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US 11,116,011 B2Granted
Channel access method, access point and station
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsNan Li, Kaiying Lv, Weimin Xing
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Abstract
Provided are a channel access method, an access point (AP) and a station. The method includes that the access point sends a radio frame to a station. The radio frame carries a predefined identifier or a partial predefined identifier for indicating one or more Basic Service Sets (BSSs) in a BSS set of the access point.
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A channel access method configured for an access point (AP), comprising:
- configuring multiple basic service sets (BSSs) as part of a BSS set of the AP, wherein the configuring allows usage of a same channel by the multiple BSSs in the BSS set;
- and
- notifying, by the AP, an integer value m corresponding to a maximum number of predefined AIDs in a predefined-identifier set, wherein, among m values, one value is used for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set of the AP and each of the remaining (m−1) values is used to indicate a respective one of the BSSs in the BSS set of the AP;
- sending, to a station, a radio frame comprising information relating to at least one basic service set (BSS) in the BSS set of the AP,
- wherein the radio frame is a frame of the at least one BSS and carries a predefined BSS color identifier for identifying whether the radio frame is associated with the at least one BSS in the BSS set and at least one of:
- a predefined association identifier (AID) for identifying the at least one BSS in the BSS set and a predefined AID for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set.
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A channel access method configured for a station, comprising:
- acquiring information relating to at least one basic service set (BSS) in a BSS set comprising multiple BSSs of an access point (AP), wherein the multiple BSSs are configured to allow usage of a same channel by the multiple BSSs in the BSS set;
- receiving, from the AP, an integer value m corresponding to a maximum number of predefined AIDs in a predefined-identifier set, wherein, among m values, one value is used for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set of the AP and each of the remaining (m−1) values is used to indicate a respective one of the BSSs in the BSS set of the AP;
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- receiving a radio frame sent by the access point (AP),
- wherein the radio frame carries a predefined AID for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set and at least one of:
- a predefined association identifier (AID) for identifying the at least one BSS in the BSS set and a predefined BSS color identifier for identifying whether the radio frame is associated with the at least one BSS in the BSS set.
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A non-transitory computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which upon execution by a processor causes the processor at an access point (AP) to:
- configure multiple basic service sets (BSSs) as part of a BSS set of the AP, wherein the multiple BSSs are configured to allow usage of a same channel by the multiple BSSs in the BSS set;
- notify an integer value m corresponding to a maximum number of predefined AIDs in a predefined-identifier set, wherein, among m values, one value is used for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set of the AP and each of the remaining (m−1) values is used to indicate a respective one of the BSSs in the BSS set of the AP;
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- send, to a station, a radio frame comprising information relating to at least one basic service set (BSS) in the BSS set of the AP, wherein the radio frame carries a predefined AID for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set and at least one of:
- a predefined association identifier (AID) for identifying the at least one BSS in the BSS set and a predefined BSS color identifier for identifying whether the radio frame is associated with the at least one BSS in the BSS set.
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A non-transitory computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which upon execution by a processor causes the processor at a station to:
- acquire information relating to at least one basic service set (BSS) in a BSS set comprising multiple BSSs of an access point (AP), wherein the multiple BSSs are configured to allow usage of a same channel by the multiple BSSs in the BSS set;
- receive, from the AP, an integer value m corresponding to a maximum number of predefined AIDs in a predefined-identifier set, wherein, among m values, one value is used for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set of the AP and each of the remaining (m−1) values is used to indicate a respective one of the BSSs in the BSS set of the AP;
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- receive a radio frame sent by the access point (AP),
- wherein the radio frame carries a predefined AID for identifying all of the multiple BSSs in the BSS set and at least one of:
- a predefined association identifier (AID) for identifying the at least one BSS in the BSS set and a predefined BSS color identifier for identifying whether the radio frame is associated with the at least one BSS in the BSS set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.