# US 11,122,495 B2 · Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using multi-basic service identifier set

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- Number: US 11,122,495 B2
- Document ID: US11122495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/792,163
- Filed: 2020-02-14
- Published: 2020-06-11
- Granted: 2021-09-14
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-09
- Assignees: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.; SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.; SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Geonjung Ko; Juhyung Son; Jinsam Kwak; Woojin Ahn
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11122495B2

## CPC

- H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00)
- H04L 12/462: {LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone}
- H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
- H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal}
- H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components}
- H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel
- H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point
- H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein a basic service set (BSS) of the wireless communication terminal corresponds to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set,
wherein the multiple BSSID set is a set of a BSSID of each of a plurality of BSSs classified into one group,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a first frame through the transceiver,
determine the first frame as an Intra-BSS frame when a medium access control (MAC) address signaled in a MAC header of the first frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set,
sense a signal strength while receiving the first frame,
determine, according to comparing the signal strength with a threshold, whether to transmit a second frame while the first frame is being transmitted, wherein a value of the threshold is determined based on the determining the first frame as the Intra-BSS frame, and
transmit the second frame based on the determining whether to transmit the second frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to apply a first threshold to the determining whether to transmit the second frame when the first frame is the Intra-BSS frame, and
apply a second threshold to the determining whether to transmit the second frame when the first frame is the Inter-BSS frame,
wherein the second threshold is determined in a Overlapped BSS (OBSS) level range,
wherein the OBSS level range includes values equal to or greater than the first threshold.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein when a transmitter address (TA) or a receiver address (RA) signaled in the MAC header of the first frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, the processor is configured to determine that the first frame is an Intra-BSS frame.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to enter a power save state when the first frame is an Intra-BSS frame and a receiver address (RA) of the first frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to maintain the power save state during a duration of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the first frame.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to separately set a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) for an Intra-BSS frame and a NAV for an Inter-BSS frame and access a channel based on the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame and the NAV for the Inter-BSS frame.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 6, wherein when a MAC address signaled in the MAC header of the first frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, the processor is configured to set the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame based on the first frame.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein values of BSS colors corresponding to the plurality of BSSs are the same as each other, and
the BSS color is information identifying a BSS signaled in a physical layer signaling field of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the first frame.

### Claim 9

A method of operating a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly, the method comprising:
receiving a first frame;
determining the first frame as an Intra-BSS frame when a medium access control (MAC) address signaled in a MAC header of the first frame matches any one of a plurality of BSSIDs included in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set to which a BSS of the wireless communication terminal corresponds, wherein the multiple BSSID set is a set of a BSSID of each of a plurality of BSSs classified into one group;
sensing a signal strength while receiving the first frame;
determining, according to comparing the signal strength with a threshold, whether to transmit a second frame while the first frame is being transmitted, wherein a value of the threshold is determined based on determining the first frame as the Intra-BSS frame; and
performing the transmission based on the determining whether to transmit the second frame.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, the method further comprises
applying a first threshold to the determining whether to transmit the second frame when the first frame is the Intra-BSS frame, and
applying a second threshold to the determining whether to transmit the second frame when the first frame is the Inter-BSS frame,
wherein the second threshold is determined within a OBSS level range,
wherein the OBSS level range is equal to or greater than the first threshold.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the first frame as the Intra-BSS frame comprises determining that the first frame is an Intra-BSS frame when a transmitter address (TA) or a receiver address (RA) signaled in the MAC header of the first frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, the method further comprises entering a power save state when the first frame is an Intra-BSS frame and a receiver address (RA) of the first frame does not indicate the wireless communication terminal.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the entering the power save state comprises maintaining the power save state during a duration of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the first frame.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, the method further comprises separately setting a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) for an Intra-BSS frame and a NAV for an Inter-BSS frame and access a channel based on the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame and the NAV for the Inter-BSS frame.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the separately setting the NAV comprises setting the NAV for the Intra-BSS frame based on the first frame when a MAC address signaled in the MAC header of the first frame matches any one of the plurality of BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein values of BSS colors corresponding to the plurality of BSSs are the same as each other, and
the BSS color is information identifying a BSS signaled in a physical layer signaling field of a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including the first frame.