 프로세서에 의해서 실행되어, 무선랜 시스템에서 장치가 제1항 내지 제10항 중의 어느 하나의 항에 따른 방법을 수행하도록 제어하는, 컴퓨터 판독가능 매체.
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